It’s Family Time~The John Martin Dry Family

John Martin Dry was born 22 May 1820, a son of Peter Dry and his wife Hetty Elizabeth A. Teter. His birth is recorded within the St_Johns_Lutheran Church Baptismal_Records 1797_1847.

John Martin and his father, Peter, were farmers in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Peter owned land, that he willed to his children, along Cold Water Creek in the county. On 11 September 1856, John Martin married Mary Jane McCullums, age 20, of Cabarrus County. 

John Martin and Mary Jane would raise their family, eking out a living on the land along Cold Water Creek.

John Martin Dry and Mary Jane McCollums had the following children:
        i.    Martin L. Dry was born about Sep 1859 in Cabarrus  County, North Carolina. He died before 1870 at the age of 11.
         ii.    William Franklin Dry, born abt 1863, Cabarrus  County, North Carolina; married Eliza Julia Page, 9 Feb 1886, Cabarrus  County, North Carolina; died bef 24 Aug 1908.
         iii.    Adam Monroe Dry was born about 1866 in Cabarrus  County, North Carolina.  He died before 1880.
         iv.    Margaret Jane Dry was born about 1868 in Cabarrus  County, North Carolina.  She may be Mrs. Hess mentioned in Martin Dry Obituary.
         v.    Elizabeth Catherine "Bettie" Dry, born 30 Oct 1873, Cabarrus  County, North Carolina; married John A. Dry, 28 Dec 1893, Cabarrus  County, North Carolina; married Mathew William Benfield, 23 Feb 1908, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 22 Dec 1935, Cayuga, Anderson, Texas.
         vi.    Levi Lafate Dry, born 2 Sep 1875, Cabarrus  County, North Carolina; married Betty Boswell, 25 Feb 1906, Anson County, North Carolina; died 20 Jul 1919, Burnsville, Anson, North Carolina.

It is not known when Mary Jane McCollums Dry passed away other than between 1880 and 1900.  John Martin Dry passed away on 2 October 1899 based on his obituary. No tombstones have been found for either individual.  

Dry, Martin.  Mr. Martin Dry, an aged citizen of East Concord, died last Monday night.  He had a stroke of paralysis about ten days ago.  He was 79 years old, and a quiet, inoffensive citizen.  He leaves two sons and two daughters.  One of his daughters, Mrs. Hess, is now lying at the point of death.  Mr. Dry was a member of the Lutheran church.  Rev. C. B. Miller conducted the funeral services Friday, and the body was interred in the old Lutheran cemetery.  (Source: The Concord Times, Concord, North Carolina, October 5, 1899.)

John Martin Dry is my First Cousin 4 Times Removed.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page 445B(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 670, Family 670; Peter DRY, Household of Peter DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 622.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Subdivision East of NC RR, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 54 (stamped); Line 33, Dwelling 357, Family 357, Household of John M. DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 890.
3. 1870 Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Township 11, Cabarrus, North Carolina, Page: 438A(stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 122, Family 124, Household of Martin DRY; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 1126.
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, population schedule, Old Field, Cabarrus, North Carolina;, enumeration district (ED) 029, Page: 376C; (stamped); Line 28,, Dwelling 173, Family 173, Household of and Martin DRY; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0955.
5. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 1018), MARRIAGE~Martin Dry & Mary Jane McCullums; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1856.

6. Adelaide and Eugenia Lore, St_Johns_Lutheran Church: Baptismal_Records_1797_1847 (Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina: Self-Published as PDF, 1977), page 28.
7. Mr. Martin Dry obituary, The Concord (NC) Times, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 5 October 1899. Died Monday night, age 79.