Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William G. Fry and Hannah Kaskey McConnell




Husband William G. Fry 1 2

           Born: 8 May 1834 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Isaac Fry (1811-      ) 1
         Mother: Polly Sadler (1812-      ) 1


       Marriage:  - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA



Wife Hannah Kaskey McConnell 1 2

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         Father: Daniel McConnell (1794-1865) 3 4 5
         Mother: Hannah McBride (      -1884) 4 5




Children
1 F Nettie J. Fry 6

           Born: Abt 1867
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           Died: 26 Jan 1888 6
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2 F Viola M. Fry 6

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3 F Anna W. Fry 6

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4 M Earl W. Fry 6

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5 M Isaac McConnell Fry 6

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General Notes: Husband - William G. Fry


He attended the schools of his native township till twenty years of age and then went three years to Delmont academy. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, Ninth Pa. Reserves, went to the front and participated in the battles of Dranesville, Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chantilly and Gettysburg, besides various minor engagements. He was a sergeant of his company and was slightly wounded by a shell at South Mountain. While on detached duty at Philadelphia he organized the one hundred and eighty-sixth reg. Pa. Vols., which he drilled and prepared for the service. He was mustered out at Pittsburgh in May, 1864, and then returned to Salem township, where he was married. He became a prosperous farmer and a member of the Presbyterian church at Congruity; Carmel Lodge, No. 542, I. O. O. F., at Delmont, in which he passed all the chairs; Union Veteran Legion, of Greensburg; and of John B. Keenan Post, No. 500, G. A. R., of New Salem.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 665.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 493.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 14.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34, 145.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 666.


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