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Surname: FRY, BELLS, FAUSNAUGH
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John FRY was born Nov 27, 1814 in KY, Preble County. He was married 4 times
to Martha Noedyke in 1841, OH, Highland Co and had a son, Francis Marion
FRY of Wells Co., IN, who died in the Civil War. John married second Lucinda
Bells (Baltes) in 1846, OH, Highland Co. He farmed and owned land in OH,
Clermont Co and OH, Highland Co., Salem Twp and IN, Wells Co, Union Twp.
Sect 22 He and Lucinda left OH and raised their children in or near Zanesville,
IN, Wells Co: Mary Samantha, Lydia Jane, Nancy Ellen, Benjamin Brown, Cynthia
Ann, John Charles, Alvin Hovey, Lucinda Bells, and Margaret Elizabeth.
John's third marriage was to Elizabeth Ann Dick in 1869, IN, Wells Co and
possible fourth marriage to Ellendan W. Griffin in 1882, IN, Wells Co.
John died in Indiana.
John Charles FRY, son of John Fry and Lucinda Bells, was born Mar 4, 1860
in IN, Wells Co., Union Twp and died May 26, 1933 in Huntington, IN, Huntington
Co. He married Melissa M. Fosnaugh Feb 15, 1883 in Zanesville, IN, Wells
Co. John Charles was a street commissioner in Huntington. John and Melissa's
children raised in Huntington were: Eleanor "Elsie" Rosamond, Viola Bell,
Malinda Catherine, John Charles.