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H Gordon D. Fox

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History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox Darius, M, Married, 36, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Emily, F, 32, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Gorden D., M, 11, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Carrie, F, 4, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist.

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G3-3:
Fox Gordon, M, Married, 4 Aug 1869, 31, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Clara, F, wife, Married, 15 Oct 1868, 32, born Ont, origin: English, Can, Meth;
Ezra W., M, son, Single, 16 Jan 1892, 8, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, 9 months in school;
Orvel, M, son, Single, 17 Mar 1894, 6, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, 9 months in school;
Sylvia, F, daughter, Single, 12 Nov 1897, 3, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Emily, F, lodger, Widowed, 20 Jan 1849, 51, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
J'hon, M, lodger, Widowed, 20 Mar 1813, 87, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Retired.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 576:
Gordon Fox, a thrifty farmer and president of the Erie Tobacco Company, of Windsor, is a member of one of the old pioneer families of this locality.
     Great-grandfather Jacob Fox married Madeline Wigle, and their children were: Julianna married Jacob Snyder; John J.; Jacob married Elizabeth Lypps; Susan married George McLean; Sarah married John Arner; Ann married George Noble; William married Eliza Young.
     Grandfather John J. Fox was born in Colchester, March 22, 1814, and married Elizabeth Godwin, who was born March 1, 1819, in England. The following family was born to this marriage: William, who died at the age of seventeen years; Melinda, who married William H. Lovelace; Alexa, who married Samuel Foster, of Kingsville; and Darius, father of Gordon. John J. Fox, father of this family, began as a farmer on the present Zenas Orton farm, then consisting of 200 acres, and he underwent the privations incident to a pioneer life. He added to his holdings until he had 500 acres, and continued farming until 1880, when he came to Ruthven, and lived retired until his death which occurred June 1, 1902, when he was 88 years of age. His wife died Sept. 10, 1900, aged eighty-two years, and both are interred in Ruthven cemetery.
     Darius Fox was born on the homestead farm north of Olinda, Oct. 30, 1845, and there he grew to manhood, and came into possession of the property. Upon it he resided until the time of the sale in 1880, at which period he moved to Ruthven, and engaged in teaming and in other lines until 1888, when he purchased 100 acres in Lot 10, Concession 2, generally known as the Henry Wigle farm. There he made his home until his death, which was brought on by an accident in which he dislocated his neck, although he lived for eight years thereafter. His death occurred June 18, 1899, his widow surviving.
     On Nov. 1, 1867, Darius Fox married Emily, the eldest daughter of Zenas Orton, and to this union have been born: Gordon; and Carrie, born Nov. 14, 1876, married Charles Wigle, Jr., of Albertville.
     Gordon Fox was born on the old farm Aug. 4, 1869, and was eleven years of age when the family moved to Ruthven, where he was educated. After completing his school course, he engaged in farming under his father's superintendence, and after the latter's accident, young Gordon assumed sole charge of the farm. When he was twenty-nine years of age, all four grandparents were still living. After his father's death he came into possession of the property, and carries on general farming. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Fox is president of the Erie Tobacco Company, and has been for the past three years. This concern had done much to advance the price of tobacco in this country. Like his father and grandfather, Mr. Fox is a Grit. The family has always attended the Methodist Church. For the past three years he has served as secretary and treasurer of the Ruthven school.
     On Nov. 4, 1891, Mr. Fox married Clara Bunn, a native of Maidstone township, and the following children have come to them: Ezra Wilson, Orville Stanley, Sylvia Myrtle and Lena Pearl. Mrs. Clara (Bunn) Fox was born in Maidstone Oct. 20, 1866, daughter of Samuel and Martha (Wilson) Bunn, the former of whom was a farmer all his days. After many years residence in Maidstone, he removed to Gosfield South, where his widow lives.

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John J. Fox 1814-1902   Elizabeth Godwin/Goodwin 1819-1900   Zenas Orton 1827-1904   Eliza Hickmott 1826-
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Darius Fox 1845-1899   Emily Orton 1849-
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Gordon D. Fox 1869-