James Ezra Fry (1885 - 1946)

Born 22 Jul 1885 in Wayne, West Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Garnet Delores (Ellis) Fry — married 5 Aug 1930 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States

Died 5 Jan 1946 at age 60 in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Ezra Fry was born in Appalachia, in West Virginia. See Appalachia Project.

Ezra was born in 1885. He was the son of Jesse Fry and Elizabeth (Robertson) Fry (1866-1928). He passed away in 1946.

Ezra worked as a railroad sectionhand, however he became well known as a local organizer for the United Mine Workers of America in Mingo County, West Virginia. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Lick Creek Tent Camp used to house miners and their families after the Baldwin-Felts agents evicted them from the Stone Mountain Coal Camp, both by leasing land and ordering the first 300 tents. He was one of the 23 men tried and acquitted of murder during the Battle of Matewan.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZF-1DX : Tue Oct 03 10:03:45 UTC 2023), Ezra Fry in entry for Jesse J Fry and Elizabeth Fry, Wayne, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 116, sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTNB-M6B : 11 February 2018), Ezra Fry and Nizabelle Pierson, 1904; citing Wayne, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 583,493.
• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNN-ZZ7 : Thu Oct 05 23:16:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Ezra Fry and Niza Fry, Lee District, Mingo, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 148, sheet 2B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6N7-S74 : 25 December 2021), Ezra Fry, 1917-1918.
• "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRXX-HPN : 11 February 2018), Ezra Fry and Garnet Ellis, 05 Aug 1930; citing Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, P 115, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,888.
• "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7H1-7QD : Tue Nov 28 09:43:53 UTC 2023), Entry for J E Fry and Garnet Fry, Union Magisterial District, Cabell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6-79, sheet 17B, NARA microfilm publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5RB-36K : Tue Oct 10 09:23:07 UTC 2023), Entry for James Ezra Fry, 1942.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMXM-Q9X : 9 March 2018), James E. Fry, 05 Jan 1946; citing Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia, County Records, v 7 p. 31, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 559,883.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180505885/james-ezra-fry: accessed 16 December 2023), memorial page for James Ezra Fry (1885–1946), Find a Grave Memorial ID 180505885, citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by Faye Francis (contributor 48423838).

See also:

• "Shining a Light on UMWA Organizer Ezra Fry", West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, 9 June 2023: https://wvminewars.org/news/ezrafry