Benjamin Franklin Phillips
1844-1919




Morgan Calvin was born July 20, 1839 at Athens, Monroe, Tenn. to Newel Clarence & Lucinda Fry. He enlisted in the 1st ARKANSAS INFANTRY Union Army, Company I, and served during the Civil War. The muster cards below indicate he served in the Confedrate Army before that in 1862.

September 26, 1867 he married Elizabeth Jane Redding. They are listed on the 1870 Washburn, Sebastian Co., Ar. census, 0n the 1880 Bates Twsp., Sebastian Co and on the 1900 Eagle Twsp., Sebastian. By 1910, still in Eagle Twsp., he is a widower.

Morgan Calvin Fry passed away October 6, 1911 in Washburn, Sebastian Co., Ar. He is buried in Mount Harmony Cemetery at Greenwood, Sebastian Co., Ar.



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Union Civil War Records
Title: Index to Compiled Military Service Records; 1st Arkansas Union Infantry - Arkansas

Name: ... Calvin M Fry
Enlistment Age: ... 24
Birth Date: ... abt 1839
Birth Place: ... Ray County, Tennessee
Enlistment Date: ...1 Mar 1863
Enlistment Place: ... Fayetteville, Arkansas
Enlistment Rank: ... Private
Muster Date: ... 1 Mar 1863
Muster Place: ... Arkansas
Muster Company: ...I
Muster Regiment: ... 1st Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: ... Infantry
Muster Information: ... Enlisted
Side of War: ... Union
Survived War?: ... Yes
Additional Notes: ... Applied for a pension in 1887

Union Musters






Pension Index Card