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1711 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
April, 1711 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1745 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1757 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1775 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1776 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1794 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841;urg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1828 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
1841 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.
September, 1855 AD (search for this): entry fry-joseph
Fry, Joseph 1711-1794
Military officer; born in Andover, Mass., in April, 1711; was an ensign in the army that captured Louisburg in 1745, and a colonel in the British army at the capture of Fort William Henry by Montcalm in 1757.
He escaped and reached Fort Edward.
In 1775 Congress appointed him brigadier-general, but in the spring of 1776 he resigned on account of infirmity.
He died in Fryeburg, Me., in 1794.
Naval officer; born in Louisiana, about 1828: joined the navy in 1841; was promoted lieutenant in September, 1855; resigned when Louisiana seceded; was unable to secure a command in the Confederate navy, but was commissioned an officer in the army.
In 1873 he became captain of the Virginius, known as a Cuban war steamer.
His ship was captured by a Spanish war vessel, and he, with many of his crew, was shot as a pirate in Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 7, 1873.
See filibuster.