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County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2005, Global Heritage Press, Campbellville, ON:
Fox William, 20, Gosfield, Gosfield, s/o Henry & Margaret, married 20 Mar 1859 R Steward, 17, Mersea, Mersea, d/o Abel & Lucy.

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.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox William J., M, Married, 41, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Tabitha, F, Married, 39, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist;
Prian, M, 21, born Ont, origin: German, Weslayan Methodist;
Carrie, F, 16, born Ont, origin: German, Weslayan Methodist;
Cora, F, 12, born Ont, origin: German, Weslayan Methodist;
Arthur, M, 9, born Ont, origin: German, Weslayan Methodist;
Ethel, F, 3, born Ont, origin: German, Weslayan Methodist.

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G3-7:
Fox William, M, Married, 19 Mar 1840, 61, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Eng, R. Farmer;
Tabitha, F, wife, Married, 18 Aug 1841, 59, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Eng;
Henery, M, lodger, Single, 18 Nov 1838, 69, born Ont, origin: German, Can;
Owen Mattie, F, Domestic, Single, 9 Jan 1882, 19, born England, origin: English, Can, Domestic.

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... 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...
     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: ... William J. is mentioned below...
     William J. Fox was born in Gosfield South, on the farm where he now resides, March 13, 1840. He attended as a visitor, one day, the Master McMurry school. Later he went to the Jasper Golden school, and at the age of twelve years he began farm work, receiving five dollars per month. In time he became engaged in buying cattle for the Walkers, a business he carried on for sixteen years. In 1867 Mr. Fox began developing the business of handling moulding sand, cobble stones and building sand, and found it so profitable that he has since continued in this line, with almost uniform success. He has seventy-four acres of Lot 9, the homestead farm, and in addition to carrying on his sand business has completed the clearing up of his property, where he carries on general farming, and is recognized as one of the representative farmers of his neighbourhood. In religious affairs he and his family are identified with the Methodist Church of Ruthven. Politically he is a Conservative.
     On March 30, 1859, William J. Fox married Tabitha, daughter of Abel Stewart, and to them have been born children as follows: Orian married Elizabeth Chase, and their children are Percy and Lottie; he is a farmer on Lot 9, in the township of Gosfield South. Carrie married Leonard Wigle, a farmer on Lot 8, Gosfield South. Cora is the wife of L. A. Bossey, of Harrow, Ont. Arthur married Ella Shanks, and their children are Marvel and Gerald; he is a farmer on a portion of Lot 9, Gosfield South. Ethel is the wife of Charles E. Baker, a druggist of Cheboygan, Michigan. William J. Fox and his children are very important members of society wherever they are located, and they are worthy representatives of the good old name handed down to them. Mr. Fox himself is an excellent and honorable business man, and one who stands high, not only in Gosfield South, but throughout the county. His success has come to him through hard work and honest dealings, and is well merited. Fraternally he unites with the I.O.O.F. at Essex.

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.
     James Stewart, progenitor of the family in County Essex, was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, and always clung to the Highland costume, which, according to his clan, consisted of a kilted skirt, with sash and belt, a sword at his side, short hose and sandals. When he was quite young, the French war being then in progress a press-gang started on its rounds to gather up young men by force, for increasing the army, and a brother of James Stewart was captured, although he subsequently escaped. On account of his youth James did not seek to avoid the gang, but, to his dismay, he was also impressed and placed in a company called the Highland Watch, in the 42nd regiment, this being the first company that was raised in Scotland. He served faithfully through the entire war, and, after it closed, embarked for America. During the American Revolution he served as a colonel in the British army, and took part in the battle of Bunker Hill. Safely passing through this war also, he subsequently married, in Maryland, a Scottish-born maiden, Margaret Brown, and started with her across the Alleghany Mountains, she being the second white woman who had ever crossed voluntarily. They settled on a farm in Dunkard township, Greene county, Pennsylvania, and in the course of time eight children were born to them, four sons - James, John, Daniel and Charles - and four daughters - Sophia, Mary, Jane and one whose name is not recorded.
     [Story of James Stewart's death at the hands of the Indians, and James and John being captured and taken to Malden. John escaped, and later James acquired a farm near Cedar Creek.] In 1805, the mother, then seventy-four years old, accompained by her sons and their families, came to Canada, where she died in 1838, at the advanced age of 107 years.
     John and Charles Stewart served under Gen. Anthony Wayne in the Indian war in Ohio, and also assisted in the building of the stronghold, Fort Erie, the first one on Lake Erie. John Stewart married in Canada a Miss Augustine and Charles married Jennie Findlay.
     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. Later he acquired much land, enough to enable him to start each of his sons with a farm. For years he was an elder in the Baptist Church. His children were: Charles, who lives at Olinda (he married Mary Whittle, whose youngest daughter married J. S. Bruner); John, who lived at Olinda and married Eliza Hamilton; Abel; and James. Of the daughters, Margaret married Michael Fox, locally known as "Big Mike"; Tabitha married Rev. Mr. Irving, a Baptist preacher; Polly married Lorenzo Dow Vaughtan; and Sally married Harrison Brown.
     Abel Stewart was born June 22, 1815, on the homestead farm in Mersea township, where he grew to manhood. He began farming on 100 acres of the homestead farm, selling that later and coming to Lot 12, on the Lake Shore in Gosfield, where he purchased 100 acres of unimproved land. On the front of this lot he built a water mill, which he ran for many years, and then sold to a Mr. Patton. He completed the clearing of his land, and built a frame house which still stands on the place, his first home having been a log cabin. His death took place Sept. 21, 1884, when he was aged sixty-nine years, two months, twenty-nine days. 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: Rilla, widow of Leonard Fox, has two children, George and Amelia; Tabitha is the wife of William J. Fox; Demarius is the widow of John Fox, of Windsor; Horatio, a farmer of Pelee Island, married Katie Shoetie; Michael, a stonemason in Detroit, married Delia Burke, and they have two children, Amelia and Rexford; Simeon M. is mentioned below; Elihu B., of Detroit, married Jane Hairsine, and they have three children, Leonard, Maitland and Eva, both sons being physicians; Nathaniel, of Leamington, married a Miss Fink; Duncan resides at Cohoes, New York; William lives at Ruthven; Wilday married Cornelius Neilson, of Sandusky, Ohio, and they have a daughter, Ethel.
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Charles Stewart ca 1774-   Jane (Jennie) Findlay    
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Abel Stewart 1815-1884   Lucy Blackman 1826-1893
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Tabitha Stewart 1841-