John Fry
John Fry, son of John and Artemete Fry, was born in Licking County, Ohio, September 30, 1836. He moved to Morrow County, Ohio, in 1854, with his parents, where, on the 12th of January, 1858, he married Miss Lydia Stonestreet, who was born in Morrow County, November 10, 1837. In November, 1861, Mr. and Mrs. Fry came to Shelby County and located in Salem Township, remained about one year, then moved to Jackson Township, remained about one year, then he purchased and moved on a farm three miles southwest of Botkins, Dinsmore Township, on which they lived until in February, 1819, when they returned to Jackson Township, purchased and moved on the farm in section 29, on which they are now living. They have a family of ten children, two sons and eight daughters. He has made farming his vocation, and now owns a good farm of eighty acres on which he resides.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883