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FRY, GEORGE, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 22, P.O. White Hall. Among the early settlers of Greene County came the subject of this sketch; a native of North Carolina, he was born in 1800, where he resided until 1836. In his twenty-second year he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Crouse, by whom he had two children, Alvina and Anna E. Four years after her marriage, Mrs. Fry was laid at rest. In 1830 Mr. Fry was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Crouse, a sister of his former wife, by whom he had six children, John W., Christian S., Margaret M., Andrew F., George H., and Delphi E. Mr. F. came to Greene County in 1844; locating near White Hall, where he purchased a tract of 106 acres, the property he now owns; even at this date, Mr. F. relates, that he could go from Carrollton to Jacksonville, in Morgan Co., without hindrance across the tall prairie grass. His land, purchased on time, required all the energies of his nature to pay for. Many years ago the second wife of Mr. Fry passed away to a home not made with hands. In 1862 he was married to Mrs. Emma Townsend, relict of Andrew J. Townsend, and a daughter of Jacob Dodsman, who was once a well to do planter in the South.