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George FOX

George FOX

Male 1806 - 1860  (54 years)

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  • Name George FOX 
    Born 16 Jan 1806  Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 4 Aug 1860  [3] 
    • He did not appear with his family in the 1860 Census, enumerated on Jun 8 1860.
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I40960  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2018 

    Father Matthias FOX,   b. 1770, Frederick Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1863, Canton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Margaret ROWH,   b. 1779,   d. 6 May 1863, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F47756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth BURGESS,   b. May 1810, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1890, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 5 1850:
      George Fox, 44, b. Va, farmer; Elizabeth, 41, b. Va; Sarah, 18, b. Va; Nancy J, 16, b. Va; Henry W. (?), 9, b. Va; Mary E, 8; Mathias Fox, 80, b. Md; Sarah Burgess, 66, b. Md.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 8 1860:
      E. Fox (male [sic]), 50, farmer, value of real estate $1,200, value of personal estate $450, cannot read/write; M. Jane Fox, 25; M. E. Fox (female), 18; J. F. Jordan (male), 13; M. J. Jordan (female), 10; Mathias Fox, 85, cannot read/write; Marg (?) Fox, 76, cannot read/write. All born in Virginia.
      (NOTE: The two Jordan children are siblings John F. Jordan and Margaret Jane Jordan, children of Sampson & Nancy Jordan. Connection, if any, to this Fox family is not known.) [5]
    Children 
     1. Sarah M. FOX,   b. CA 1832,   d. 31 Aug 1853, Brushy Fork, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
    +2. Nancy Jane FOX,   b. 14 Sep 1834, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1896, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. Henry W. FOX,   b. CA 1841
    +4. Mary Elizabeth FOX,   b. Apr 1842, Lewisburg, Greenbrier Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1921  (Age ~ 79 years)
    Family ID F16398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).