It’s Family Times~The Family of Leah Dry House

Leah Dry was born on 11 Jan 1810 in Cabarrus  County, North Carolina, the firstborn child of John F. Dry and Elizabeth Meisenheimer. The growth of the family reached its apex in 1834 with the addition of Monroe.

During that time the family moved from Cabarrus County, NC to Perry County, Illinois.
Leah Dry was twice married. On 28 April 1828, Leah Dry married a young man called Weston Jenks in Cabarrus County, NC.

I found their marriage bond stating that this marriage took place; but, very little information beyond the marriage. John F. Dry the father of Leah Dry is named Bondsman for this marriage.  

On 2 November 1852, Leah Dry married a widower, Jacob House, whose wife Elizabeth “Betsy” Freeze had passed away on 6 Jul 1852. To this union was born one child, a son.  

i.    Thomas Roland House, born 14 Jul 1854, Perry County Illinois; married Sarah Lipe; died 18 Mar 1938, Perry County Illinois.

Jacob House passed away on 7 October 1875 and was buried in the House Cemetery, Perry County, Illinois. Leah Dry House died 5 March 1891 and was buried in the Nine Mile Cemetery, Sunfield, Perry County, Illinois.

Leah Dry House is my 2nd Cousin 4 times removed.

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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  28 February 2019); Memorial page for Leah Dry House; (11 January 1810–5 March 1891); Find a Grave memorial # 67068556, Citing Nine Mile Cemetery; Sunfield, Perry County, Illinois, USA.
    2. 1870 U. S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 5 Range 1, Perry, Illinois, , Page: 138A(stamped); Line 37, Dwelling 253, Family 255, Household of Jacob HOUSE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 February 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_268.
    3. 1880 U. S. Census, Perry County, Illinois, population schedule, Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, enumeration district (ED) 073, Page: 44C(stamped); Line 24, Dwelling 179, Family 185, Household of Leah HOUSE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 28 February 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: T9_241.
    4. "North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 February 2019), MARRIAGE: Leah DRY and Weston JENKS; North Carolina Division of Archives and History, 1977; Bond Date: 28 Apr 1828.
    5. "Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 ," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 28 February 2019), MARRIAH|GE: Leah Dry - Jacob House; Illinois State Public Record Offices; Marriage Date: 2 Nov 1852.
    6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Jacob House (1 August 1795–7 October 1875), Memorial #5063561.

Tombstone Tuesday~Pvt. John C. Dry

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In Memory

of

John C. Dry

v. abt 1836

d. after 5 October 1862

It is so sad to research your family and find young boys going off to war, never to return, interment unknown but in some case in place on the battlefield. Such is the case of John C. Dry. 

I know a lot about John’s civil war experience but two things I don’t know:

• His exact death date
• Place of interment

John C. Dry enlisted on 6 July 1862 as a  Private, Company "H", 57th Infantry. John was admitted to Hospital on 5 October 1862; He never left the hospital. Leah Dry claimed his effects on January 13 and 25 March 1864; No death date found within the Civil war records. (https://www.fold3.com/image/271/54690212) [1]

On 23 October 1862 the court appointed appraisers to appraise the Estate of John Dry, deceased and set aside for his widow Leah Dry a sufficient quantities to take care of herself and the family for one year.[2]  

So it’s known that John was admitted 5 Oct. 1862 and on 23 Oct. 1862 the court has proof of his death and had initiated Probate of his estate. 

John C. Dry died sometime between 5 and 23 October 1862.
 
Generally, when I run into these situations I take a look at the “Bible” on the men who served from North Carolina, a set of  Books consisting of 19 Volumes entitled: “North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster”

John C. Dry appears on Volume 14, page 184; however, in this case there was no actual death date.  

DRY, JOHN C. Private
Resident in Cabarrus County and was by occupation a day laborer prior to enlisting in Cabarrus County at age 26, July 6, 1862, for the war. Hospitalized at Richmond, Virginia, October 5, 1862, with bronchitis. Died prior to January 13, 1864. Place, date, and cause of death not reported (probably died in the winter of 1862-1863).[3]
 
John C. Dry left behind 4 children under the age of seven and his wife, Leah Dry, daughter of John B. Dry and Elizabeth Catherine ‘Caty’ Barrier.
 
John C. Dry is my 2nd cousin 4 times removed.





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[1] https://www.fold3.com/image/271/54690212
[2] "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22995-23455-46?cc=1911121 : 8 May 2016), Cabarrus County > D > Dry, John (1862) > image 4 of 7; State Archives, Raleigh.
[3]  Matthew Brown Editor, BOOK: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS:1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, NC 27699-4622: Historical Publications Section, 1997), John C. Dry, Volume 14, page 184.