The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-17
.Fiftieti, Anniversary Of Marriage Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Fry is
Observed at Their Home
Today.
MARRIED IN ROCHESTER
Mr.. Fry Was Active in War Although
L Just a Young Boy-Mrs. Fy's
Family Prominent in New
England.

their golden wedding anniversary
Fifty years ago the 18th day Of April
1870, they were married in Rochester
MINI Today they are holding re
ception at their home for their ole
friends and neighbors. They are
assisted in entertaining by theil
daughter, Miss Clara Gertrude Fry
Reception hours this afternoon from
three to six o'clock and tonight from
seven to ten O'Clock, will find many
of their friends and neighbors presen'
ito offer their congratulations and tc
wish them added years az happiness
Mr.. and Mrs. Fry we're married
| when quite young and the spirit OF
youth has dominated their lives.
Energy and keen mental aiertness
have dominated the atmosphere 81
their home. 1t is hard for their
friends to realize that people who
are as young as they are in looks
and actions are eligible to celebration
of golden jubilee anniversary.
George Albert Fry was born in
Chambersburg, Pa, and when year
old was taken with his family TO
wheeling, West Virginia From there
the family came to keokuk, when MI.
/ Fry was still a young boy. They
made the trip by stage coach from
Burlington to Keokuk, coming into
sKeokuk over the old Plank road. This
was in 1855. Mr.. Fry's father, George
Thompson Fry, was manager of the
Gate City hotel, then located on
Eighth and Main streets. During the
| civil war, when the Estes house was
hospital, Mr.. Fry, ST., had charge
/, of one of the wards.
i Career is Varied.
Mr.. Fry was educated in the keo-
kuk schools, and at the age OF seven
teen was selected by J. B. Howell.
then postmaster, as a clerk in the
postofice. After leaving the posi-
Office, Mr.. Fry became suffers
clerk for John Tanning in the Seven
teenth Iowa regiment. Later ne
served with G.. w. Pittman with the
Sixtieth u. S. colored infantry. Later
Mr.. Fry went to Leavenworth City,
Kans., where with twenty-four others
he accepted the responsibility of driv-
ing OK teams over the Santa Fe trail
to carry freight from Leavenworth TO
Fort Lyons in Colorado. An escort
of cavalry was furnished for part 81
the trip. MIR. Fry recalls wildly the
great number of buffalos seen on this
trip and how they stampeded the
oxen.
Mr.. Fry's first business venture was
in Rochester, Mimi, where he was in
the clothing business with Sol. Hess
1t was while he was in Rochester
that he met Mary Adella Shattuck,
whom he married. They lived in
Rochester for fifteen years, and then
came to Keokuk to reside. For
twenty-five years Mr.. Fry was terri
torial manager for several of the
largest stove firms in the United
States. At the present time he is in
the employe OF the j. c. Hubinger
Bros. Co.
Mrs. Fry Born in East.
Mary Adella Shattuck Fry was BON
in GAINESVILLE near Syracuse, New
York. She moved to Ripon, Wis,
with her parents when she was
twelve years of age. Later they
moved to Rochester. She was edu-
Gated at Oneida. New York, at col
lege there. Mrs. Fry is a member
of two of the oldest families in New
England. Both the Shattuch and the
Hamilton families are prominent IN
affairs of the early days, and were
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pride in the fact that she had an an
cestor in every war. Her great grand
father fought in the revolution; her
grandfather in the war of 1872; her
father in the civil war, and a cousin
in the world war.
Ansell Shattuck, a member OF the
family, built the Erie canal through
Little Falls, New York.
Tho Etr,-c wore narrip6 m Sunday
They had intended to have the we'd
ding a couple OF days later, but they
desired to have the presiding elder
of the Methodist conference perform
the ceremony and as he could no:
stay over, they changed their plans
and were married Sunday. Out OF
the company of twenty-five who wit
messed the ceremony, only two people
are living now, besides the bride and
groom of that day.
Two children were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fry, son, William Clayton Fry,
who died, and Miss Clara Gertrude
Fry who is the only living descendant.
House is Decorated.
The Fry home is prettily decorated
today in yellow flowers, and the din
ing room is very extensively deco
rated in yellow. The table center
piece is Of yellow jonquils tied with
a bow of yellow tulle Cluny lace
doilies and unshaded yellow candies
in glass candlesticks complete the !
table decorations.
Thohe who are assisting in the |
Of the guests today |
are: Mrs. H. o. Whitney, Mrs. p. C.
Mrs. Anna Steele Robinson,
Mrs. r. L. Reid, Mrs. s. C. Westcott, |
Mrs. II. C. Duncan and the Misses
Martha and Caroline Baldwin, Georgia
Schell, Mary J. Gampert, Clara Reed
md Clemence Dadant of Hamilton