Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriages of Adam Dry

When the Census Taker visited the Adam Dry household (Dwelling 272, Family 273) on 16 August 1850 he recorded two members within the household:

• Line 18, Dwelling 272, Family 273
• Adam Dry, Male, age 23
• Elizabeth (Layton) Dry, Female, age 28.

There’s no doubt that the Census Taker noticed that Elizabeth was carrying a child; a child that was born just two months later on 20 October 1850, their firstborn, a son, Moses Adam Dry.

No Marriage document has been found that records this marriage but we know it most likely took place before 20 January 1850. This is substantiated by the 1900 Census which also shows Adam and Elizabeth marriage year as 1850. 



Adam and Elizabeth were married 55 years before her death in 1905. They would raise a family of six children; 5 sons and a daughter of which four were still living upon her death including her daughter.

After the death of Elizabeth, Adam decided that he needed a new companion marring a widower Sarah A. Eudy on 11 September 1906.

 

Sarah A. Burlson, the widow of Julius M. Eudy, was the daughter of Joseph Burlson and Lucy E. Almond. Julius and Sarah were married 5 November 1868 and he (Julius) had passed away on 2 Nov 1880.

Eight years after their marriage Adam Dry passed away on 19 January 1914 and two years later Sarah A. Burlson Eudy Dry passed away on 19 December 1916.


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1. 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.     2. Stanly County, North Carolina, Deed Book 5: page 276, Sale of George M. Dry Estate Lands; Adam Dry to  B. H. Carter; 10 March 1859, Register of Deeds, Albemarle, Stanly County, North Carolina.
  3. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 3 March 2015), entry for Adam Dry, Private; Company "A", 27th NC Infantry; Confederates.
4. 1900 US Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0121, Page: 28/175 (stamped); Line 37, Dwelling 407, Family 452, Household Adam DRY; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 June 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1218.
5.  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976,  Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com:  5 May 2015),  North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, Adam Dry; Certificate number #2216, 19 January 1914.
6. 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.
7. Adam Dry died suddenly obituary, The Monroe Journal, Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, 27 January 1914, Page 2, column 3.
8. State of North Carolina, marriage (11 September 1906), Adam Dry and Sarah Eudy; https://www.ancestry.com, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina.