CARY R. FRISBEY/ELIZABETH BOYD - LAGRANGE CO; INDIANA 
 

CARY R. FRISBEY came to Noble County with his parents in 1842, and in 1844 moved to Lima Township, this county. His father, John Frisbey, was born in Luzerne County, Penn.; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was married in June 1817,to Mary A. Van Clief, a native of Morgan County, Ohio. She died at her home in Lima Township, in November 1854; Mr Frisbey then moved to this township, where he died in October 1859. C.R. Frisbey was born February 2,1836, in Morgan County, Ohio. He went to Wisconsin in 1855, returning to this county the following year; September 30,1861, he enlisted in Company H, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in battle at Fort Donelson. Being unfit for service he was discharged July 17,1862, at Battle Creek, Tenn., and returned to La Grange. September 30,1864 Mr Frisbey re-enlisted in
Company D, One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle at Nashville. July 6,1865, they were mustered out at Nashville, and Mr Frisbey returned to Indiana. In 1864, April 2, he was married to Julia F. Osborn, who died September 22,1864. He married MISS ELIZABETH BOYD October 27,1867, a native of Noble County, and bought the farm where he now lives,in February 1868. They have two children - ERIE S. and MINNIE M.  Mr Frisbey is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, and Mrs Frisbey of the German Baptist. He was Deputy County Treasurer for about nine years, and six years served as Assessor and Real Estate Appraiser; he now fulfills the duties as
Justice of the Peace, to which office he was elected in June 1879. Mr Frisbey has taught sixteen terms of school, and has conducted a singing school for twenty-three years;for five years he was local correspondent of the La Grange Standard, and has written two years for the La Grange Register.

     Source: 1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana by F.A.Battey & Co.
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