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Rh re-elected in 1876. 1880, and 1884. In the last-named year he was a member of the Methodist ecumenical conference in London, England, and of the Baltimore Centennial conference, before which he read an essay on the "Methodist Press." Quincy college. Ill., gave him the degree of D. D. in 1871. Dr. Fry has contributed to various periodicals, and published several Sunday-school books, including lives of Bishops Whatcoat (New York, 1854), McKendree (1855), Roberts (1856), and George (1856); and "Property Consecrated," a prize essay (New York, 1856).

FRY, Cary Harrison, soldier, b. in Garrard county, Ky., 20 Aug., 1813 ; d. in San Francisco, Cal., 5 March, 1878. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1884, and served in the 3d infantry at Fort Towson, Indian Territory, but resigned on 31 Oct., 1836, studied medicine, and practised in Louisville, Ky., in 1845-'6. In the Mexican war he served as major in the 2d Kentucky volunteers, commanding the regiment after the fall of its colonel and lieutenant-colonel in the battle of Buena Vista, where he distinguished himself. He practised medicine in Danville and Louisville, Ky., in 1847-'53, and on 7 Feb. of the latter year re-entered the regular army as paymaster, with the staff rank of major. During the civil war he served at Washington, being acting paymaster-general in 1862, and becoming deputy paymaster-general in 1866. He was brevetted brigadier-general, U. S. army, on 15 Oct., 1867, and from 1869 till his death was chief paymaster of various military divisions. — His cousin. Speed Smith, soldier, b. in Mercer (now Bovlc) countv, Kv., 9 Sept., 1817; d. in Louisville, 1 Aug., 1892. After studying at Centre college, completed his education at Wabash college, Ind. He organized a company of the 2d Kentucky volunteer infantry in 1846, commanded it during the Mexican war, and after his return was county judge of Boyle county, 1857-'61. At the beginning of the civil war he organized the 4th Kentucky regiment in the National army, and served as its colonel till 21 March, 1862, when he was promoted to brigadier-general of volunteers. He was mustered out of service on 24 Aug., 1865, and in 1869-'72 was a supervisor of internal revenue in his native state.

FRY, James Barnet, soldier, b. in Carrollton, Greene co.. Ill., 22 Feb., 1827; d. in Newport, R. I., 11 July, 1894. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1847. After serving for a short time as assistant instructor of artillery at West Point, he joined his regiment (3d artillery) at the city of Mexico, where he remained in 1847-'8. After doing frontier and garrison duty at various posts, he was again instructor at West Point in 1853-'4, and adjutant of the academy in 1854-'9. He was made assistant adjutant-general on 16 March, 1861, was chief of staff to Gen. Irwin McDowell in that year, and to Gen. Don Carlos Buell in 1861-'2, taking part in the battles of Bull Run, Shiloh, and Corinth, the movement to Louisville, Ky., and the pursuit of Gen. Bragg through the southeastern part of that state. He was made provost-marshal-general of the United States, with headquarters at Washington, on 17 March, 1863, and given the staff rank of brigadier-general, 21 April, 1864. Both these commissions expired on the abolition of the office of provost-marshal-general on 30 Aug., 1866; during that time Gen. Fry put in the army 1,120,621 men, arrested 76,562 deserters, collected $26,366,316.78, and made an exact enrolment of the National forces. On 13 March, 1865, he was brevetted major-general, U. S. army, for &ldquo;faithful, meritorious, and distinguished services.&rdquo; He was

adjutant-general, with the rank of colonel, of the divisions of the Pacific in 1866-'9, the South in 1869-'71, the Missouri in 1871-'3, and the Atlantic from 1873 till 1 June, 1881, when he was retired from active service at his own request, and became a resident of New York city. Gen. Fry's &ldquo;Final Report of the Operations of the Bureau of the Provost-Marshal-General in 1863-'6&rdquo; was issued as a congressional document (2 parts, Washington, 1866). He has also published &ldquo;Sketch of the Adjutant-General's Department, U. S. Army, from 1775 to 1875&rdquo; (New York, 1875); &ldquo;History and Legal Effects of Brevets in the Armies of Great Britain and the United States, from their Origin, in 1692, to the Present Time&rdquo; (1877); &ldquo;Army Sacrifices,&rdquo; illustrating army life on the frontier (1879); &ldquo;McDowell and Tyler in the Campaign of Bull Run&rdquo; (1884); &ldquo;Operations of the Army under Buell&rdquo; (1884); and &ldquo;New York and Conscription&rdquo; (1885); &ldquo;Military Miscellanies&rdquo; (1889).

FRY, Joseph, naval officer, b. in Louisiana about 1828 ; d. in Santiago de Cuba, 7 Nov., 1873. He entered the navy as midshipman in 1841, and became passed midshipman, 10 Aug., 1847. In that year he fought a duel with Midshipman Brown, of Mississippi, near Washington, in which, after drawing his antagonist's fire, he refused to return it. He was promoted to master, 14 Sept., 1855, to lieutenant on the following day, and re- signed, 1 Feb., 1861, after the secession of his nati'V'B state. He was unable to secure a commission in the Confederate navy owing to its limited size, and was given a conmiand in the army. After serving in the southwest through the war, he removed to Albany, N. Y. He accepted the command of the filibustering steamer "Virginius" in 1873, and with thirty-six of his crew was shot as a pirate by the authorities in Cuba, after the capture of his vessel by a Spanish man-of-war.

FRY, Joshua, soldier, b. in Somersetshire, England; d. at the mouth of Wills' creek, Md., 31 May, 1754. He was educated at Oxford, and, after coming to this country, was made professor of mathematics in William and Mary college, Virginia. He was afterward a member of the house of burgesses, and served on the commission appointed to determine the Virginia and North Carolina boundary-line. He was a colonel of militia and a member of the governor's council in 1750, and in 1752 was a commissioner to treat with the Indians at Logtown. In company with Peter Jefferson, he had made a map of Virginia, and his acquaintance of the frontier gained in this employment, with his knowledge of the Indians, secured his appointment to command the expedition against the French in 1754. Col. Fry died while conducting his troops to the Ohio, and was succeeded by George Washington. See his life by Philip Slaughter (New York, 1880).

FRY, William Henry, musician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 10 Aug., 1815; d. in Santa Cruz, West Indies, 21 Dec., 1864. He was educated in the schools of his native place and at Emmettsburg, Md. In 1839 he became editorially connected with his father's newspaper, the Philadelphia &ldquo;Gazette.&rdquo; Soon afterward, in 1835, he went through a course of musical study and wrote four orchestral overtures, which were publicly performed. While he was partly occupied as a writer for several newspapers, and as correspondent for eastern journals, he produced in 1845 an English opera, entitled &ldquo;Leonora.&rdquo; This was given in Philadelphia, and later in New York city, and much discussed. The general public commended the composer for his ambition and energy, but