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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: FRY, James Henry
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
SSpradling@aol.com
September 19, 1999
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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 321
JAMES HENRY FRY.
James H. Fry, son of Reuben Fry, 'who married Ann C. Slaughter, was born in
Culpepper county, Virginia, December 27, 1798, and came to Charleston in
October, 1818. He studied law in the office of his brother, the late Judge
Joseph L. Fry, and was admitted to the bar, but abandoned the practice, and
engaged in more active business pursuits. He was a salt maker in the Salines
for a number of years; was deputy sheriff for two or three terms, and was
sheriff of the county for four consecutive years. He served two terms in the
lower branch of the Virginia Legislature, and one term in the State Senate.
Mr. Fry was an excellent business man, and was universally respected by every
one who knew him. He died at his residence in Charleston, June 26, 1863. His
wife, and several sons and daughters, still reside in Charleston.
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