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HEZEKIAH W. FRY, Sec. 21, Ansonia; one of the old settlers of Darke County; born in what is now Neave Township, near old Fort Jefferson, Jan. 26,1835 ; he was a son of Andrew Fry, who was born in Pennsylvania and emigrated to Darke County somewhere from 1820 to 1825, and settled in the woods, where he was engaged in farming in connection with his trade, which was a wheelwright; he was also local preacher of the Methodist Church, was Justice of the Peace for many years, and held other township offices; he died about the year 1871; he married Rachel Wilson; she was born in Hamilton County; she died a few years after the death of her husband. The subject of this sketch received a common-school education and assisted his father on the farm until March 19, 1857, when he was united in marriage with Ellen J. Guy; she was a native of Pennsylvania, born April 10, 1836; they have three sons and two daughters living, having lost two daughters by death; the living are Agnes, Albertice, Benjamin F., Alonzo M. and Grace A. Upon the marriage of Mr. Fry, he farmed upon rented land four years, and in 1861 he purchased 160 acres of his present place, where he has since lived; he has now 210 acres, with good farm buildings, under a fair state of cultivation. He has taken a deep interest in the cause of religion, having been a member of the M. E. Church for a period of a quarter of a century; his wife and eldest daughter members of the same church.