For further Frary family information, see: Frary Family in America & A Continuation

Mary Fiscus, daughter of William Fiscus and Jane McDaniels, was born October 25, 1834, in Ohio, perhaps Pike Township, Brown County, where the family was counted in both the 1840 and 1850 Federal Censuses.

Mary became the wife of Mark Frary and at least two of their children were born in Ohio.

The year 1860 found Mark and Mary, three children, and Mary's parents in Fountain Green Township, Hancock County, Illinois.  Mark and Mary were listed in the census immediately following Lloyd and Millicent Robinson, so they were probably living in or very near the village of Webster.  It would have been a convenient location for Mark to have plied his trade.  He was a cooper, which would have included the manufacture and repair of wooden barrels and tubs.  It appears that Mary was also counted in her father's home.

In that same year their middle child, Eugene, was shown at the age of 2, born in Ohio.  (Please ignore the little detail of him being named as Imogene, a female.  Every census found thus far has consistently shown Eugene's age progression from this starting point.)  The next child, Alice, was a year younger and had been born in Ohio, so we can estimate that the Frarys had arrived in Illinois in the late 1850s.

In 1861 Mark enlisted in the Union Army.  From the Muster and Descriptive Rolls compiled by the Illinois Adjutant General's Office:

Name   FRARY, MARK
Rank   PVT   Company G  Unit  2 IL US CAV

Personal Characteristics
Residence   LAHARPE, HANCOCK CO, IL
Age 27   Height 5' 6 1/2"   Hair BROWN   Eyes GRAY   Complexion FAIR
Marital Status   MARRIED   Occupation   COOPER   Nativity   OSWEGO CO, NY

Service Record
Joined When   JUL 20, 1861   Joined Where   WARSAW, IL
Joined By Whom   CPT MARSH   Period   3 YRS
Muster In   AUG 12, 1861   Muster In Where   CAMP BUTLER, IL
Muster In By Whom   N/A   Muster Out   N/A
Muster Out Where   N/A   Muster Out By Whom   N/A
Remarks   DISCHARGED MAY 2, 1862

After the war Mark took his family to Iowa.  In both 1870 and 1880 he was listed as a bridge builder in Cass County.  In 1885 he applied for a veteran's pension, which was granted.

By 1900 he and Mary had parted company.  She, with a granddaughter named Goldy, were living with Mary's widowed father in Fountain Green Township.  Mary reported in both 1900 and 1910 that she was the mother of four children, only one of whom was living. Mark, if this was the correct Mark Frary - the details are off, was in the county jail in Augusta, Maine.

William Fiscus died in 1906.  Mary and Eugene may have stayed on the family farm for a few years; they were in Fountain Green Township in 1910.  In 1920 they were residing in the town of LaHarpe.

Mary died April 6, 1922, and was buried at LaHarpe Township Cemetery.

Three of the Frary children:

Household of Alvin Frary
Males 0 thru 4 - 1
Males 5 thru 9 - 1
Males 30 thru 39 - 1
Females 0 thru 4 - 2
Females 5 thru 9 - 1
Females 30 thru 39 - 1 vTotal - 7
Persons employed in manufacture and trade - 2

Household of William Fiscus
Males 0 thru 4 - 2
Males 20 thru 29 - 1
Females 0 thru 4 - 1
Females 5 thru 9 - 2
Females 20 thru 29 - 1
Total - 7
Persons employed in manufacture and trade - 1

Alvin Frary, 40, male, farmer, born VT
Mary Ann, 40, female, born NY
Adelia, 19, female, born NY
Mark, 18, male, born NY
Agusta, 16, female, born NY
Julia, 14, female, born NY
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Harrison Frary, 13, male, born NY, attended school within the year
Lucy, 12, female, born NY, attended school within the year
Reuth M, 9, female, born NY, attended school within the year
George B, 8, male, born NY, attended school within the year
Charles, 4, male, born NY, attended school within the year
Francis, 2/12, male, born NY

William Fiscus, 37, male, value of personal estate 100, born OH
Jane, 38, female, born PA, could not read or write
Mary, 15, female, born OH
Thomas L H, 14, male, born OH
Chambers, 11, male, born OH

Macus Fray, 26, male, cooper, value of real estate 600, value of personal estate 100, born NY
Mary, 25, female, born OH
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Emery Fray, 5, male, born OH
Imogene, 2, female, born OH  [Eugene]
Alice, 1, female, born IL

William Frisby, 47, male, farmer, value of real estate 600, value of personal estate 600, born OH
Jane, 48, female, born PA
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Mary Frisby, 23, female, born OH
N C Frisby, 22, male, farmer, born OH

Frary, Mark, 36, male, white, bridge builder, born NY, male citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Mary, 35, female, white, keeping house, born OH
Henry, 16, male, white, at home, born OH, attended school within the year
Eugene, 12, male, white, at home, born OH, attended school within the year
Alice, 10, female, white, at home, born IL, attended school within the year

Frary, Mark, white, male, 46, married, bridge builder, born IL, father born NY, mother born [obliterated by ink spill]
Mary, white, female, 45, wife, married, housekeeping, born OH, father born OH, mother born O_ [the rest obliterated by ink spill] _
Eugene, white, male, 22, son, single, laborer, born OH, father born IL, mother born [obliterated by ink spill]
Alice, white, female, 20, daughter, single, born IL, father born IL, mother born [obliterated by ink spill]

Frary, Mark, prisoner, white, male, Feb 1831, 69, single, born NY, father born Scotland, mother born ME, could read, write and speak English

Fiscus, William, head, white, male, Mar 1813, 87, widower, born Ohio, father born PA, mother born NY, farmer, months not employed - 10, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 78

Frary, Mary, daughter, white, female, Oct 1834, 65, divorced; mother of 4 children, 1 living; born OH, both parents born OH, house keeper, months not employed - 10, could read, write and speak English

Goldy, [great] granddaughter, white, female, Jun 1889, 10, single, born CA, both parents born OH, at school for 8 months, could read, write and speak English

Frary, Eugene, head, male, white, 52, single, born OH, mother born NY, father born OH, spoke English, farmer, general farm, working on own account, could read and write, rented his farm

Mary, mother, female, white, 75, widow; mother of 4 children, 1 living; born OH, father born PA, mother born OH, spoke English, could read and write

Frary, Eugene, head, renter, male, white, 62, single, could read and write, born OH, father born NY, mother born OH, spoke English

Mary, mother, female, white, 85, widow, could read and write, born OH, both parents born PA, spoke English