John Iams FRYE

  General Notes:

Obituary: An original obituary in the scrapbook of Eliza Rosanne (Frye) Jones describes the accidental death of John Iams Frye, 1875-1948.

Obituary from Shirley Jones Miller


1875 BIRTH of John Iams Frye

1880 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township ("John I.," age 6, with parents) ("Fry" in census)

1894 DEATH of father, Thomas Jefferson Fry

1898 MARRIAGE (approximate) of John Iams Frye and Sarah "Sadie" Brownlee

1900 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Washington Borough ("John," age 24, "Rig builder") (wife "Sadie," age 24) (Sadie is documented as the mother of 1 child, 1 child living in the year 1900; she and John had been married 2 years) ("Frye" in census)

1910 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Washington Boro, Ward 8 ("John I.," age 34, widower, "Laborer, Odd jobs"; in his household are children "Lena P.," age 11; "Paul I.," age 7; and "John A.," age 5) (Frye" in census)

1910-1911 DEATH (?) of Sarah "Sadie" (Brownlee) Frye

1912 MARRAGE of John Iams Frye and Elizabeth Jones ("Lizzie")

1914 DEATH of mother, Eliza (Allum) Fry

1920 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Washington Ward 8 ("John," age 44, Carpenter, Conracting Co.") (wife "Elizabeth," age 44) ("Frye" in census)

1930 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Washington ("John I." Frye, "Carpenter, Contractor")

1946 DEATH of 2nd wife, Elizabeth Jones Frye, at 71 years 5 months 6 days (died at 11:15 a.m. at her home "after a month-long illness" --death certificate)

1948 DEATH, John Iams Frye, at 73 years 2 months 9 days

Cause of death: "Heart attack while hunting" --obituary



OCCUPATION (John): Carpenter

OCCUPATION (Elizabeth): Nurse




OBITUARY (John) from an undocumented 1948 newspaper:

AGED HUNTER DIES OF HEART ATTACK IN FIELD

The district's first fatality in the hunting field this season occurred Saturday afternoon when John Iams Frye, 75, of 530 Broad Street, Washington, succumbed to a heart attack near Time, Morris Township, Greene County.

Mr. Frye, a local carpenter, had gone hunting in Greene County Saturday, leaving home at 9:30 a.m. He was with his son, Paul Frye, and Richard Syrek, of Washington.

When his father did not return to the automobile about 5 p.m. where the three were to meet, the son and friend started to search for him. They found Mr. Frye in a clearing near the car where he had slumped to the ground and apparently died immediately.

Mr. Frye was born near Enon, a son of Thomas and Eliza Allum Frye. He had resided in Washington over 50 years. He was a carpenter by trade and a member of the local union.

His wife, Elizabeth Jones Frye, died in 1946.

Surviving are two daughters: Alena, wife of A. E. Dicks; Mrs. Juanita Morris; and two sons, Paul and John Frye, all of Washington, nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.




CONTRIBUTORS to this page:

Shirley Jones Miller

Tammy Dawn Frye

Roberta Iiames

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John married Sarah BROWNLEE, daughter of William P. BROWNLEE and Ruth BROWNLEE, about 1898. (Sarah BROWNLEE was born about 1873 in Pennsylvania.)

John next married Elizabeth JONES, daughter of Louis JONES and Sarah HUGHES, on February 29, 1912. (Elizabeth JONES was born on April 3, 1875 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on September 9, 1946 in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Washington County, Pennsylvania.)