Individual Details

Col. Abraham Fry

(10 Jun 1820 - 15 Jul 1905)



There was an Abraham Fry in Company D, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War. In the same unit is a Henry Fry. Evidence is that Abraham and Henry had a close relationship so there is a high probability this is the two brothers. Abraham enlisted at Lancaster PA in 1861 and was wounded in the leg. He was hospitalized at Louisville KY but suffered from the wound for the rest of his life. Pension was $12 per month.

After the Civil War, Abraham and Henry sailed around South America to the gold fields of California but did not stay. Abraham & Sarah went to Tennessee to visit Sarah's relatives and like what they saw. They went back for Henry's family, loaded their belongings on a barge and floated down the Monangahela to the Ohio, the Tennessee, the Cumberland Rivers to Gallatin.

Events

Birth10 Jun 1820Washington County, Pennsylvania
Marriage14 Oct 1841Washington County, Pennsylvania - Sarah "Sally" Gregg
Military1861Company D, 79th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Civil War
Death15 Jul 1905Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseSarah "Sally" Gregg (1819 - 1903)
FatherAbraham Frye (1793 - 1866)
MotherIsabella Ringland (1796 - 1881)
SiblingSamuel Frye (1814 - 1900)
SiblingJohn Frye (1815 - 1902)
SiblingChristina Frye (1818 - )
SiblingHenry J. Fry (1822 - 1916)
SiblingNoah Frye (1825 - 1884)
SiblingJackson Frye (1827 - 1911)
SiblingSarah Ann Frye (1830 - 1908)
SiblingClarissa Frye (1833 - 1871)
SiblingSmith Frye (1836 - 1918)
SiblingIsabella Frye (1839 - 1904)

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