Eliza ALLUM

  General Notes:

Photo: It is always gratifying to be able to gaze upon the face of an early ancestor. Here is a photo of Eliza (Allum) Fry, 1834-1914, who, except for a brief sojourn to Iowa in the 1850s, lived her entire life in Greene and Washington counties in Pennsylvania.

Photo from Sharon Cunningham Ratliff


1834 BIRTH of Eliza Allum

(In Washington, D. C. in 1834, opponents of President Andrew Jackson declared themselves the Whig party. Henry Clay led a Senate vote to censure Jackson for withdrawing government funds from the Second Bank of the United States without Congressional approval. Clay stated, "The President, in the late executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both." Congress passed a law making "Indian Country" all territory west of the Mississippi River. The Department of Indian Affairs was established. Cyrus McCormick of Rockbridge County, Virginia patented a reaper to help farmers with harvest; the device would eliminate the need for large numbers of laborers thereby reducing the cost of food.)

1840 DEATH of grandfather William Allum

1840 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (with parents)

11 people are in the household in 1840:

1 male 40-50 (father Charles)
1 male 20-30 (son John) (sons William, born 1817, and Thomas, born 1818, are documented in their own households in Richhill Township in 1840)
1 male 15-20 (son James "Jimmy," born 1822)
1 male 10-15 (son Isaac, born 1828)
1 male under 5 (son Porter, born 1840)
1 female 40-50 (mother Jemima, born 1795)
2 females 15-20 (daughters Delila, born 1823, and Peninah, born 1825)
1 female 10-15 (daughter Hannah, born 1827)
2 females under 5 (Should the census category have really been "2 females 5-10"? If so, they would have been daughters Pamelia and Eliza)

1850 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (September 9) ("Eliza," age 16, her elder sister "Amelia" (Pamelia), age 19, and younger brother "Porter," age 10, are in the household of Eliza's father Charles Allum, along with "Margaret Sargent," age 51)

1852 MARRIAGE of Eliza Allum and Thomas Jefferson Fry at Jacksonville, Greene County, Pennsylvania by Esq. Loar

1850s MIGRATED to Iowa, Scott County, Davenport (son Albert Bryson Frye was born in Davenport, Iowa in 1855)

1859 DEATH of mother, Jemima (Barnhart) Allum

1860 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, P. O. Harvey's (June 6) ("Thomas," age 28, "Tenant farmer) (wife "Eliza," age 26) ("Fry" in census)

1865 MILITARY SERVICE for husband Thomas, Civil War (see below)

1868 DEATH of father, Charles W. Allum

1868 BENEFICIARY in will of father, Charles W. Allum

1868 DEED dated September 15 between James Allum, Executor of the estate of Charles Allum, to Eliza Fry, 130A, 20P; the tract had been offered at Public Sale on June 25, 1868 and sold to Eliza--the highest bidder--for $27.35 per acre, totaling $3,598.00.

1870 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township, P. O. Wind Ridge (August 4) ("Thomas," age 40, "Farmer") (wife "Eliza," age 36) (in addition to their children, also in the household is"Daniel Fry," age 75, father of Thomas) (this family's surname is "Fry" in census)

1880 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township (June 8 & 9) ("Thomas," age 48, "Farmer") (wife "Eliza," age 46) ("Fry" in census)

1890 VETERANS SCHEDULE (Civil War), Pennsylvania, Greene County, Richhill Township ("Thomas Fry," "Private, Company K, 5th Regiment, Pennsylvania Artilleryt, August 5, 1864 - June 30, 1865," length of service "0 years 10 months 25 days")

1894 DEATH of husband, Thomas Jefferson Fry, at 62 years 0 months 25 days (Grover Cleveland was President)

Cause of death: "Heart trouble; instant" --death record at Washington County courthouse, Washington, Pennsylvania

Gravestone: "Member of Co. K 5 Regt. Pa. A. and SMITH POST 428 GAR Jacksonville, Pa. (GAR 1861-1865 Flag Holder)

1900 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, West Washington Borough (June 11) ("Eliza," age 66, widow, alone in household, no occupation) (generally, the number of children born and the number of those children living is documented in the 1900 census, but there are no such references for Eliza) ("Frye" in census)

1910 CENSUS, Pennsylvania, Washington County, Washington Borough (April 22) ("Eliza," age 75, widow; in Eliza's household are daughter, "Cora Bishop," age 39, and son-in-law "Frank Bishop," age 37, "?, Glass Factory") (Eliza is documented as the mother of 11 children, 7 children living in the year 1910) ("Frye" in census)

1914 DEATH, Eliza (Allum) Fry, at 80 years 2 months 6 days

Cause of death: "Senility" --death certificate

(In Michigan, Henry Ford offered workers $5 a day that doubled their wage at his auto factory in Detroit. Cadillac developed the V-8 auto engine. A commercial airline was established in Florida for flights between St. Petersburg and Tampa. As war spread in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson declared neutrality for the United States. The Panama Canal was completed and officially opened. Mother's Day, to be celebrated the second Sunday in May, became a national holiday in the year Eliza died.)


