It’s Family Time~Phillip Wiley Dry

Phillip Wiley Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle

Phillip Wiley Dry was born on 10 Jul 1759 in Upper Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, a son of Karl Charles DUERR and his wife Christina Muss. Their surname was anglicized to DRY after arriving in the United States.  

Phillip Wiley had two older brothers one of which was my 4th Great Grand father and a younger brother and sister; four siblings.  

They migrated from Pennsylvania and settled in Mecklenburg County prior to the first US Census. Phillip Wiley and his wife is enumerated in the 1790 census for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina;

1790 CENSUS: Mecklenburg, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Image: 543; Family History Library Film: 0568147, Page: 370; Line 4; Phillip DRY, Male over 16 years of age and 1 Female {Wife Catherine ?? [LNU]]. 

The 1820 Census shows that Phillip and Catherine had 5 sons and 3 daughters.  I have identified four of these eight children but some trees' on-line have names listed for all 8 children. 

Phillip Wiley Dry and Catherine [LNU] had the following children:
 
i. Joseph Dry was born on 10 Oct 1797.
ii. Solomon Dry, born abt 1798; married Esther Melchor, 11 Dec 1821, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died bef Oct 1857, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
iii. Abraham Dry, born 19 Oct 1804, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Mary Catherine Harkey, 27 Feb 1830, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 3 Apr 1865, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus, North Carolina.
iv. Barbara Dry, born 19 Jan 1812, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Adam Eli Harkey b: 7 Oct 1831, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 6 Aug 1888, Yell County, Arkansas.
 
These 4 children are also listed as children of Phillip and Catherine but as of today I have found no proof for this connection.

• Lawrence Dry
• Mathias Dry
• Sally Dry
• Mary Dry

Phillip Dry died 14 December 1837 according to the date on his tombstone (Find A Grave Memorial# 123888267). Phillip is buried at Cold Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. This is the only source known for the death of Phillip Dry. 

Catherine Dry was enumerated with Phillip in the 1830 census for Cabarrus County. No death date has been found for her. 













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Sources:
1. 1790 U S Census, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, population schedule, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, , Page: 370, Line 4, Household of Phillip DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M637, Roll 7.
2. 1800 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Salisbury, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 691, Line 2, Household of Phillip DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M32, Roll 29.
3. 1810 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Page: 372, Line 23, Household of Phillip DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M252, Roll 39.
4. 1820 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, Page: 155, Line 13, Household of Phillip DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.
5. 1830 U S Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, , Page: 202, Line 3, Household of Phillip DRY; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 August 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm M19, Roll 119.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 August 2015); Memorial page for Phillip Wiley Drye; (10 July 1759–14 December 1837); Find a Grave memorial # 123888267, Citing Cold Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.