DRYDEN, Fay Ross^[1]

1888 - 1941  (52 years)

• Name	DRYDEN, Fay Ross
  Birth	27 May 1888	Colorado   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	From Hollister Freelance: Fay Dryden Is Second Victim of Encephalitis Popular Rancher Dies After Brief Illness Hollister Free Lance, Saturday, January 25, 1941. Last Saturday night Fay Ross Dryden, 52, collapsed at a benefit dance in the Fairview district where he was a member of the orchestra. Last night he died at Hazel Hawkins hospital from encephalitis (brain disease) which followed a severe attack of influenza. It was the second case of encephalitis in San Benito county in as many weeks, and both were from the same district. On January 12, 20-year-old Ruby Loveless died at her ranch home in Paicines. She had also suffered a previous attack of influenza. Mr. Dryden, native San Benitoite, apparently was on the road to recovery from influenza, and last Saturday night was playing in the orchestra when he suffered a relapse. He was taken to Hazel Hawkins hospital where he was placed under the care of Dr. E. C. Sheldon. Encephalitis, which physicians say is almost invariably fatal, set in and death came last night. Born here in 1888, Mr. Dryden had been engaged in ranching in the Paicines district the last 20 years, following his discharge from the army at the close of the World War. Working as an electrician in Boulder City, Colorado when the war broke out, he enlisted and became a top sergeant. In his earlier days he did considerable mining in Virginia City and Tonapah, Nevada. He was particularly well known in the southern end of the county, and his untimely passing will be mourned by many friends. He leaves his widow, Joan; a foster daughter, Mrs. Floyd Smith of Walla Walla, Wash, and two cousins, Alvin Ebi of Hollister and Ernest Dryden of Dos Palos. He had been a member of the local Masonic lodge for many years and services will be conducted by the lodge and by the Rev. Horace May, pastor of the Methodist church. Services will be conducted 2:00 p.m. Monday from the Black-Cooper Mortuary. Burial will be in the IOOF cemetery.  [3]
  Residence	1910	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [4]
  	Living as Boarder with James Archer Ebi, his cousin
  Residence	1930	Hollister, San Benito, California, USA   [5]
  Death	24 Jan 1941	San Benito, CA
  		Fay Dryden Obituary
  Burial		Fay Ross Dryden
  Notes	SGT, US Army.
  Person ID	I614	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	11 May 2019

  
  

  Father	DRYDEN, Nathaniel Legget,   b. May 1846, Missouri d. 23 Jan 1932, Paicines, San Benito, California (Age 85 years)
  Mother	NEWTON, Lora A,   b. Abt 1850, Iowa
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DRYDEN, Joan F
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 May 1888 - Colorado Residence - 1910 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Residence - 1930 - Hollister, San Benito, California, USA Death - 24 Jan 1941 - San Benito, CA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S35] Ancestry.com, California Death Index, 1940-1997, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000), Ancestry.com. California Death Index, 1940-1997. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original electronic data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, 19--. [S174] San Benito County Historical Society, Hollister IOOF Cemetery Records, Native of Colorado. [S64] Hollister Freelance, 25 Jan, 1941: Fay Dryden is Second Victim of Encephalitis. [S14] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Online publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,. [S17] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002), Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C. Hollister, San Benito, California, ED 2, roll 187, page , image 389.0.