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28. Documentation for John L. Fox(18 October 1818 to 06 January 1899)
father of Daniel Alexander Fox(13 January 1860 to 29 July 1932)
John L. Fox was born 18 October 1818 near Miamisburg, Ohio.(1) He was the son of George Fox and Elizabeth Ann Link.(2)
John L. Fox married Susannah Hiligass on 11 November 1845 in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, by the Reverend George Long.(3) Susannah Hiligass was the daughter of Michael Hillegas Junior and Anna Yeakel. She was born 30 November 1819 in Montgomery County, Ohio.(4)
John L. Fox and Susannah Hiligass were the parents of seven children: Anna Elizabeth, Mary Susannah, Catherine Florence, Martha Jane, Margaret Persilla, John Adam, and Daniel Alexander Fox. All of the children were born in Ohio except Daniel, who was born in Vermillion County, Indiana.(5)
Susannah Hiligass Fox died 11 August 1894 in Gessie, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana.(6) John L. Fox died 06 January 1899 at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.(7) Both Susannah (Hiligass) Fox and John L. Fox are buried in Hopewell Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana.(8)
The will of John L. Fox lists the following children: Margaret Ricketts, John A. Fox, Anna E. Goff, Mary Burnett, and Daniel A. Fox.(9) Martha Jane Fox was not mentioned in the will of her father, John L. Fox. She was listed as deceased on page 94 of The Fox Genealogy, which was compiled between 1911 and 1914 by Daniel Gebhart Fox. Martha Jane apparently died before the 1869 United States Census since she does not appear in that record.
Catherine Florence Fox is not mentioned in the will of her father, John L. Fox, and it is not known when she died, but she is not listed in the 1860 census. Catherine Florence Fox married John Kiley Wilenmeyer and she is listed as married on page 94 of The Fox Genealogy. Daniel Gebhart Fox, the author of The Fox Genealogy, did not update any births, deaths, or marriages after 1914, when he first presented the book for publication.
John L. Fox is listed under the 1850 United States Census of Ohio for Miami Township, Montgomery County, as age 32; value of real estate = $2,500. Also listed with him are Susannah age 30, Ann age 2, and Mary Fox age 8 months. All are listed as born in Ohio.(10) John L. Fox and family moved to Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, about 1857.
John L. Fox appears in the 1860 United States Census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. His real estate was valued at $6,560 and his personal property was valued at $1,500. Also listed in the household is: Susannah Fox, age 40, born in Ohio; Ann E. Fox, age 12, born in Ohio; Mary S. Fox, age 10, born in Ohio; Catherine F. Fox, age 8, born in Ohio; Margaret P. Fox, age 6, born in Ohio; John A. Fox, age 3, born in Ohio; Daniel A. Fox, age 5/12, born in Indiana; and Allen Rager, age 45, a laborer, who was born in Indiana.(11)
John L. Fox is listed under the 1870 U. S. Census for Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated 21 June 1870 by A. J. Adams, pages 14 and 15, dwelling number 94, family number 94. John L. Fox is listed as age 53, real estate value = $6,780 and personal estate value = $1,400. Susannah is listed as age 50.(12)
John L. Fox is listed in the 1880 United States Census for Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, dwelling 16, family 16, age 60, a farmer, living with Susannah Fox and Daniel Fox.(13).
