Martha (Ruby) Frye (1929)
CARPENTER, FRYE, LEINARD, RUBY
Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 1/19/2006 at 09:47:40
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 20, 1929
Page 1Death of Mrs. Martha Frye
Mrs. Martha Frye, oldest daughter of the late William B. Ruby, of this place, died at her home in Denver, Colorado, on Saturday, June 15th.
Mrs. Frye was born on the Fourth of July, 1832, and would have reached her 97th birthday had she lived a week or two longer.
She came with her father's family from eastern Ohio to Winterset, in 1852, when she was 20 years old and after her marriage to Jacob Frye, lived for a number of years on the Ruby farm, just east of town. Later, she, with her family, removed to Great Bend, Kansas, and 35 years ago, after the death of her husband, she moved to Denver, where, with her daughter, she had since resided.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 27, 1929
Page 1, Column 5PIONEER WOMAN DIES IN DENVER
Mrs. Martha Frye, who would July Fourth have celebrated her 97th birthday, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ruby Carpenter, in Denver.
Mrs. Frye was the daughter of William Ruby, pioneer resident of Madison county who settled in 1852 on the farm east of Winterset now owned by T. J. Larrison. S. G. Ruby was her brother and she was born in Millersburg, Ohio, July 4, 1832. Mrs. Frye had lived in Denver the past 37 years and is survived by three daughters and three sons, all of whom live in the west.
Burial was in Denver. The news of her death was received by M. C. Leinard, a cousin.
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