Obituary Monday~John Martin Dry

A double tragedy strikes the John Martin and Mary Jane McCollums Dry family in early October 1899. the first to occur was the death of the head of the household Mr. John Martin Dry, age 79. His death left his widow, Mary Jane (nee McCollums) and 4 children; two sons and two daughters. The couple had previously lost two others sons at an early age.    

MARTIN DRY DEAD.
He Received a Fall More Than a Week Ago and Remained Unconscious Ever Since That Time.
More than a week ago Mr. Martin Dry. who lives below town, received a fall. On the following day he became unconscious and gradually sank until Monday night after midnight he died. Mr. Dry had reached the ripe old age of nearly 79 years. He leaves two sons, Levi Dry and Will Dry, and two daughters, Mrs. W. F. Hess and Mrs. Bettie Dry. The funeral will be conducted Wednesday morning at the home by Rev. Chas. B Miller. The remains will be interred in the old Lutheran cemetery.

[Daily Concord Standard, Concord, North Carolina, 03 Oct 1899, Tue., Page 1 Column 2]
 

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.)
http://www.countyoffice.org/public-records/genealogy-sc-94a/

As stated in the above obituaries, daughter Margaret Jane “Maggie” Dry Hess was on her death bed and not expected to survive. Maggie died on 10 October 1899 leaving a husband and two sons surviving.

John Martin Dry was a son of Peter Dry and Hetty Elizabeth A. Teeter. 

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 2 Apr 1906.

iii. Adam Monroe Dry was born about 1866 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He died before 1880 at the age of 14.

iv. Margaret Jane "Maggie" Dry, born abt 1868, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; married William Franklin Hess, 25 Sep 1887, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; died 10 Oct 1899.

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.

John Martin Dry is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.

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1. Adelaide and Eugenia Lore, St_Johns_Lutheran Church: Baptismal_Records_1797_1847 (Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina: Self-Published as PDF, 1977), page 28.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 Martin DRY; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2018); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 0955.

6. Mr. Martin Dry obituary, The Concord (NC) Times, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 5 October 1899. Died Monday night, age 79.

7. "Index to North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 1018), MARRIAGE~Martin Dry & Mary Jane McCollums; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Marriage Date: 11 Sep 1856.