Owen Ulrich Dry was born on 4 Dec 1754 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, British America. He was baptized on 4 Dec 1757 and confirmed on 9 Apr 1773 at Confirmed Good Friday, 1773.
He was twice married. All his children are by his first wife Eve.
Owen Ulrich Dry and Eve were married about 1776. Eve was born on 1 Feb 1757 in North Carolina, British America. She died on 17 Nov 1828 at the age of 71 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Some say she was a “DRY” but I have found no proof of her surname. Her tombstone can be found in Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Owen Ulrich Dry and Eve had the following children:
i. Christina Dry, born 1777, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Peter Kauble; died 1829, Rowan County, North Carolina.
ii. Catherine "Katy" Dry, born 28 Feb 1783, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married George Jacob Miller Jr., 25 Mar 1807, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 6 Apr 1858, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina.
iii. Daniel Dry, born 21 Jul 1795, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Barbara Lipe, 1 Mar 1815, Montgomery County, North Carolina; died 9 Mar 1836, Perry County, Illinois.
iv. John F. Dry, born 1780, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married Elizabeth Meisenheimer, abt 1805; died 25 Aug 1842, Perry County, Illinois.
After the death of his wife Eve in November 1828; Owen next married Miss Catherine Polk.
Owen Ulrich Dry and Catherine Polk were married on 9 Dec 1834 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Catherine Polk was born about 1764. She died after 1834; evidence of her death has not been found.
His marriage was recorded in “The Weekly Raleigh Register” 26 Dec. 1834.
In Cabarrus county, 9th inst., by John Fuggart, Esq., Mr. Owen Dry, age 80, to Miss Catherine Polk, age 70 --"all for the Administratied. on "---Communicat
Owen signed his will on 21 Feb 1839 in Cabarrus County. His estate was probated in 1840 at Cabarrus County Pleas and Quarter Sessions Volume 3 page 78. in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
He died on 5 Mar 1840 at the age of 85 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina. His tombstone can be found in Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Owen Ulrich Dry is my 4th Great Grand Uncle.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 June 2016); Memorial page for Owen Dry; (4 December 1754–5 March 1840); Find a Grave memorial # 21322373, Citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery; Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA.
2. Rev. William John Hinke PH. D., D.D., A History of the Goshenhoppen Reformed Charge,: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (1727-1819) (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1920), page 288 - Ullrich Dorr.
3. Annette Kunsekman Burgert, Grossgartach, Wuerttemberg, to Pennsylvania:: Some Early Colonial German Immigrants (Myerstown, PA 17067: AKB Publications, 1999), page 18.
4. North Carolina, Pleas & Quarter Sessions: PQS #3, page 78, C.016.30003, Last Will and Testament of Owen Dry; North Carolina Archives, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Eve Dry (1 February 1757–17 November 1828), Memorial # 21322395.
6. Marriage of Mr. Owen Dry to Miss Catherine Polk obituary, The Weekly Raleigh Register, (Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, 30 December 1934, page 2, column 6.
Did Owen serve in the Revolutionary War? I find those records more difficult to search than Civil War records. Maybe I just know more sites with Civil War information.
ReplyDeleteI haven't found any evidence that he served.
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