For a biographical sketch of John L. Fox, see Biographical and historical record of Vermillion County, Indiana, page 491. The article indicates John L. Fox owned 331 acres of choice land at one time in Highland Township. He was farming 186 acres at the time the book was published in 1888.(14) Also see The Peoples' Guide, a business political and religious directory of Vermillion County, Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, 1874. A listing includes John L. Fox, farmer, 1 1/4 miles north east of Gessie, born in OH, 1818, settled in Vermillion Co., IN, 1858.(15)
Children (Fox): i. Anna Elizabeth, born 25 February 1848 in Miamisburg, Montgomery
County, Ohio ii. Mary Susannah, born January 1850 in Ohio
iii. Catherine Florence, born in 1852 in Ohioiv. Martha Jane born in Ohio (deceased by 1914)v. Margaret Persilla, born in 1854 in Warren County, Ohio
vi. John Adam, born in July 1857 in Warren County, Ohiovii. Daniel Alexander, born 13 January 1860 in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana
ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between JOHN L. FOX and his son DANIEL ALEXANDER FOX
1) John L. Fox married Susannah Hillegas, daughter of Michael Hillegas Juniorand his wife, Anna Yeakel. Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993, Michael Hillegoss – father, Susannah Hillegoss – bride, John L. Fox – groom. Film Number 001030835, the marriage record includes the notation, "her father Michael Hillegass." Date appears to be 1st November 1845.
2) The parents of Susannah Hillegas were Michael Hillegas and Anna YeakelHillegas. The tombstones for the parents of Susannah Hillegas are at the St. John, or Gebhart Cemetery, Miamisburg, Ohio. For the parents of Susannah Hillegas, see Samuel Kriebel Brecht, editor, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty Who Fled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737. (Pennsburg, Pa.: Rand McNally & Company, 1923), page 475, [38-35] Anna Yeakel.
3) John L. Fox married Susannah Hillegas on 11 November 1845 in MiamiTownship, Montgomery County, Ohio, by Reverend George Long. The Fox Genealogy. The Fox Genealogy including the Metherd, Benner, and Leiter descendants, giving biographies of the first and second generations, with sketches of the third generation, compiled by Daniel Gebhart Fox, 1914. (n.p) 1924. 1 p. 1., (5)-172 p. 20 com. 37-9439 CS71.F79 1924 Library of Congress, page 94, Sketch of John L. Fox.
4) John L. Fox and Susannah Hilligass marriage record, source #492.000, YatesPublications.
5) John L. Fox married Susannah Hillegas. John L. Fox obituary, The Hoosier Statenewspaper, Newport, Indiana, Wednesday 11 January 1899, page 1, column 3.
6) Tombstone of "Susannah Hilligass wife of John L. Fox", Hopewell Cemeterywest of Covington, Indiana. Date of death is given as 11 August 1894. The tombstone indicates she was 74 years, 8 months, 11 days old.
7) Tombstone for John L. Fox, Hopewell Cemetery west of Covington Indiana.The tombstone states, "John L. Fox, died January 6, 1899, aged 80 years, 2 months, 28 days".
8) Daniel Alexander Fox is listed as a son of John L. Fox in The Fox Genealogy,page 94, Sketch of John L. Fox.
9) Daniel Alexander Fox was a son of John L. Fox. John L. Fox obituary, TheHoosier State newspaper, Newport, Indiana, Wednesday 11 January 1899, page 1, column 3. Lists Daniel as born after John L. and Susannah Fox moved to Vermillion County, Indiana.
10) The tombstone for Daniel Alexander Fox and his wife, Elizabeth Jane RickettsFox, is adjacent the tombstone for his parents, John L. Fox and Susannah Hilligass at the Hopewell Cemetery in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, west of Covington, Indiana.
11) Will of John L. Fox, Court House, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana,pages 520 and 521. The will names Daniel A. Fox as an heir along with four others identified as sons or daughters.
12) Estate Papers of George Fox, Warren County Genealogical Society, 300 EastSilver Street, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, includes a receipt in the amount of $50 signed by Susannah Fox for John L. Fox.
13) 1850 United States census for Ohio, Montgomery County, Miami Township,enumerated by J. Hokidry on 04 August 1850 dwelling number 473, family number 473. Lists John Fox age 32, Susannah Fox age 30, Ann Fox age 2 and Mary Fox age 8.
14) 1860 United States census for Indiana, Vermillion County, HighlandTownship, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated by A. J. Adams on 30 June 1860 dwelling number 76, family number 76. Lists John L. Fox age 41, Susannah Fox age 40 and Daniel A. Fox age 5/12 as well as other children.
