Conrad Fry

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-Fry, Conrad farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. South English; born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, march 14, 1833; there he was raised on a farm, attending school summers; he has followed farming exclusively all his life except the time spent in defending his country; in 1853 he moved to Stephenson county, Illinois, remaining there for two years; then removed to this county, staying here till 1861, when he returned to Illinois, where his family resided; in 1865 he came to Bremer county Iowa, and in 1868 located where he now resides; has 185 acres of choice land, splendidly located on the banks of the English River, well adapted for stock and grain; January 5, 1863, he enlisted in company K, Forty-sixth Illinois Infantry, and served with that regiment until the close of the war; in June 1865, he was mustered out at New Orleans; he was in the battle of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely and others, and also in numerous skirmishes; March 18, 1855 he married Miss Louisa Gibbler, of Ohio; she is of German and English descent; have seven children: Perry H., John P., Ada A., Mary E., Katie, Willie and James; he is social entertaining and possesses in a high degree the confidence of all who know him.

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