Adolph Charles Fries (1885 - 1918)

Born 28 May 1885 in Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (Merten) Mueller — married 12 Sep 1911 (to 1918) in Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, United States

Died 15 Nov 1918 at age 33 in Slinger?

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Biography

Adolph was born on May 28, 1885. He is the son of Charley Fries and Mary Jung. ^[1]

On September 12, 1911, Adolph Fries and Marie Merten were married in Slinger, Wisconsin. ^[2]

She worked in L. Rosenheimer's Store. Adolph ran the hotel and saloon at the corner of E. Washington and Kettle Moraine Drive North. Adoph died in an oil truck accident in 1918. Marie continued to live in the original Merten house until around 1923 when she remarried Edward Mueller. Marie and Edward had one child, Mary Ann Goetz, who is a long-time Slinger resident. After her marriage, Marie rented out the old homestead until her son Richard purchased it from her in August 1951. Richard Fries and his wife Florence continue to occupy the house at 111 Buchanan Street, a house whose age equals that of the village. ^[3]

They had at two children: Richard John Fries (1917-2012) and Norman J. Fries (1913-1995). ^[4]

Adolph died on November 15, 1918 at the age of 23. He was buried at St. Peters Catholic Cemetery in Slinger, Wisconsin.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140508858/adolph-charles-fries
2. ↑ Jackbushong Family treet on Ancestry.com. Accessed on 24 Dec 2016.
3. ↑ From a booklet produced by the Slinger Advancement Association in 1994 celebrating 125 years of the town. It featured older prominent families of the village: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&entity=WI.SLH125Years.p0029&id=WI.SLH125Years&isize=text
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140508858/adolph-charles-fries
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140508858/adolph-charles-fries

Additional references:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM22-6WT : accessed 6 November 2017), Adolph Fries in household of Chas H Fries, Polk town, west side Schleisingerville village, Washington, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 115, sheet 6A, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,821.
• "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMQX-973 : 2 April 2016), Adolph Friess in household of Charles Friess, Schleisingerville, Washington, Wisconsin; citing p. 358, line 77, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,987.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPKZ-FWW : accessed 8 November 2017), Adolph Chas Fries in household of Marcy Fries, Schleisingerville, Washington, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 139, sheet 5A, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1742; FHL microfilm 1,375,755.