15) 1870 United States census for Indiana, Vermillion County, HighlandTownship, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated by A. J. Adams on 21 June 1870, dwelling number 94, family number 94, pages 14 and 15. Lists John L. Fox age 53, Susannah Fox age 50, and Daniel Fox age 10 as well as other children.
16) 1880 United States census for Indiana, Vermillion County, HighlandTownship, enumerated June 8, by Joshua Lewis, dwelling number 16, family number 16. Lists John L. Fox, Susannah Fox, and Daniel Fox, age 20.
17) Indiana State Board of Health Certificate of Death, Daniel E. Fox, date ofdeath 29 July 1932, Highland Township, Vermillion County. Name of wife Elizabeth Fox. Date of birth 13 January 1862. Informant William Fox. Age 70 years 6 months 16 days. Evidence supports Daniel Alexander Fox's year of birth as 1860. William Fox gave the wrong year for his father's date of birth.
18) The Peoples’ Guide, a business political and religious directory of VermillionCounty, Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House 1874, page 310. Lists John L. Fox as born in Ohio in 1818 and settled in Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1858.
19) History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical and Historical Record ofVermillion County, Indiana, Lewis Publishing Company, 1888, Chicago, page 491, Sketch of John L. Fox. The children of John L. Fox and his wife, Susannah Hilligass, are listed in this article. Daniel is listed and it is stated he was born in 1860 in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. The article indicates John L. Fox owned 331 acres of choice land at one time in Highland Township. He was farming 186 acres at the time the book was published in 1888.
REFERENCES
1. The Fox Genealogy including the Metherd, Benner, and Leiter descendants, givingbiographies of the first and second generations, with sketches of the third generation, compiledby Daniel Gebhart Fox, 1914. (n.p) 1924. 1 p. 1., (5)-172 p. 20 com. 37-9439 CS71.F791924 Library of Congress, page 94; Tombstone of John L. Fox, Hopewell Cemetery westof Covington, Indiana. Date of death is given as 06 January 1899. The tombstoneindicates he was 80 years, 2 months, 28 days old. Tombstone photograph taken byCurtis L. Older; 1850 United States census for Ohio, Montgomery County, MiamiTownship, enumerated by J. Hokidry on 04 August 1850 dwelling number 473, familynumber 473. Lists John Fox age 32, Susannah Fox age 30, Ann Fox age 2 and Mary Foxage 8.
2. Estate Papers of George Fox, Warren County Genealogical Society, 300 East SilverStreet, Lebanon, Ohio 45036, includes a receipt in the amount of $50 signed bySusannah Fox for John L. Fox; The Fox Genealogy by D. G. Fox, p. 94.
3. Ohio County Marriages, 1774-1993, Michael Hillegoss – father, Susannah Hillegoss –bride, John L. Fox – groom. Film Number 001030835, the marriage record includes thenotation, "her father Michael Hillegass." Date appears to be 1st November 1845; The FoxGenealogy by D. G. Fox, p. 94, Sketch of John L. Fox, John L. Fox and Susannah Hiligass,married 11 November 1845 in Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, byReverend George Long; Susannah Hiligass and John L. Fox marriage record, source#492.000, Yates Publications; John L. Fox obituary, The Hoosier State newspaper,Newport, Indiana, Wednesday 11 January 1899, page 1, column 3.
4. The Fox Genealogy by D. G. Fox, p. 94; tombstone of Susannah Hiligass, HopewellCemetery west of Covington Indiana. The tombstone states, "Susannah Hiligass, wife ofJohn L. Fox, died August 11, 1894, 74 years, 2 months, 11 days"; Samuel Kriebel Brecht,editor, The Genealogical Record of the Schwenkfelder Families: Seekers of Religious Liberty WhoFled from Silesia to Saxony and thence to Pennsylvania in the Years 1731 to 1737. (Pennsburg,Pa.: Rand McNally & Company, 1923), page 475, [38-35] Anna Yeakel; Michael HillegasJunior received $253.33 as a distribution to the heirs of Jeremiah Yeakel. Moneydistributed by the estate of Jeremiah Yeakel was paid to the husbands of the marrieddaughters of Jeremiah Yeakel. Jeremiah Yeakel Estate Papers, File Number 211-325,Case 243, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, 1818.
