BIO:  Levi C. FRY, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Chanceford Township, Pg 90

LEVI C. FRY was born in Chanceford Township, York Co., Penn., March 25, 1843, and 
is a son of John and Christina (Blouse) Fry, also natives of this township.  His 
grandfather, John Fry, was a native of Lancaster County, Penn.  He was reared on 
the farm, and in 1861 enlisted in the Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers.  He 
was at the battles of Winchester, Kelly’s Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, and was 
wounded at Locust Grove, November 27, 1863, and also took part at Horse Shoe 
Bend, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor and Bermuda.  At the battle of Petersburg he was 
captured, June 22, 1864, and was confined at Bell Island, Castle Thunder, Libby 
and Andersonville prisons.  He was released April 28, 1865, and discharged June 
18, 1865.  After the war he returned to Chanceford Township, and engaged in 
farming.  Mr. Fry was married, March 22, 1866, to Miss Cevella A. Hoover, 
daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Hoover, of Manchester Township.  Mr. Fry has 
served as township auditor, and is a church member.