Daniel Warren Frye (1905 - 1981)

Born 5 Feb 1905 in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Son of Nathan Grant Fry and Margaret (Palmer) Fry

Husband of Alma Pearl (Watson) Frye — married 8 Dec 1928 in Wheeler, Wheeler County, Texas, USA

Husband of Leota Rea (Johnson) Frye — married 20 Dec 1932 (to 29 Jul 1955) in Sayre, Beckham County, Texas, USa

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1981 at age 76 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Daniel "D.W." Warren Frye was born to Nathan Grant Frye and Margaret E. Palmer on February 5, 1905 in Belpre, Washington County, Ohio.^[1]

Daniel was orphaned at a very young age. His father Nathan died 8 months before Dan was born and his mother Margaret died when he was about six months old. He was initially adopted by his paternal grandmother Nancy (McDaniel) Frye.^[2].^[3] When his grandmother died (when Dan was 11), Dan went to live with his aunt & uncle, Isaac Newton & Margaret (Weill) Fry.^[4] While living with "Uncle Ike", Daniel was employed as a mule skinner for Isaac's road-building business. Once, when he was about 13, the river rose at night and washed supplies into the Monongahela River including a number of blasting caps. As Dan was helping to retrieve the supplies, one of the blasting caps went off, blowing off two fingers and part of a third on one hand.^[5]

D.W. was married three times:

• Alma Pearl Watson on December 8, 1928 in Wheeler County, Texas. ^[6] Alma passed away on February 8, 1932.
• Leota Rea Johnson on December 20, 1932 in Sayre, Beckham County, Oklahoma.^{[7] [8]} Daniel and Leota were divorced in 1955.^[3]
• Viola Vivian Johnson sometime between 1955 and 1963.^[3]

Daniel had two children with Alma Watson:

• Joyce Elaine Frye (1929-1974)^[9]
• Douglas Warren Frye (1932-1983)^[10]

Daniel had also one child with Leota Rea Johnson.

• (Still Living)

Daniel spent his first twenty or so years living in various places in southeast Ohio and north central West Virginia including Belpre, Washington County, Ohio, Clendenin, Kanawha County, WV, and Harrison County, WV^[3] and was recorded in the US censuses of:

• 1910 (Dannie Fry, grandson of Nancy Fry, Washington County, Ohio)^[2]
• 1920 (Daniel W Frye, brother-in-law of Jacob M Cozad, Harrison County, West Virginia)^[11]
• In 1926, along with his brother Robert Elwood Frye and Robert's wife Olga Marie Minder and a man (perhaps) named "Lummus", Daniel migrated to Wheeler County, Texas. He spent the rest of his life in west Texas in such places as Magic City & Shamrock, Wheeler County, Pampa, Gray County, and Plainview, Hale County^[3] and was recorded in the US census of:
• 1930 (Dan W Frye, head, Wheeler County, Texas)^[9]
• 1950 (Daniel W. Frye, head, Wheeler County, Texas)^[12]

D.W. died on July 22, 1981 in Plainview, Hale County, Texas.^[13]. He was buried on July 25, 1981^[14] in Plainview Memorial Park, Plainview, Texas.^[15]

Research Notes

Sources missing:

• 1940 US Census
• Marriage record for Viola Vivian Johnson
• Adoption records - It is unknown to the family whether or not Daniel was legally adopted either by his grandmother or his aunt & uncle.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Record. Washington County, Ohio, Probate Court. Vol. 4, Page 93, No. 3551.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8C-B1M : accessed 29 July 2018), Nancy Fry, Belpre, Washington, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 129, sheet 4B, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1237; FHL microfilm 1,375,250.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Unsourced family oral history.
4. ↑ Private letter from Leota (Johnson) Fry to Daniel Frye on 24 May 1997.
5. ↑ Personal knowledge of Daniel Frye.
6. ↑ Marriage Record. The State of Texas, County of Wheeler. Recorded December 14, 1928. No. 2162.
7. ↑ Oklahoma, Beckham County, page 266 of record 14 (1932), Fry-Johnson; Court Clerk, County Court, Sayre.
8. ↑ Leota Rea Johnson obituary, Amarillo Globe-News, Amarillo, Texas, 28 May 2003.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HKRD-3PZ : accessed 29 July 2018), Dan W Frye, Precinct 2, Wheeler, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 15B, line 77, family 94, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2401; FHL microfilm 2,342,135.
10. ↑ "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8Q7-CNC : 1 January 2015), Douglas Warren Frye, 08 Feb 1932; from "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing Texas Department of State Health Services.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2F-2MR : accessed 29 July 2018), Jacob W Cozad, Clark, Harrison, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 52, sheet 1B, line 78, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1955; FHL microfilm 1,821,955.
12. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XP4-44CL : Fri Jul 21 19:09:54 UTC 2023), Entry for Daniel W Frye and Leota R Frye, 1 April 1950.
13. ↑ Death Certificate. State of Texas, Dept. of State Health Service, Vital Statistics Unit. State File No. 53817.
14. ↑ Unsourced family history
15. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 September 2018), memorial page for Daniel Warren Frye (5 Feb 1905–22 Jul 1981), Find A Grave Memorial no. 48031131, citing Plainview Memorial Park, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Daniel F. (contributor 47448326).

• Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed with an AncestryDNA test match between Daniel Frye and his second cousin. Their most recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, Nathan Grant Fry and Margaret Palmer. Predicted relationship by Ancestry is 2nd cousin based on 238 shared cM across 13 segments.