Fifth Generation

197. Rebecca KELLAR⁸⁰ was born in 1794 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. She died in April 1852 at the age of 58 in Marion County, Missouri.

Married Dr. Jacob Frye on 6 Mar 1812. She is said to have died on 15 Apr 1812 in Marion Co MO. This seems improbable and indeed probably should have read that she died in April of 1852, see later.

1820 Census. Shelby Co KY
Jacob Fry 1m under 10, 1m 26-45. 2f under 10, 1f 26-45.

Could not find in 1830 in Kentucky or Missouri.

1840 Census, Marion Co MO, Liberty Twp
Dr. Jacob Fry 1m 10-15, 1m 20-30, 1m 40-50, 1m 50-60
1f 10-15, 1f 20-30, 1f 40-50 [Rebecca, born 1790-1800]

1850 Census, Marion Co MO, Liberty Twp, p.580
Rebecca Fry, age 56, b. KY [born 1794] Kellar age 27, b. KY [1823]
Erasmus J. Stirman age 11, b. AR Wm. F. Stirman age 8 and Sarah R. Stirman age 7, b. MO
Leander Privit age 14, b. MO

Found the following marriage record in Marion Co MO: Pauline Fry married Alfred A. Sterman on 22 Mar 1838 - no doubt the above children were Rebecca's grandchildren.
There was also a marriage from Elizabeth Frye to Samuel Ramsey on 17 Oct 1837 that could be another daughter of Dr. Jacob & Rebecca.

From the Whig published in Palmyra, Marion Co MO, dated 15 Apr 1852.
Died in this county on Monday last, Mrs. Rebecca Fry, widow of the late Dr. Jacob Fry at a very advanced age. (she was 58)

I believe that a daughter of Dr. Jacob and Rebecca married William Haydon, son of Thomas Haydon and Mary Kellar. They would have been first cousins. They apparently had no children and they both died quite young. William left a will dated 12 Oct 1841 that was probated in both Marion Co MO and Schuyler Co IL and he left a bequest of $150 to his mother-in-law Rebecca Fry, as well as a bequests to an orphaned nephew and some of his siblings.

Rebecca KELLAR and Dr. Jacob FRY were married on 6 March 1812 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Dr. Jacob FRY was born about 1790. He died before 1850 at the age of 60.

Jon Frye, who write/compiles the Frey Family Association Journal has assumed a very wrong Jacob Frey, who was born 20 Nov 1794, died 25 Jun 1843, buried Saucon Valley Mennonite Meeting House Cemetery, Lehigh Co, PA, son of Joseph Frey & Anna Maria Stahl, is Dr Fry. He wasn't. Two very different men of about the same age. See FindAGrave #79996389

This may or may not be Dr. Fry
1820 Census. Shelby Co, KY
Jacob Fry. 1 male under 10. 1 male 26-45. 2 females under 10. 1 female 26-45.

Not found in 1830.

1840 Census. Liberty Twp, Marion Co, MO
Dr. Jacob Fry, 1 male 10-15, 1 male over 20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 1 male 40-50. 1 female, 10-15, 1 female 30-40, 1 female 40-50.
This would appear to be two families living together.

Rebecca KELLAR and Dr. Jacob FRY had the following children:

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Elvira FRY.

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Pauline FRY.

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Kellar FRY was born in 1820 in Kentucky. He died in 1883 at the age of 63.

Never married.

1860 Census. Salt River Twp, Knox, MO, Hh 1022
John Norris, 31 Farmer, b. OH
Mariah J., 25, b. OH
Mary E., 3, Missouri
Ema, 9 months, Missouri
Caler Fry, 40, b. MO

Knox County Democrat, Edina, MO, 16 March 1883
Died of pneumonia at his home near Novelty, Mo., on the 28th day of February, 1883, Mr. Kellar Fry, in the 63rd year of his life.
Bro. Fry was born in Lexington, KY, June 16, 1820. He came to Palmyra when a child and lived in Marion until his removed to Knox County, about the year 1857. He was never married but was known throughout the country as an honest, industrious and frugal man. He possessed a considerable property in Knox and Marion counties, which he bequeathed to his nephews and niece, children of Mrs. Pauline Stinson(sic) deceased. To these orphan children he had been as a father. None of Bros. Fry's relatives were present during his sickness or at his death, but he was in the hands of kind friends who knew him well, loved him dearly and nursed him tenderly. His nephew Wm. F. Stinson (sic) of Fayetteville, Ark., arrived about 12 hours after his death. Bro. Fry was a member of the Christian Church at Novelty, where he was highly esteemed by a large circle of brethen and friends. The universal verdic is, that he was a good man, honest, honorable and prompt. He died, perhaps without an enemy and sincerely mourned. He was buried on the first day of March at Eucebia in Knox County, Mo. A discourse to hi memory was delivered by the writer on the 11th day of March, in the Christian Church at Novelty, in the presence of a large assembly of his former neighbors.
E. C. Browning.