Adam Fry was born on August 25, 1812, in Pennsylvania. She married Esther Delo, and they had at least eight children: George, born around 1834; Betsy, born around 1835; Andrew, born around 1838; Margaret, born around 1842; Isaac, born on January 17, 1844; Sarah, born on March 22, 1846; Esther, born around 1849; and Reuben, born around 1853. He worked as a farmer in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and by 1860, he owned $5,000 of real estate and $400 of personal property. They moved to Concord, Indiana, in the 1860s and then to Colfax, Missouri, around 1871. He died in Winston, Missouri, on August 1, 1894.