 1893 - 1986 (93 years)
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| Name |
Leo Joseph FRIES [1] |
| Born |
10 Jun 1893 |
, Whitley County, Indiana, USA  [1] |
- Source: WWII Draft Registration Card
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| Gender |
Male |
| Burial |
Source: letter from Mary Lou Fries dated 6 Jan 2007. “It is my knowledge that Leo Joseph was born Joseph Leo, and he himself changed his name.” |
| Occupation |
School teacher, farmer [1] |
| Buried |
1986 |
Greenhills Cemetery, Columbia City, whitley County, Indiana |
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| Died |
23 Jul 1986 |
Columbia City, Whitley County , Indiana, USA |
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| Notes |
- Leo's wife Marie, daughter Helen, and Helen's husband were killed in an auto accident in 1957. See newspaper article "Cousin of Leo Fries Dies in Marion:" Leo was well known in the area, and is described as a resident of Thorncreek Township near Columbia City. Leo was a teacher in his earlier years, teaching agronomy at Oregon Polytechnical Institute. He later farmed in Thorncreek Townshiip, Indiana and was active civically--authoring numerous articles on the history of the region for the Whitley County Historical Society.
Leo, Marie and the entire family operated the Root Beer Barrel, a local drive in restaurant, in Columbia City. Other work done by Leo was farming, and he and Ed operated the family homestead and farm for many years. They also sold dressed poultry, to include turkeys, chickens and ducks.
Leo loved to write, and many articles and documents can be found in the county that were authored by Leo.
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| Person ID |
I212 |
Ronald Allen Snowden Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2010 |
| Father |
Francois Xavier FRIES, b. 5 Apr 1846, Ufholtz, Haut-Rin, France , d. 19 Jan 1907, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Catholic 1-2-16-2 (Age 60 years) |
| Mother |
Catherine ULRICH, b. 8 Oct 1850, , Whitley County, Indiana, USA , d. 7 Oct 1930, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Catholic 1-2-16-2 (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
7 Feb 1871 |
Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana Catholic 1-2-16-2 |
- Marriage performed by R.S. Pence, Justice of the Peace.
Source: Marriage Book, Whitley County, Indiana
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| _UID |
709771C931F34A06ABFABC7A4EED7296D384 |
| Photos
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 | Fries family home in Columbia City, Indiana
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 | The windmill at the Fries homestead--
Whitley County, Indiana
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 | The farmhouse at the Fries Homestead
Ca. 1880
This home was originally constructed by Frank Fries in the 1880's, and has continuously served the Fries family ever since. |
 | Catharine (Ulerich) Fries with her children
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 | Family of Frank and Catharine Fries
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 | Catherine (Ulerich) Fries, son Henry Edward Fries, and daughter Rosella Matiilda (Fries) Regan.
Photo appears to have been taken at the Fries home on Oak Street; although current photos of the home do not have the porch that is apparent in this photograph. |
| Headstones |
 | Headstone of Francis X. and Catherine Fries
Located in the Greenhills Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana |
| Family ID |
F73 |
Group Sheet |
| Family |
Ella Marie PERRY, b. Abt 1900, , , Indiana, USA , d. 13 Dec 1956 (Age ~ 56 years) |
| Married |
17 Apr 1920 |
, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA |
- Leo was teaching at the OregonAgricultural College at the time.
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| _UID |
93D7BF228474450480C22FF0BB488B971280 |
| Children |
| | 1. Catherine Cecelia FRIES, b. Abt 1920, , , Oregon, USA , d. 15 Oct 1940, , Whitley County, Indiana, USA (Age ~ 20 years) |
| | 2. Rosella M. FRIES, b. 9 Nov 1921, , , Colorado, USA , d. 17 Jul 1972 (Age 50 years) |
| | 3. Living |
| | 4. Margaret E. FRIES, b. 28 May 1925, , , Indiana, USA , d. 8 Oct 1996 (Age 71 years) |
| | 5. Living |
| | 6. John Louis FRIES, b. 7 Dec 1928, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA , d. 5 Feb 2012, , , Indiana, USA (Age 83 years) |
| | 7. Living |
| | 8. Helen Marie FRIES, b. 4 Feb 1932, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA , d. 8 Dec 1956 (Age 24 years) |
| | 9. Joseph Leo FRIES |
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| Headstones |
 | Headstone of Leo and Marie Fries
Located in the Greenhills Cemetery, Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana |
| Family ID |
F101 |
Group Sheet |
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| Histories |
 | Letter from Ralph Gates to Leo
Whitley County Civil War Monument
Letter provided by Mary Lou Fries
"I was cleaning a closet and found a letter written by Ralph Gates to Leo. They both graduated from Columbia City High School in 1911. They were college roommates. Ralph was Indiana's Governor from 1945 through 1949. I thought you would be interested in the handwritten note about the Civil War Monument.
The copy of the envelope is Pappy's (Leo) writing. He had mailed his high school graduation program to his sister Rosa. Rosa married E. P. Regan. |
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| Sources |
- [S526] 1930 Federal Census--Columbia City, Whitley County, Indiana, USA.
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