The Fox Families of Coshocton County, Ohio

FOX AMOS, Clark township; farmer; postoffice, Helmick; born in West Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, June 29, 1801; son of Eli and Louvina (Andrews) Fox,_and grandson of Amos Fox. He removed from Zanesville with his parents, to Clark township, when he ws ten years of age, where he has resided ever since. He is one among the oldest settlers of the township, and owns a farm of 356 acres Mr. Fox was married October 19, 1837,to Miss Chrissa Ann Stover, daughter of Michael and Phebe Stover. She was born in Virginia, December 14, 1806, and came to Ohio at six years of age. They are the parents of eight children, John, deceased; Thomas, deceased; Ira, Michael H., Louvina, Matthias and Rebecca. John belonged to Company F, Fifty-first O. V. I., under Captain James Crooks. He enlisted September 17, 1861, and died October 26, 1863, near Chickamauga, Tennessee, where he is buried.

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FOX ELY, Clark township; farmer; postoffice, Helmick; born May 8, 1827, in Clark township, on the farm where he now resides; son of Ely_ and Louvina (Andrews) Fox. His father and mother were both born in Hartford, Connecticut, his father in 1789, and his mother in 1794. They moved to Clark township in 1822, entering a tract of land of one thousand acres, two hundred and fifty of which is now owned by the subject of this sketch, and on which he now lives. His father was a ship carpenter, and lived in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1812, and assisted in building the first (Buckingham) bridge. His grandfathers were both soldiers of the revolutionary war.

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FOX MARTHA, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; widow of Ira Fox; was born in Ireland, June 13, 1841; daughter of Thomas and Jane Buchannan, who came from Ireland, in 1847. She was married to Ira Fox, August 21,1861; son of Ely and Louvina (Andrews) Fox; born January 25, 1816; died, February 8, 1879.

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FOX EDWIN, Clark township; postoffice, Helmick; born in Clark township, Coshocton county, November 23, 1852; son of Ira and Roxanna (Davis) Fox, and grandson of Ely and Louvina (Andrews) Fox. He was raised on the farm, and has spent most of his time at farming, but has also worked at carpentry, and is, at present, partner in a saw-mill, with George Lowe and Henry Markley. He was married, February 23, 1873, to Miss Mary J. Akin, daughter of James and Sarah (Moore) Akin. She was born in Bethlehem township, July 24, 1852. They are parents of four children: George, deceased; Cora E., Ira N. and Rose.

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P. J. FOX.

Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising little city of Walhonding than Mr. Fox. He is an important factor in its business.s circles, conducting a hardware and implement business, which is now one of the chief concerns of this place. Mr. Fox was born in Tiverton town- ship, Coshocton county, December 17, 1865, and is the youngest of six children born of the marriage of Phillip F. and Philopena (Heck) Foy. The father was born in Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, and the mother was also born in that country. They were there reared and married, emigrating to the United States in the early '40s. Upon reaching American shores they established their home in New York city, where for six years the father followed his trade of a cabinetmaker. He then removed to Dutch Run, Tiverton township, Coshocton county, and in connection with the trade of cabinetmaker followed carpentering and also manufactured coffins. He was numbered among the prominent pioneer settlers of this section of the state and died here September 16, 1905. his remains being interred in Dutch Run cemetery. The mother preceded him to her final rest, her death occurring December 27, 1889. Their family numbered six children, as follows; Phillip F., who died when a youth of eight years eight months and twenty-eight days; Phoebe, who departed this life November 27. 1905, and was buried at Canal Dover, Ohio; Daniel PI. and John, who follow farming in Tiverton township; Barbara, the wife of Charles Petry, a resident of Dutch Run; and P. J., of this review.

P. J. Fox, whose name introduces this record, wa* educated in the district schools of Tiverton township and was reared on the home farm to the age of thirteen years. He then engaged in the hardware and implement business and in the years which have come and gone he has built up an extensive enterprise. He has since added a line of buggies and wagons and now carries a complete stock of hardware, agricultural implements and heavy machinery, his patronage being drawn not only from AValhonding but from the surrounding territory as well. He owns the building in which he conducts business and also owns two houses and eight lots in the village. His success is well merited, for it has come as the result of honorable effort and sound judgment.

Mr. Fox established a home of his own by his marriage in 1893 to Miss Louisa C. Wan Kennel, a resident of Monroe township, Coshocton county. Thtir marriage has been blessed with three children: Alvan B., Opal Pearl and Willis, all under the parental roof. Mr. Fox gives his political support to the democratic party and has sei'ved as a member of the school board for two and a half years. His fraternal relations are with the Modern "Woodmen of America, and he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church. He has ever been watchful of all the details of his business and of all indications pointing to success, and today he has gained a success that classes him among the prominent and substantial business men of this section of the state.

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ELMER L. FOX.

Elmer L. Fox, a native of Clark township, born May 11, 1873, has been the popular and enterprising postmaster of Blissfield for almost ten years, having received his appointment to this office September 29, 1898. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, having passed the days of his boyhood and early youth on the farm of his maternal grandmother, Margaret Miller. He received a common-school education and early improved his vacation periods by becoming a wage earner. He was but fourteen years of age when he accepted his first position, which was that of water carrier on the railroad then being built through Blissfield. His next venture was that of running a threshing machine, no small undertaking for a youth as it not only involved the handling of a number of men but also considerable mechanical skill. Alert to the opportunities which the times afforded, Mr. Fox next engaged in running a sawmill, an occupation which he followed for six years, at the expiration of which time he purchased a small farm in Clark township and engaged in farming for a time. In his twenty-sixth year he received the appointment as po:?master, which necessitated his residing in Blissfield and, as the duties of this office were light and left considerable spare time on his hands, in April, 1906, he traded his farm land for the mercantile business of W. F. Lang and has since supplemented his work of handling of the mail by the sale of merchandise.

On December 31, 1898, Mr. Fox was united in marriage to Miss Laura Stareheim, who was born in Monroe township, August 25, 1876, a daughter of Phillip and Louisa (Bretzie) Stareheim. Her father was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1835 and came to America when but a youth and located in this county. He was married at Chili in 1859 to Miss Louisa Bretzie and they became the parents of twelve children, eight of whom* are now living. The father died in Coshocton in 1903. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fox has been born one daughter, Margaret Vern, who died in infancy.

In his political affiliations Mr. Fox is a republican, while fraternally he is a member of Blissfield Lodge, No. 13056, M. W. A. Religiously, he and his estimable wife are members of the Evangelical church, and they are highly esteemed by all who know them. Mr. Fox has passed his entire life in the county and the sterling traits of his manhood have been such as have won for him unfaltering trust and high regard.

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