5. The Fox Genealogy by D. G. Fox, p. 94; U. S. Census for Ohio, 1850, MontgomeryCounty, Miami Township, enumerated by J. Hokidry on August 4, 1850, dwellingnumber 473, family number 473; U. S. Census for Indiana, 1860, Vermillion County,Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated by A. J. Adams on June 30,1860, dwelling number 76, family number 76; U. S. Census for Indiana, 1870, VermillionCounty, Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated by A. J. Adams onJune 21, 1870, dwelling number 94, family number 94, pages 14 and 15; U. S. Census forIndiana, 1880, Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated June 8, by JoshuaLewis, dwelling number 16, family number 16; will of John L. Fox, Court House,Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, pages 520 and 521; John L. Fox obituary, TheHoosier State newspaper, Newport, Indiana, Wednesday 11 January 1899, page 1,column 3; History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical and Historical Record ofVermillion County, Indiana, Lewis Publishing Company, 1888, Chicago, page 491, Sketchof John L. Fox. The children of John L. Fox and his wife, Susannah Hilligass, are listed inthis article. Daniel is listed and it is stated he was born in 1860 in Highland Township,Vermillion County, Indiana.
6. Tombstone of Susannah Hiligass, Hopewell Cemetery west of Covington Indiana.The tombstone states, "Susannah Hiligass, wife of John L. Fox, died August 11, 1894, 74years, 2 months, 11 days."
7. Tombstone of John L. Fox, Hopewell Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana. Date ofdeath is given as January 6, 1899. The tombstone indicates he was "80 years, 2 months,28 days old"; John L. Fox obituary, The Hoosier State newspaper, Newport, Indiana,Wednesday 11 January 1899, page 1, column 3
8. Tombstones of John L. Fox and Susannah Hiligass at Hopewell Cemetery west ofCovington, Indiana. The tombstone for Daniel Alexander Fox and his wife, ElizabethJane Ricketts Fox, is adjacent the tombstone for his parents.
9. Will of John L. Fox, Court House, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, pages 520and 521.
10. 1850 United States census for Ohio, Miami Township, Montgomery County,enumerated 04 August 1850 by J. Hokidry, Dwelling 473, Family 473, John L. Fox, age41, John Fox, age 32, farmer, real estate value = $2,500, born in Ohio; Susannah Fox, age30, female, born in Ohio, Ann Fox, age 2, female, born in Ohio, Mary Fox, age 8 months,
born in Ohio. 11. 1860 United States Census for Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, enumerated by A. J. Adams on 30 June 1860, Dwelling 76, Family 76, John L. Fox, age 41, farmer, real estate value = $6,560, personal property value = $1,500, born in Ohio; Susannah Fox, age 40, born in Ohio; Ann E. Fox, age 12, born in Ohio; Mary S. Fox, age 10, born in Ohio; Catherine F. Fox, age 8, born in Ohio; Margaret P. Fox, age 6, born in Ohio; John A. Fox, age 3, born in Ohio; Daniel A. Fox, age 5/12, born in Indiana. 12. 1870 United States census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated 21 June 1870 by A. J. Adams, pages 14 and 15, Dwelling number 94, Family number 94, John L. Fox, age 53, male, white, farmer, real estate value = $6,780, personal estate vale = $1,400, born in Ohio, citizen of the U. S.; Susannah Fox, age 50, female, white, at home, born in Ohio; Anna Fox, age 22, female, white, at home, born in Ohio; Mary Fox, age 20, female, white, at home, born in Ohio; Catherine Fox, age 18, female, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year; Margaret Fox, age 14, female, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year; John Fox, age 13, male, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year; Daniel Fox, age 10, male, white, at home, born in Indiana, attended school within the year. 13. 1880 United States census for Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, enumerated 08 June 1880 by Joshua Lewis, Dwelling number 16, Family number 16, John L. Fox, age 60; Susannah Fox, age 59; Daniel Fox, age 20. 14. See Biographical and historical record of Vermillion County, Indiana. Published: Chicago: The Lewis publishing company, 1888. Under Biographical Sketches, page 491, there appears a sketch of John L. Fox. The biographical sketch indicates he owned 331 acres of choice land at one time in Highland Township. He was farming 186 acres at the time the book was published in 1888. 15. The Peoples' Guide, a business political and religious directory of Vermillion County, Indiana, by Cline and McHaffie, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Printing and Publishing House 1874: page 310, John L. Fox, farmer, 1 1/4 miles north east of Gessie, born in OH, 1818, settled in Vermillion Co., IN, 1858.
