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tant-general IMarch 16, 1801, and was appointed chief-of-staff to Gen. Irwin McDowell, serving in the first battle of Bull Run, July 31, 1861. He was afterward chief-of-stafF to Gen. Don Carlos Buell, commanding the army of the Ohio, 1861- 03, participating in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth and in the pursuit of General Bragg. On March 17, 18G3, he was made pi'ovost marshal-gen- eral of the United States, and held the office during its exist- ence as a division of the war department. He was promoted to the staff rank of brigadier-general April 31, 1864 and was successively

brevetted lieutenant- colonel, colonel, brigadier-general, and major- general in the regular army for " faithful, meritorious and distinguished services during the war. '" After the abolition of the office of provost marshal-general Aug. 30, 18G0, he was made ad- jutant-general of the divis'ion of the Pacific, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, serving 1860-69; of the division of the south, 1869-71; of the Mis- souri, 1871-73; of the Atlantic, 1873-81, and on June 1, 1881, he was placed on the retired list, after a continuous service of thirty-four years. He published: Sketch of the Adjutant-GeneraV s De- partment, U.S. Army, from 1775 to 7S75(1875); The Bistory and Lerjal Effect of Brevets in the Armies of Great Britain and the United States (1877); Army Sacrifices (1879); McDowell and Tyler in the Campaign of Bull Run (1884); Operations -of the Army Under Biiell (1884); jVc!« York and the Con- scription (1885); and various pamphlets on mili- tary subjects. His widow, Caroline Fry, died at Newport, R.I., Aug. 17, 1897. General Fry died at Newport, R.I., July 11, 1894.

FRY, Joseph Reese, journalist, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 33, 1811; son of William and Ann Penrose (Fleeson) Fry; grandson of Joseph and Elizabetli (Meyers) Fry, and of Thomas and Rebecca (Britton) Fleeson, and brother of William Henry Fry, composer. His ancestors John and Elizabeth Fry came from Devonshire, England, about 1690, and settled in Bucks county. He attended Mount St. Mary's seminary, Emittsburg, Md., 1834-38, and was graduated with high honors from the University of Pennsylvania in 1830, being class poet. He was admitted to the bar. but devoted his time chiefly to banking and journalism. He was editor of the Cincinnati Evening Exjjress for some years, and

subsequently of the Philadelphia North American. He wrote the librettos for his brother's operas, Leonora and Notre Dame de Paris, and translated the opera Norma and also Stabat Mater. He was also the author of librettos The Bridal of Dunnre and Aiirelia the Vestal; and translations of Doni- zetti's Anna Bolena and Rossini's Barbiere di Seciglia which were never published. He was married to Cornelia, daugliter of James Nevins. He died in Pluladelphia, Pa., July 1, 186,-).

FRY, Joshua, soldier, was born in Somerset- shire, England, and was educated at Oxford uni- versity. He removed to America between 1710 and 1730 and settled in Virginia, where he was married to Mary (Micou) Hill, widow of Colonel Hill, and daughter of Paid Micou. a Huguenot exile from France. One of Paul Micou's daugh- ters was married to John Lomax the grandfather of Judge John T. Lomax (1781-1863). In 1738- 39, Joshua Fry was at Williamsburg as master of the grammar school of William and Maiy college, and was later professor of mathematics in the college. After resigning his chair he was a mem- ber of the house of burgesses and of the king's council. In September, 1844, he was a commis- sioner and chief surveyor to fix the boundary line between Goochland county and the new county of Albemarle. He was a justice of the peace till 1748 and probably much longer, and also held the office of county lieutenant. In 1745 he was a commissioner of the crown for defining the west- ern limit of the Northern Necks, and with Peter Jefferson surveyed the land from the headsprings of the Rappahannock to the headsprings of the Potomac. In 1749 he was a commissioner for continuing the line between 'Virginia and North Carolina, and in the .same year finished the map of Virginia known as Fry and Jefferson s map. In 1753 he was commissioned by Virginia to nego- tiate the treaty of Logstown. In 1754 he was appointed colonel and commander-in-chief of the Virginia regiment, and started for the Ohio in command of the expedition against ithe French, George Washington being lieutenant-colonel. Colonel Fry died on the way and Washington succeeded to the command. He was buried under a large oak upon which Washington cut the inscription: ' ' Under this oak lies the body of the good, the just and the noble Fiy. " He died near Fort Cumberland, Md., May 31, 1754.

FRY, Speed Smith, soldier, was born in Mercer county, K\'., Sept. 9, 1817; son of Thomas Walker and Betsy (Smith) Fiy; grandson of Joshua and Peachy (Walker) Fry; great-grandson of Col.

John and (Adams) Fiy, and great- grandson

of Col. Joshua and Mary (Micou) Hill Fry. He attended the Centi-e college of Kentucky for a short time, and was graduated from Wabash col- lege, Ind., in 1840. He was admitted to the bar