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From: Bill Hart <>
Subject: Obit: George Fires of Sennett Dies at 95 (2 December 1953)
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:59:48 -0700

I found this obit in the Syracuse Herald-Journal dated Thursday, 3
December 1953.

George Fries was a 1st cousin of my great-grandfather William James Marks.

Bill


George Fries of Sennett Dies at 95

Auburn - Services for George A, Fries. 95, of Pine Ridge rd., Sennett,
who died last night in his home after a long illness, will be at 2 P.M.
Saturday in Langham's Funeral Home, Auburn, with the Rev. Floyd L.
Guiles, pastor of First Methodist Church, officating. Burial will be
at Soule Cemetery.

Mr. Fries was one of Cayuga County's oldest market gardeners. Of
Dutch descent, he was born April 11, 1858, in Sennett. His parents
were the late William and Elizabeth Marks Fries, early settlers in
this region.

Mr. Fries made his home 49 years at the same farm, a mile from his
birthplace and within three miles of Auburn. He specialized in late
years in growing sweet corn. Before that he raised berries. He grew
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and black caps. He often
worked "the sun around," as he put it, to make a living.

Until he began failing and was forced to remain home most of the time
he often walked from his home to Auburn and back. At other times he
rode the bus to town and walked home.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Fred L. Dare, who resided with him; three
brothers, Herbert Fries, Auburn; Arthur Fries, Sennett; and Eugene
Fries, Haverhill, Mass; three grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren,
one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.

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