APPENDIX A
Brothers and Sisters of John L. Fox as Listed in The Fox Genealogy by D. G. Fox
Adam Fox was born Oct. 1, 1808, and died May 1, 1881, in Ohio. He married Elizabeth F. Heiss. Frederick L. Fox was born Feb. 28, 1810, in Montgomery Co., Ohio, and died Nov. 20, 1851. He is buried at the St. John or Gebhart Church Cemetery in Miamisburg, Warren Co., Ohio. He married Anna Maria Zehring on Mar. 28, 1833. Daniel L. Fox was born Aug. 17, 1811 and died Sep. 8, 1889. He married Rosannah Christman on Sep. 12, 1833.
Catharine Fox (Mrs. John Fox) was born May 6, 1813 and died Sep. 19, 1841. She married John Fox on Sep. 20, 1832.
George L. Fox was born Sep. 12, 1816 and died Apr. 17, 1893. He married Susannah Manning on Dec. 27, 1842.
Alexander Fox was born Sep. 21, 1820 and died Sep. 15, 1900. He married Anna Eagle on Apr. 9, 1845.
Susanna Jane Fox was born Nov. 17, 1824 and died Nov. 17, 1824. Elizabeth Fox was born Oct. 1, 1830 and died Oct. 23, 1868. She married Peter
Eagle on Nov. 11, 1854. Mary L. Fox was born Oct. 1, 1830 and died Oct. 5, 1850.
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·0HX L. FOX, one of tltc respected eiti- an<! E,·e D. (York]i Shew, being nat.iYes of 'i/( 1if., zcns of Highland Townsliip, is a nati,·e I the'.sarne State, tit� former of Ciermn.11 n.nd, •' I ·�' ... ,'<. 1 of ·warren County, Ohio, and is a son of the! latter of English ancestry. They with . 1'
I ,, i George and Elizabeth (Link) · rox. The their family, then consi·sting of six children,1;: fat.l1er of our snhjcct was a nati,·e . of �fary- l_e_ft their nnti\"e State nnd with ten.ms made i r' '
r I ,, . l:1110, and a son of Frederick Fox, who wns the jonrney to'\ ennillion Connty, n<liann, ' (; I • ;�: . -,horn on the ocenn while 'his parents were in 1826, and settled ih .the forest 911 section •
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'� i111111iarati11a to :\ mericn. The Fox family 31, Clinton Townshi1). Jlere the fnther ,., I ;\j I fi 1.';;t1 settled . in )fnry land, where the grand- b�11ght a tract of sixty-two acres which he' ; I ,, : father kept ta\·crn at the foot of the Fox i1np1·oyccl, aiid residell npon 11ntil l1is death,
:r:i �[01 ntain,for many ye:trs. T)\e f.1thcr of Olli' I which occurred not long after the close of the
_ (ri'. snl>j�ct crossed the 1110111'.t.nin� ,rilh hi:; fatl1e1· II
war,· ii! his eighty-first year. He erected 0. • ;� 1 anll settled in Ohio in 1801, mnking his home sa\r-mill on ,) ennings Creek which he oper-
' �,-�·, in that Sta.te until his cleatli. John L. Fox, I
ated ,nhont tl1irty years. , Ilis wife's death oc- · ;�Ii '. whost name hend.s this sketch,, was, reared _tq curred abOt)t six years before he die<l; in her!��;!'ii manhood in his nati\'e county, and was _there. sixty.sixth ycat·. ; Both were members of the :�: married to Miss Susan Ann Jlillio-ass, who I United Brethren Jhnrch. The children born· ;\; wns born and rcarell in Moi1tgomer; �011i1ty, I- to thbm arc as folfows-Philip wns n member. ;•,, Ohio. :i\(r. Fox lived .in ·wa.rrcn County I of an Indiann regiment, and died in_the ·1nte. !).'.· . , t' until 18G7 ·when hc·-ca1!ic witl1 his ·family, wnr a.tlC11oxville, Tennessee; Henl'y, the snb- ·
(\; then consisting of_wife and _fi,e c�1il<lren, to ject o1
f �his sketch; Joel, livi ng in Clinton;
i�<( Ycrmillion Connty, Tnd,iana. Tlte.childrc11 Eli '" qf Cfinton Township; Mrs. :Mary l\f..;�! born to 'nlr. -and j\fr,:. Fox :i1·e-A!)nn E., ! Monlton. residing'. in Tc1111es;::ec; Snrnh died jJ I ., I · • · :
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The Estate Papers of George Fox Obtained through the Warren County Genealogical Society, 300 EastSilver Street, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 (a son of Frederick Fox), (in part).
Elisabeth Fox and Adam Fox Adm of George Fox Decd In acpt with the widow and Hiers of said Estate.Debtor%? Amounts found remaining in the hands of said Admrs are final settlement at the October Term 1850$ 2591.54 1/2
CreditsVouchers No 1 to 7 inclusive Elisabeth Fox widow of said Decd 930.51Vouchers No. 8 to 12 inclusive Adam Fox 184.63Vouchers No 13 to 17 inclusive Frederick L. Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos 18 to 22 inclusive Daniel L. Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos. 23 to 28 inclusive George L. Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos 29 to 33 inclusive John L. Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos 34 to 38 inclusive Alexander Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos. 39 to 42 inclusive Elisabeth L.Fox 184.63Vouchers Nos 43 to 46 inclusiveMary L. Fox (now deceased) 184.00Vouchers No 47 John Fox guardian of
Elisabeth Ann & David M. Fox 184.63State of Ohio Warren County
Personally appeared in open court Adam Fox one of the administrators of George Fox Decd andwas duly sworn according to l aw deposeth and saith that the foregoing accounts & v ouchers thereinrefered to is last & correct to best of his knowledge & belief and he further saith that after they had paidout to each of the heirs at law (except the two minors entitled to one share) that Mary L. Fox died intestateand without issue and then the small balance remaining in the hands of the Adms was divided amongthe remaining heirs & saith he saith notsworn to & subscribed inopen court this 23rd Nov 1850 } Adam FoxA W Stokes Clk
Received of Elisabeth Fox and Adam Fox administrators of the Estate of George Fox decd the sum of fiftydollars, part of the above - named EstateJanuary 4th 1848 Susannah Fox for John L Fox (signed)
June 23rd 1849.Received of Adam Fox one of the administrators of the Estate of George Fox Decd, the sum of fifty dollarspart of the above named Estate due the widow.
