Isaac Frye

FRY, ISAAC, far., S. 24; P. 0. Keosauqua ; owns 233 acres of land, valued at $40 per acre ; born June 28, 1813, in Washington Co., Penn. ; parents

moved to Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1828 ; were there a few years, then went to Union Vale and Little York, where he was engaged in the manufacture

of threshing machines for about nine years ; afterward, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was engaged in a planing and saw mill about ten years ; came to this county in 1854, and settled near Winchester ; moved to Missouri in the spring of 1864, and returned and purchased

his present farm in 1872. He was married to Margaret Allen March 13, 1832, in Ohio; she died in 1842; was again married to Charlotte Roach March 23,1843; she was born Jan. 8, 1822, in Jefferson Co., Ohio ; have three children living by first wife - Abiah, Josephus and Caroline ; lost one - Angeline,

and by second wife eight - Thomas A., Johnson F., William H.. Sarah A., Margaret L., Cassias M. C, John C. F. and Abraham L. ; lost two - James L. and Harry H. His son, William H., was admitted to the bar as attorney at the August term of the District Court, 1878. Republican. Funk, Wm., mill-owner, Keosauqua.