Tombstone Tuesday~Adam Drye

Adam Drye

b. 20 Sep 1826

d, 19 Jan 1914

bu. Palestine Methodist Church Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of William Poplin

Adam Drye is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.
 
Adam is the son of  George M. Drye and  Mary ‘Polly” Sides. He married Elizabeth ‘Bettie’ Layton about 1849/1850. After Bettie Layton death in  March 1905, Adam married Mrs. Sarah Eudy on 11 September 1906. 

Adam Drye and Elizabeth ‘Bettie‘ Layton had the following children:

i. Moses Adam Dry, born 20 Oct 1850, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Diana Hall, 5 Oct 1893; died 11 Sep 1938.
ii. Green M. Dry, born 25 Apr 1853, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Laura Belvidere Meyers, 9 Sep 1886, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 10 Jan 1937, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina.
iii. George E. Dry, born 15 Jul 1855, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Diana Hall, 17 Oct 1886, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 18 Feb 1890.
iv. John Rufus Dry, born 6 Jul 1861, Stanly County, North Carolina; married Lucy Victoria Sides, 29 Dec 1886, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 26 Oct 1946.
v. Julia A. F. Dry, born 14 May 1866, Stanly County, North Carolina; married William Lee. Harris, 22 Apr 1888, Stanly County, North Carolina; died 9 Jan 1956.
 
 










___________________________
[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 June 2015); Memorial page for Adam Drye; (20 September 1826–19 January 1914); Find a Grave memorial # 62256121, Citing Palestine Methodist Church Cemetery; Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina, USA.
[2] Frank K. Bostian B. W. Cruse, Dutch Buffalo Creek Meeting House: 1745-1806 (Salisbury, North Carolina: Rowan Business Forms, 1974), page 59; digital images, Bethel Bear Creek United Church of Christ, (https://archive.org/details/dutchbuffalocree00bost : viewed, extracted 10 February 2016; Adam Dry, b. 20 Sept 1825, bap. 11 Feb 1827.