Seventh Generation

328. John Marion FRY^87,118,150 was born on 8 October 1827 in Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri.^118,119,120 He died on 7 April 1884 at the age of 56.¹⁰

Anna Bird Casey has name as John Marion; Hank Adams' material listed him as John Madison. I would think Anna more likely to be correct.
Moved to Navarro, TX in the fall of 1852.

1860 Census, Navarro Co, TX, p.225
J. M. Fry, age 35, b. Missouri; H. W. age 33, b. MO
J. M., male, age 7, b. TX as were all the children; M. E. , female, age 5; B. O., male, age 3; A. K., male, age 1.
Cate Rankin, male, age 74, b. PA, Rebecca Rankin, age 38, b. Indiana [Probably Harriet's father and sister]

For two decades the enumerator in Navarro Co TX favored initials.
1870 Census, Navarro Co, TX, p.8b
J. M. Fry, age 47, brickmason, b. MO, H. W. Fry, age 43, b. Indiana
M. L. Fry, female, age 75, b. TX [that's doubtful! and I can't image who this is]
B. Fry, male, age 13, A.K., male, age 11; S.K. female, age 9 - all born in Texas
N.J. Fry, female age 19, b. Texas; A. L. Fry, male, age 22, b. Texas

1880, Corsicano, Navarro Co TX, p.501
John M. Fry, age 52, b. Mo, parents b. KY, farmer
Harriet W., age 51, b. IN, parents b. PA
Abram K., age 21, b. TX, stock raiser
Sada R., age 18, b. TX, has rheumatism
next door is Benjamin O. Fry, age 23, b. TX, stock raiser and Mary E. age 18, b. TX, her parents b. in Alabama

John Marion FRY and Harriet W. RANKIN were married on 7 October 1852.¹¹⁸ Harriet W. RANKIN was born in 1829 in Indiana.¹⁵⁰ She died on 4 February 1885 at the age of 56.¹¹⁸

John Marion FRY and Harriet W. RANKIN had the following children:

+400
i.
Benjamin O. FRY.
401
ii.
Abram K. FRY was born in 1859 in Texas.¹⁵⁰
402
iii.
Sada R. FRY was born in 1862 in Texas.¹⁵⁰