David Socrates Fry / Frye was born in Hickory, NC on October 21, 1849 to parents Solomon Fry and Sally Smyre . This date is supported by the 1850 Census where census taker recorded David as being 10/12 months old where the date signed was August 8, 1850. [1]
On December 23, 1874 David married Mary A. Miller in Catawba County, North Carolina. [2] Together they had eight children:
Fact: Residence (1850) Catawba county, part of, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) Hickory Township (north part), Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
Fact: Burial (January 1917) Millers Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
'Born
21 October 1849; North Carolina.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: 1187; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0039; FHL microfilm: 1241187.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: 957; Family History Film: 1254957; Page: 383B; Enumeration District: 041; Image: 0233.
Year: 1850; Census Place: Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: M432_624; Page: 280B; Image: 39
Year: 1870; Census Place: Hickory Tavern, Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1128; Page: 567B; Image: 44395; Family History Library Film: 552627.
Year: 1860; Census Place: Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: M653_891; Page: 437; Family History Library Film: 803891 .
Year: 1910; Census Place: Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina; Roll: T624_1102; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1375115.
abt 1850; North Carolina.
Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 21 October 1849
Marriage
22 Dec 1874; Catawba, North Carolina.
County court records located in Newton, North Carolina or Family History Library microfilm.
Residence
Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Head.
1910; Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
Marital status: MarriedRelation to Head of House: Self.
1880; Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
Marital Status: MarriedRelation to Head: Head.
1900; Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
1860; Catawba, North Carolina.
Post Office: Hickory Tavern.
1870; Hickory Tavern, Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
1850; Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
Died
11 January 1917; Catawba, North Carolina, USA.
Record of Administrators, Executors, Guardians, 1868-1939; Index to Administrators, Executors, Guardians, 1843-1966; Author: North Carolina. Superior Court (Catawba County); Probate Place: Catawba, North Carolina.
Buried
Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, United States of America.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B4-ZRQ : 24 December 2020), David Fry in household of Solomon Fry, Catawba, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6F-4X2 : 19 February 2021), David S Fry, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 41, sheet 383B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,957.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST1-R3J : accessed 31 October 2021), David S Fry, Hickory Township (north part), Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 39, sheet 6A, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,187.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9Q-S8L : accessed 31 October 2021), David S Fry, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 6B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1102; FHL microfilm 1,375,115.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3HH-PJP : 20 February 2021), David S. Fry, 12 Jan 1917; citing Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, reference fn 215 cn 306, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,160.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19377995/david-socrates-fry : accessed 31 October 2021), memorial page for David Socrates Fry (21 Oct 1849–11 Jan 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19377995, citing Saint Stephens Lutheran ELCA Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Kathy (contributor 46861661) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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