DoB: 10 Nov 1806 is found in the famly bible (image attached.)  Some show a date of 9 Dec which may be found in the "Brethren of Northern Illinois" p 182. Probably an error.


Royer: 192. Daniel6 Fry (Salome5 Royer, Christopher4, Johann Emig (Amos)3, Sebastian Mathias2, Hans Georg1 Rheyer) was born February 10, 1806, and died December 9, 1881. He married Nancy Auman 1836. *
* Checking now on the source for Royer.

Adopted Jacob Delp (became Elder in the Church of the Brethren)

Census 1840 - 1880
Census has FREY in 1860 and 1880, FRY in 1850, and FRYE with E crossed out in 1870.

Fry Amen marriage  Certification

Enoch Eby and Daniel Fry's Mission to Denmark in 1877   

The year 1848 brought in other Brethren from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Some of these settled on Yellow Creek, whence the name chosen when the congregation was organized. Among these were Daniel Fry from the Nimishillen congregation, Ohio, and family, Jacob Delp and Benjamin Kepner, who located in Jo Daviess County. Full text of "Brethren in northern Illinois and Wisconsin"

Brought his family from Stark County, Ohio, to Stephenson County, Ill., 1848. That same year Yellow Creek Congregation was organized and he was placed in charge, a position he held until his death. He was considered a father in Israel by all. At the age of seventy-one he was sent to Denmark to help organize the Church of the Brethren. [Brethren in N IL and WI]

Holsinger's History of the TUNKERS

Thirty-three years of missions in the Church of the Brethren