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on the farm. She said she was too young to remember the ride but remembered her mother saying it seemed like it took forever but we finally made it to the Bay. When Eran went in to pay the note it was 3 days overdue and they would not except the payment.
Grandma said they forclosed on the note and took thier farm.
She never told me any more about the story so I assumed that a bank had taken the farm. Her condition worsened over the next couple of years and Grandma passed away Nov. 21 1969.
While searching the Land Records at the Hancock County Courthouse, I found a warrenty Deed dated Aug. 11 1892 from William Fry to Emilio Cue for the sum of 125.00. William signed the deed using an "X" as his mark. This is recorded in book
0	page 523. In book A6 page 614 it is recorded that Eran Fry sold a timber lease on the homestead for the sum of $25.00.
Since Eran alone signed the lease, I assume that Bill died sometime prior to this lease which was executed on Oct. 22 1903.
Ellen Cue, widow of Emilio, filed suit in Chancery Court to claim the homestead from the heirs of William and Eran Fry on May 7 1909. With this information we know that Eran died prior to May 1909. Eran died from typhoid fever and assuming she died sometime during 1908 or early in 1909, she was about 47 years old. Assuming William died around 1900 he would have been about 40 years old. Grandma Cuevas was born Aug. 21 1899, so she was very young when her father died and about 9 years old when her mother died.
The land went through Court at least 3 times. Albert, Martha and Almette, the older children of the Frys, tried to hold on to the land but the courts denied them and the land was finally lost to the Cues.
Aunt Bernise, daughter of Spence and Birdie Cuevas, helped me with grandma Cuevas' younger years. She said that Aunt Martha, grandma's sister, tried to keep the family together, but since she was not married at the time it was very difficult for everyone. Since the Frye family was strict Baptist, dancing