Eighth Generation

533. Benjamin Oscar FRY was born on 25 December 1856 in Texas.¹⁵⁵ He died on 21 September 1936 at the age of 79 in Woodson, Throckmorton County, Texas.

In 1860 B. O. Fry was only age 3 - he had older siblings. It is certain he was not born in 1854 - more likely in was December of 1856.

1900 Census. Prec 1, Throckmorton Co, TX, Hh 30
Benjamin O. Fry, b. Dec 1854, age 45, married 19 years, b. TX, Parents b. MO, Stock Farmer
Mary E., wife, b. Jun 1860, 39, 8 children - 7 are living, b. TX, father b. AL, mother b. MS
John W., son, b. Sep 1883, 16
Lyda M. dau, b. Sep 1888, 11
Mattie P., dau, b. Jul 1891, 8
Bennie, dau, b. Aug 1893, 6
Joseph O., son, b. Jan 1875, 5
Eula M. Dau, b. Oct 1897, 2
Lula M., Dau, b. Oct 1897, 2
Thomas Dixon, servant, b. May 1876, age 24, b. TX, Farm labor

1920 Census. Woodson, Throckmorton, TX, Hh 57
B. O. Fry, 61
Mry E., wife, 56
Joe, son, 23
Ula, dau, 19
Lula, dau, 19
Ray Migeon, grandson, 9 (Migginson, son of Lydia)

Texas Death Certificate #47267
B. O. Fry, died in Woodson, Throckmorton Co, TX on 21 Sep 1936 of senility. He was born 25 Dec 1854. Listed as Married - husband of Mrs. B. O. Fry. The informant was Lula Fry of Woodson - she gave his father as "Harry Fry" of Misarrow (Missouri?) and his mother as "Merrian" of Missippee - neither of which was correct - his father was John Marion Fry, his mother Harriet Rankin - she seems to have reversed their names.

Buried Woodson Cemetery,

Benjamin Oscar FRY and Mary Emma BENTON were married on 21 October 1879 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.¹⁵⁵ Mary Emma BENTON was born on 26 June 1860 in Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas.¹⁵⁵ She died on 3 November 1939 at the age of 79 in Woodson, Throckmorton County, Texas.

B. F. Fry and Miss M. E. Benton were married by G. A. Coulson, a minister of the Gospel, on 21 Oct 1879, Corsicana, Navarro, TX

Texas Death Certificate #52978
Marry Emma Fry died in Woodson, Throckmorton Co, TX on 3 Nov 1939 of insanity & senility. She was a widow, born 26 Jun 1861 in Texas. Her father listed as "Mr. Benton". Teet Fry of Woodson was the informant.

Benjamin Oscar FRY and Mary Emma BENTON had the following children:

595	i.	John Walter FRY was born on 30 September 1883 in Texas. He died on 9 July 1959 at the age of 75 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas. Married Ela Mae Jones, 29 Nov 1909. Throckmorton Co, TX. Texas Death Certificate #39473. John Walter Fry died at Memorial Hospital in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co, TX. He lived at Evmory, Route #1, Hopkins Co - had lived there for 8 years. He died of myocarial infarction (heart attack). John was born in Texas, 30 Sep 1883. His father was Ben O. Fry; his mother Mary Emma Benton. Glenn Fry was the informant. He was buried Restlawn Cemetery.
596	ii.	Lyda M. FRY was born in September 1888 in Texas. She died on 10 February 1955 at the age of 66 in Throckmorton County, Texas. Married Leland P. Megginson, 10 Jul 1910, Throckmorton Co, TX
597	iii.	Mattie Pearl FRY was born on 15 July 1891 in Texas. She died on 21 June 1962 at the age of 70 in Woodson, Throckmorton County, Texas. Married Jefferson Lee Maley, 22 Jul 1917, Throckmorton Co, TX
598	iv.	Bernice "Bennie" FRY was born in August 1893 in Texas. Married to William Albert Wright, 7 Sep 1916, Throckmorton Co, TX Married also to a Gowen - buried with a Dorothy Gowen, presumably daughter - no dates on joint stone.
599	v.	Joseph Oscar FRY was born on 29 January 1895 in Texas. He died on 29 December 1977 at the age of 82 in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas.
600	vi.	Eula Mae FRY was born on 17 October 1897 in Texas. She died on 24 December 1986 at the age of 89 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas. Married Robert Lee Standridge, 14 Mar 1949, Shackelford Co, TX. She was his 3rd wife.
601	vii.	Lula Mae FRY was born on 17 October 1897 in Texas. She died on 19 May 1977 at the age of 79 in Breckenridge, Stephens County, Texas. Services for Lula Mae “Duck” Fry, 79, were held at First Christian Church. She moved to Breckenridge, Texas in 1943 from Woodson, Texas. She worked for Bender's Department Store. She lived in Woodson with a niece, Mrs. Ray Dicker. She was a charter member of Woodson First Christian Church. Survived by a twin sister - Mrs. Teet Standridge; one brother - Joe Fry; nieces and nephews.