Biography of F.G. Fried, page 730. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. F.G. Fried, merchant, Corunna, Ind., was born in Germany, June 11, 1840, a son of Gottlieb F. Fried. When our subject was fourteen years of age he emigrated to America, landing in Kendallville, Ind., Jan. 5, 1855, and in 1857 he went to Fort Wayne, where he found employment in a store till the breaking out of the Rebellion. July 12, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Seventy-fourth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga, the Atlanta campaign, and a number of other engagements. He rose from the ranks to Orderly Sergeant and subsequently to Sergeant-Major of the regiment. Later he was detailed to the commissary Department, and while in the discharge of his duty met with an accident, and was afterward furloughed and went home to vote for Lincoln’s second term, after which he joined his regiment at Goldsboro, N.C. He was discharged June 30, 1865. He returned to Kendallville, and soon after embarked in the mercantile business with W.S. Northam, and after a short time sold his interest and clerked till 1867, when he bought an interest in a store in Wawaka, Noble County, which he conducted two years, and in 1869 located at Corunna where he has since carried on a prosperous business. Dec 31, 1866, he married Orie R. Brown, daughter of Rev. William Brown. They have four children----F. Eugene, William C., Heber M. and Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. Fried are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is an earnest and efficient worker in the Sunday-school. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com