Priscilla (Adkins) Fry (abt. 1810 - 1891)

Born about 1810 in Cabell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Fry — married 1826 in Virginia

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1891 at about age 81 in Ceredo, Wayne, West Virginia, USA

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Biography

Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863)

Priscilla Adkins was born about 1810 to her parents Littleberry Adkins and Nancy Ann Adkins.

She married James Fry likely sometime before 1827, when their first child (Johnson) was born.

She is first enumerated in the 1850 Census, living in Trouts Hill, Wayne Co., Viriginia with her husband and their four children. ^[1]

She is enumerated again in the 1860 Census, now age 49, living in Wayne County with her husband James (60). ^[2]

She is last enumerated in the 1880 Census, where she is eneumerated as a 72 year old widow, living in Stonewall, Wayne Co., in her son-in-law Eperson Scaggs' household. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DY-HKB : 23 December 2020), Pressia Fry in household of James Fry, Trouts Hill, Wayne, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

   James Fry 50 Virginia

   Pressia Fry 40 Virginia

   Johnson Fry 22 Virginia

   Dicy Fry 15 Virginia

   Mary A Fry 13 Virginia

   Martha Fry 9 Virginia

2. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M411-H2S : 13 December 2017), Prisilla Fry in entry for James Fry, 1860.

   James Fry 60 Virginia

   Prisilla Fry 49 Virginia

3. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-WPC : 15 January 2022), Percillia Fry in household of Eperson C. Scags, Stonewall District, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

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