"Fry" is also found spelled "Frye," even differing on gravestones for immediate members of this family



Margaret Ealy Clutter, 1987 letter to Sarah Ealy Cunningham:


"Aunt Wilma Ealy Clutter gave me the FRYE Bible on the day of her sale. It's come apart, but I have the family record pages. The parents' name is FRY, but all of the children's names are FRYE."



DESCRIPTION: 5' 8" tall, dark complexion, light hair, blue eyes (from military record with signatures of Thomas and Eliza)

MILITARY SERVICE: Civil War, Private, Company K, 5th Regiment, PENNSYLVANIA Heavy Artillery Volunteers, September 6, 1864 to June 30, 1865; signed up at Simpson's Store, Greene County, PA, mustered out on June 30, 1865 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MILITARY PENSION RECORD: No. SC 643 133 and No. WC 508 659

CHURCH AFFILIATION: Baptist




DEED Extract:

Deed Book 109, page 261, sale by Thomas and Eliza to James Allum, 118 acres in Greene County, Pennsylvania



OBITUARY (Eliza):

MRS. ELIZA FRYE DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Well Known Woman Native of Greene County Passes Away at Her Home in Addison Street--Leaves Large Family

After a lingering illness, Mr. Eliza Frye, aged 80 years, widow of Thomas Frye, died last evening at 5:45 o'clock at her home, 262 Addison street, where she had resided for a number of years. She was born in Greene county and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allum.
Funeral services will be held at the home this evening at 7:30 o'clock, and Wednesday morning the body will be taken to Enon, Greene county, for interment.

The following children survive: A. B. Frye of Hickory; Mrs. Martha Ealy of Morris township, Greene county; Mrs. Warren Armstrong of Cameron, W. Va.; Charles Frye of Harveys; Mrs. J. B. Reedy of Addison street, and Mrs. F. E. Bishop, and John Frye, also of Washington.


Auto Funeral Cortege

The first automobile train consisting of hearse and auto cars for the friends of the deceased to leave Washington for the burial ground went from the Eighth ward yesterday to the Enon, Greene county, cemetery, carrying the body of Mrs. Eliza Frye, for many years a resident of that section, who died Monday at her more recent home in the Eighth ward of Washington. The train left the Frye home at 8:30 o'clock in charge of Undertaker C. W. Devore. Four automobiles were used to carry the near relatives of Mrs. Frye.




OBITUARY (Eliza) from WAYNESBURG REPUBLICAN, Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, July 30, 1914:

MRS. ELIZA FRYE

Mrs. Eliza Frye, widow of Thomas Frye, deceased, died at her home in Washington, Pa., Monday evening, July 27, aged 80 years. Mrs. Frye was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Allum, deceased, and was born in Richhill township, this county. She was highly esteemed. The following children survive: A. B. Frye, of Hickory; Mrs. Martha Ealy, of near Nineveh; Mrs. Warren Armstrong, of Cameron, W. Va.; Charles Frye, of Harveys; Mrs. J. B. Reedy, Mrs. F. S. Bishop and John Frye all of Washington, Pa. The funeral services were held Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock and Wednesday morning the remains were taken to Enon, this county, for interment.




PHOTOGRAPHS:

Eliza Allum

Thomas Jefferson Frye

Frye family group




CONTRIBUTORS:

Sharon Cunningham Ratliff (photos described immediately above and data about descendants)

Shirley Jones Miller (Eliza Allum Fry Scrapbook)

Eliza married Thomas Jefferson FRY, son of Daniel Boone FRY and Mary Ann McMAHON, on November 9, 1852 in Jacksonville (Wind Ridge), Greene County, Pennsylvania. (Thomas Jefferson FRY was born on September 16, 1831 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, died on October 11, 1894 in West Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania and was buried on October 13, 1894 in Enon Cemetery, Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania.)