Elisabeth Fox (signed)
Received of Elisabeth Fox and Adam Fox administrators of the Estate of George Fox Decd the sum of onehundred and eighty four dollars & s ixty three cents it being paid as t he distributive share of ElisabethAnn, & David, M. Fox minor heirs of Catharine L. Fox Decd and heirs at Law of said George Fox Decd.Also nine dollars and fifteen cents interest received thereon.Nov 11th 1850 John Fox (signed)
Guardian of ElisabethAnn & David M. Fox
George Fox Estate Papers - signed receipts by Elizabeth Fox,Frederick L. Fox, Adam Fox, and Alexander Fox
George Fox Estate Papers - signed receipts by John L Fox,Susannah Fox for John L. Fox, and Elizabeth Fox
George Fox Estate Papers - signed receipts by George L Fox,?? Hamilton, and John Fox guardian of Elizabeth and
David M Fox
George Fox Estate Papers - signed receipts by Mary L Fox,Daniel L. Fox (2), and Elizabeth L Fox
1860 Indiana Federal Census, Highland Township, Vermillion County
enumerated by A. J. Adams on June 30, 1860
John L. Fox age 41, farmer, real estate worth 6560, personal property worth 1500, born in OhioSusannah Fox age 40, born in OhioAnn E. Fox, age 12, born in OhioMary S. Fox, age 10, born in OhioCatherine F. Fox, age 8, born in OhioMargaret P. Fox, age 6, born in OhioJohn A. Fox, age 3, born in OhioDaniel A. Fox, age 5/12, born in IndianaAllen Rager, age 45, laborer, born in Indiana
1870 United States Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated June 21, 1870,by A. J. Adams, page 14.
Dwelling number 94, Family number 94, John L. Fox, age 53, male white, farmer, real estate value = $6,780, personal estate value =1,400, born in Ohio, citizen of U. S.
Susannah Fox, age 50, female, white, Keep House, born in OhioAnna Fox, age 22, female, white, at home, born in OhioMary Fox, age 20, female, white, at home, born in OhioCatherine Fox, age 18, female, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the yearMargaret Fox, age 14, female, white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the year
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1870 United States Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated June 21, 1870,by A. J. Adams, page 14.
John Fox, age 13, male white, at home, born in Ohio, attended school within the yearDaniel Fox, age 10, male, white, at home, born in Indiana, attended school within the year
1880 Indiana Federal Census, Highland Township, Vermillion County,enumerated June 8, 1880, by Joshua Lewis
John L. Fox, Susannah Fox, and Daniel Fox
Will of John L. Fox (a son of George Fox and a grandson of Frederick Fox of Fox’sGap in Maryland).
John L. FoxVermillion County, IndianaCourt House, Newport
520 John L. FoxWILL RECORD
In the name of God, Amen:I John L. Fox of the County of Vermillion and State of Indiana being weak in bodyand of sound mind, memory and understanding but considering the uncertainly of thistransitory life, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner andform following, to wit:
First, - It is my Will and I do order that all my jsut debts and Funeral expenses be dulypaid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease,Second, -Item, - I give unto my Daughter Margaret Ricketts ($5.00) Dollars.Item, - I give unto my son John A. Fox Five ($5.00) Dollars.Item, - The balance of my Estate shall be equally divided between my Daughters AnnaE. Goff, Mary Burnett and Daniel A. Fox.The said Margaret Ricketts and John A. Fox have already received more of my estatethan their shares.And, lastly, I nominate, constitute and appoint W. H. Goff of Gessie, Ind. To be theExecutor of this, my Will, hereby revoking all other Wills, legacies and bequests by meheretofore made, and declaring this, and no other, to be my last will and testament.In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 8 day April, in the year1898.
John L. Fox (seal)
Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said John L. Fox as and for his last Willand Testament, in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in thepresence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
Alexander Swisher (seal)
Jacob B. Swisher (seal)State of Indiana, Vermillion County, SS:
Before me, John T. Lowe Clerk of the Vermillion Circuit Court, personally cameJacob B. Swisher one of the subscribing witnesses to the foregoing last Will andTestament of John L. Fox late of Vermillion County, Indiana, deceased, and beingduly sworn on oath says that he was present at the exectuion of said last will: that thesame was duly executed: that said testator requested said Jacob B. Swisher andAlexander Swisher to sign said will as Witnesses thereto, which they accordingly did inthe presence of said testaor, and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnessesthereto.
