Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 16 October 2005

Page
1032

ANDREW FRYBURGER, farmer; P. O. Cozaddale; one of the pioneers of this county and to whom we are pleased to give a prominence in this work, was born in Hamilton Township, this county, September 13, 1818; he was the son of Lewis and Rachel (Custer) Fryburger; the former was born about the year 1775, the latter December 24 of the same year; they settled in this county about the year 1819. These parents were of German descent and were among the early and influential people of their time and neighborhood. They were the parents of ten children-four sons and six daughters, all of whom are well situated in life. The family was originally from Virginia, where it was well and favorably known. The subject of this sketch was brought up amid the rural scenes of pioneer life, and had but little chance to secure an education. The log cabin, the clearing and the rude methods of developing the new country engaged his attention, but they were nature's methods of making a stalwart; strengthening muscle, enlarging the mind and warming into life those noble impulses so characteristic of the man brought up in such surroundings; hospitable and kind, a friend always finds a warm and hearty welcome to his home. He has bean twice married, the first time April 1, 1846, to Miss Mary J. Hill, who was born April 15, 1826; to these parents six children were born-Lewis, April 1, 1848; Notley H., March 6, 1850; Hosiah, Jan. 22, 1853; John, Sept. 7, 1857; Thomas, Oct. 2, 1859, and George, Oct. 10, 1862. On March 14, 1866, Mr. Fryburger was called upon to mourn the loss of the partner of his life, the sympathizer of his sorrows, the sharer of his joys, by death, Dec. 14, 1866. After remaining single for some seven years, he was married the second time Nov. 20, 1873 to Miss Martha Bright, a

worthy woman born May 16, 1846. They have two children - Mary J. and Annie A.; the former 7 years of age, the latter 3. The father of Mrs. Fryburger is John Bright, a native of England, born Feb. 11, 1822; he married Amy Wiltshire, born Jan. 16, 1824. Mr. Fryburger is a Democrat of the old school, and has held the offices of Township Trustee and Director for over fifteen years. He owns a well cultivated farm of 116 acres of land, and at this writing is active and vigorous for one of his years.