Johnny Fry (1840-1863) – Johnny Fry was the first “official” westbound rider of the Pony Express and Union soldier killed during the Civil War.
Johnny Fry was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky to John Fry and Mary Fry in 1840. Evidently, something happened to Fry’s father, as, when he was 16 he moved with his mother and her new husband, Benjamin Wells to Rushville, Missouri around 1857.
