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M John W. Fox

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Från s släktsida Henry Fox 1807-1852

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1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 3-1:
Fox William J., M, Married, 22, born U Canada, Methodist W, Yeoman;
Tabitha, F, Married, 19, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Orlan, M, Single, 1, born U Canada, Methodist W;
Henry, M, Single, 24, born U Canada, Methodist W, Laborer;
John W., M, Single, 16, born U Canada, Methodist W, Laborer.

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2005, Global Heritage Press, Campbellville, ON:
Fox John, 21, Gosfield, Gosfield, s/o Henry & Margaret, married 25 Apr 1866 Demeriah Stewart, 22, Gosfield, Gosfield, d/o Abel & Lucy.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox John W., M, Married, 35, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Dexrerious, F, Married, 37, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist;
Josiah, M, 14, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, [Farmer] S[on];
Clarence, M, 10, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Eadeth, F, 8, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Bertha, F, 5, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Harley M., M, 2, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 422-423:
William J. Fox, a prosperous farmer and dealer in moulding sand in the township of Gosfield South, County of Essex, is a son of Henry Fox and grandson of Jonas Fox.
     Henry Fox was born in Gosfield April 1, 1807, and there grew to manhood, during his boyhood attending the Master McMurry school, one mile west of his home. In time he came into possession of 100 acres of Lot 9, where he occupied the large frame house, carrying on farming, clearing off the land as rapidly as possible. He died June 22, 1852, worn out with his labors. For many years he was a prominent figure in the Methodist Church, and served as a class-leader for a long time.
     Henry Fox married Margaret Willian, who as a child came from England with her parents, and they located in Tilbury East, County of Kent. She died in 1847, and was buried in the cemetery on the home farm. By this marriage Henry Fox had children as follows: Susan (deceased) married N. J. Sears, and lived at Essex. Elizabeth, the widow of Joseph Wigle, resides at Ruthven, Ont. Thomas is a farmer in Gosfield North. Henry, a farmer of Gosfield, married Linnie Stewart, and has one daughter, Maud. William J. is mentioned below. Hugh (deceased) lived in Leamington, where he married Jane Hyatt, and carried on a livery and butchering business. John (deceased) married Demarius Stewart, and died at Windsor in April, 1903. Henry Fox married for his second wife Rebecca Wigle, and they had one son, Sylvester, who died in Leamington, unmarried.
     William J. Fox was born in Gosfield South, on the farm where he now resides, March 13, 1840...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 90-92:
Simeon M. Stewart is a representative member of one of the historic families of County Essex, and is now proprietor of the leading hotel at Ruthven. The family, as the name indicates, is of Scottish extraction...
     Charles Stewart, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and when he settled in Ontario drew a Government lot on the 4th Concession, in Mersea township... His children were: ... Abel...
     Abel Stewart was born June 22, 1815, on the homestead farm in Mersea township, where he grew to manhood... He married Lucy Blackman, who was born at Lockport, New York, and who died in Gosfield Feb. 24, 1893, aged sixty-six years, nine months, twenty-four days. Their children were: ... Demarius is the widow of John Fox, of Windsor...

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Jonas Fox ca 1774-1848   Susan Bruner ca 1780-1854    
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Henry Fox 1807-1852   Margaret Willian †1847
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John W. Fox ca 1845-1903