Jacob B. SwisherSubscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of January 1899,
John T. Lowe clerk
521 VERMILLION COUNTY, INDIANA
State of Indiana } SS:Vermillion County}
I JohnT. Lowe Clerk of the Vermillion Circuit Court do hereby certify that the above andforegoing last will and testament of John L Fox late of Vermillion County State ofIndiana deceased was this day duly admitted to probate and record and the proofthereof duly made by Jacob B. Swisher one of subscribing witnesses thereto which saidWill together with such proof have been duly recorded in Record of Will Lo 3 Page 520in this office
Witness my name and the seal of said Court this 28th day of Jany 1899John T. Lowe Clerk
Tombstone of Daniel Alexander Foxlight stone in the right half of picture
Hopewell Cemetery west of Covington, IndianaTombstone of John L. Fox
dark slim stone in the left half of picture
December 18, 2005
REPORT FOR CURT OLDER
JOHN L. FOX (#28), FATHER OF DANIEL ALEXANDER FOX
This file shows how important estate papers can be, since John L. Fox is mentioned inhis father George’s estate papers, as is his mother, Elisabeth, the widow of George. Footnote #1: John L. Fox’s tombstone gives his death date and exact age, making itpossible to determine his birth date. More good evidence.
Let’s next discuss The Fox Genealogy, compiled in 1914 and published in 1924. Theseolder genealogy compilations can be a tremendous help in researching, but of courseare only as good as the persons who compile them. I am assuming, since you are usingit often as a source, that this genealogy contains much factual material(births/deaths/marriages) from courthouses, etc., not just family stories. If the bookgives transcriptions of vital records, and Bible entries, etc., then it is a valuable andpresumably reliable source. I see in Susannah’s file, that you have included the intro tothe book and the author spent a great deal of time researching in the geographic areaswhere these persons actually lived – it certainly appears that the author was a skilledresearcher. I have used these old genealogies in my own family research. Whendocuments are mentioned, I then try to collect copies of those documents to be surewhat was written in the book is accurate. I see that you have obtained a copy of John L.Fox’s will, for example, and it is a good one, naming five of his children. It looks likeyou are using the Fox book and also getting other backup material as well, for example,in footnote #4 where you cite not only the book, but also Susannah’s tombstone. Also,footnote #5, where you cite the book and then censuses. That’s good research, becauseyou are using the Fox book as a starting point, then backing up those facts by trying toobtain documents that support what the book says. One good thing about those oldergenealogy books: Many times there were still “old-timers” who knew some of thepeople in the book and even had letters and Bibles that no longer exist. That can bevery helpful. (It is Murphy’s Law of Genealogy that the craziest, least interested personin each family ends up with the family papers. In just a couple of generations, muchvaluable family info can be forever lost.)
In the ninth paragraph, you cite History of Vermillion County, Indiana, and mention “atthe time the book was published,” but nowhere in the narrative or the footnotes can Ifind a date of publication. When was it published?
If it were not for an old county history of biographical sketches from the 1880’s, I wouldknow nothing at all about one of my great-great grandfathers. Two of his sons hadsketches and mentioned some info about their father, who has only been located in onecensus report. These old bios are chock full of information, much of which wasfurnished by the family members themselves – and may therefore be embellished a bit -- but they still provide valuable information.
Regarding John L. Fox’s will: Five of his seven children are named in it. Did CatherineFlorence and Martha Jane die young?
That is a nice list of the brothers and sisters of John L. Fox, but what is the source? Is itfrom the Fox book? There should be some sort of acknowledgement of the source(s).
CONCLUSIONS: You have excellent proof of marriage for John L. Fox and his wifeSusannah Hiligass, from two sources: The Fox book and the marriage record from YatesPublications, which I assume is transcribed from vital records. You have proof of JohnL. Fox’s parentage both from the Fox book and from his father’s will. You haveconcrete proof of John L. Fox’s birth and death dates from his tombstone. Good proofs.
