Biographies
For
Muscatine County Iowa
1889



Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 333

FRANKLIN FRY, now living on section 24, Cedar Township, is a leading and representative farmer of Muscatine County. He was born on the 21st of August, 1847, in Somerset County, Pa., and is a son of Henry and Mary ( Fitzgerald ) Fry, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. Franklin received his education in his native county, and assisted his father upon the farm on which he was rared to manhood, until he was twenty-six years of age, when he left the parental roof, and was united in marriage with Theodosia Baxter, their union being celebrated Jan.22, 1874. The lady was born in Muscatine County, June 15, 1850, and is a daughter of George and Mary Ann ( Fellows ) Baxter, who came to this county about the year 1833. Her paternal grandparents came to this country from Scotland, and her maternal grandparents were probably natives from New England. She was one of a family of seven children : George, the eldest is now living in Kewanee, Ill.; Mary is the wife of Robert McCoy, of Decatur County, Iowa; Ellen is deceased; Theodosia wedded Franklin Fry of this sketch; Charles W. is a resident of Union County, Iowa; Franklin is living in Decatur County, Iowa; and Edwin is deceased.

Previous to his marriage Mr. Fry had purchased eighty acres of land on section 24, Cedar Township. and on this farm the young couple began their domestic life. Another tract of eighty acres on section 13 has since been purchased, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation, and his farm, now comprising 160 acres, is one of the best in the township. He makes a specialty of raising hogs, and also gives some attention to the breeding of horses, having now twenty-five on his farm. He is ranked among the prominent farmers and citizens of Muscatine County, and in his political sentiments is a Republican. For over twenty years he and his wife have been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they are active workers. To them has been born one child, a little girl, Gertrude May, born March 7, 1885.


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