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Born 1801
From History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881)
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.
As printed in History of Coshocton County, Ohio: its past and present, 1740-1881. Containing a comprehensive history of Ohio; a complete history of Coshocton County ... a history of its soldiers in the late war ... (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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