WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
RICHARD & THERESA FRYER
(early residents of Toquerville)
BIOGRAPHY
Richard Fryer was born May 4, 1837 in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England.Therese Ann Revel was born in 1839 in Iowa.
Early in 1853, three of the Fryer siblings (Jane, Sophia, and Richard) joined the Mormon Church, along with Jane's husband, Francis Jorden, and Sophia's husband, John Thomas Geary.
Richard married Theresa Ann Revel on April 7, 1861 in Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah.
On March 16, 1875, an undreamed of tragedy occurred in Toquerville. Richard Fryer, a founding pioneer of Toquerville and a well-loved musician and teacher, in a fit of rage, killed his neighbor and then his own wife and baby Moses. This was one of the first murders in Washington County. Later that same day, Richard himself was killed in a shoot-out with the sheriff.
Richard, Theresa, and little Moses are all buried in the Toquerville City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Richard's Parents and Siblings:
Moses Fryer Eliza Miller Fryer Eliza Fryer Jane Fryer William Aaron Fryer Edward George Fryer Sophia Fryer George Nick Fryer Leah Fryer Richard Fryer Albert Fryer Victoria Fryer Annie Fryer |
(2/6/1786-7/11/1863) (married 12/5/1819) (11/5/1796-7/8/1871) (1/5/1820-xx/xx/xxxx) (married James Russell) (9/7/1823-3/18/1896) (married Francis Jorden and Richard Harrison) (9/17/1825-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Jennie Henriette Thuillard) (3/23/1827-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (8/12/1829-5/27/1872) (married John Thomas Geary and Joshua Thomas Willis) (2/12/1832-12/14/1909) (married Fanny Reynolds) (3/31/1835-2/22/1921) (married Emanuel Fryer) (5/4/1837-3/16/1875) (married Theresa Ann Revel) (2/10/1840-xx/xx/1910) (married Fanny Young) (2/10/1840-3/10/1840) (3/10/1843-6/2/1865) |
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Theresa's Parents and Siblings: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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Richard & Theresa's Family: Richard Fryer Theresa Ann Revel Fryer Eliza Ann Fryer Annie Fryer Richard Albert Fryer John William Fryer George Moroni Fryer Moses Fryer |
(5/4/1837-3/16/1875) (married 4/7/1861) (xx/xx/1839-3/16/1875) (1/26/1862-3/10/1936) (married David Reid Baxter and William Jeffs LeBaron) (2/6/1864-5/9/1953) (married Charles Moses Clawson and Levi Minnerly Shumway) (10/28/1865-xx/xx/1865) (7/12/1870-xx/xx/1870) (4/27/1872-6/26/1946) (married Lucy Ett Phelps) (10/15/1874-3/18/1875) |
PHOTOS
WCHS-02930 Richard & Theresa Fryer and one of their children
 Richard Fryer |
 Theresa Fryer |
REFERENCES
A short history of Richard Fryer of Toquerville, Utahby Lucy Fryer Vance (daughter of George Moroni Fryer)
The Fryers of Yarmouth
Chapter XI of an unknown book
The Fate of the Fryers
Compiled by Bessie "Bess" Snow
1973
Privately published
Notes on the Richard & Theresa Fryer Home and the Fryer Murders
A Richard Fryer genealogy
Find-A-Grave entry for Richard Fryer
Find-A-Grave entry for Theresa Ann Revel Fryer
Life History of Moses Fryer
A Moses Fryer genealogy
Moses Fryer and Elizabeth Miller Family History (blog)