John Fritz

1850 - 1926  (76 years)

• Name	John Fritz
  Born	12 Jan 1850	Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Oct 1926	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3811	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Ananias Fritz,   b. 1 Oct 1821, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Jun 1906, Dixon, Lee County, Illinois  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Harriet Rhoads Fritz,   b. 28 Aug 1828,   d. 10 Sep 1864  (Age 36 years)
  Married	28 Apr 1846	Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F3274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary A Berkey Emert Fritz,   b. 25 Sep 1837, Somerset, Somerset County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Feb 1911, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 73 years)
  Married	1874	Eldena, Lee County, Illinois
  Children	+ 1. Charles Ernest Fritz,   b. 1876,   d. 10 Apr 1936, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia  (Age 60 years)   2. Eddie Fritz,   b. 1883,   d. 5 Jul 1889  (Age 6 years)
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2019 01:10:17
  Family ID	F3272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nana E Boon Fritz
  Married	1911	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 23:38:01
  Family ID	F3273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1911 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Fritz, John JOHN FRITZ John Fritz, a resident of Rossville for the past forty years, passed away unexpectedly last Friday, October 15, at 1116 Taylor, St., Topeka. The news of his passing was a shock to his Rossville relatives and friends, as his condition had improved so favorably that he was to have left last Saturday for his home in Florida. Mr. Fritz was a native of Somerset, Pa., where he was born January 12, 1850. On the date of his death he was 70 years, 9 months and 3 days old. When about 20 years old he moved to Illinois in 1870 and in 1874 he was married to Mary Emert at Eldena, Ill. Eight years after his arrival in Illinois, in 1878, he brought his family to Kansas. The family lived first on the old DeBacker farm in the west part of the township, and about the year 1884 moved to the farm now owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Parr. Ten years later to a day, on March 1, 1894 he gave up farming and moved into Rossville occupying the property on the corner of Main and Pottawatomie now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fields. For a time he conducted a hardware store and became actively engaged in construction work. In 1911 he bought interests in Florida and moved to Ft. Lauderdale and resumed his business of general contracting and assisted very materially in opening new additions and in the general upbuilding of that city He sold his business in 1921 to his son Charles. Several years after the death of his first wife he was married to Nana E. Boon, at St. Louis, Mo., in 1911, who survives him. Other surviving relatives are his son, Charles E. Fritz of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., one brother, Oliver, of Beatrice, Neb., one sister. Mrs. Etta Kesler, of Rossville, three half brothers, George of Topeka, Erastus of Lawrence, Kan., and Will of Kansas City; three half sisters Mamie Cronin, Laura Murphy and Lucy Foster, all of Topeka. Funeral services were held in the Rossville Presbyterian church Monday, October 18, conducted by the Rev. H. L. Nelson. Interment was in Rossville cemetery.