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M Peter Fox

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Fra s slektside Jacob Fox 1788-1868

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1881 personal census, Colchester South Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 census household record:
Fox Peter, M, Married, 48, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Jane, F, Married, 46, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
William, M, 22, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Abigal, F, 17, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Benson, M, 16, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Son;
Peter, M, 14, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Son;
Henry, M, 13, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
John, M, 11, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Eliza J., F, 10, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Oliver C., M, 8, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Arthur, M, 7, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Mandrina, F, 6, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Malisa, F, 3, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Logon Hue, M, Widowed, 66, born England, origin: English, Catholic, Tramp.

1901 personal census, Leamington, Essex Co., ON, I1-17:
Fox Peter, M, Married, 23 March 1833, 68, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist, Retired;
Jane, F, wife, Married, 30 Jan 1834, 67, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist;
Arthur, M, son, Single, 27 Aug 1874, 26, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Baptist.

Headstone Ruthven United Cemetery, Ruthven, Essex Co., ON, transcribed by the Essex Branch of the OGS:
Father and mother - Peter Fox born Mar. 23, 1833 died Jan. 10, 1918.
Jane Stockwell wife of above born Jan. 30, 1834 died Jan. 19, 1907.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 443-444:
Peter Fox. After a busy life, devoted chiefly to the pursuit of farming, the well-known and highly-esteemed subject of this sketch is now living retired in the comfortable home he erected in Leamington. He comes of pioneer stock, and was born in Gosfield township, Essex, March 23, 1833, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (McLean) Fox.
     Philip Fox, the ancestor of many of the name in this part of Ontario, was a native of Baden, Germany. He married Catherine Lamer, of the same locality, and in the following June, they shipped from Liverpool for America. After a long voyage of fourteen weeks they landed at Baltimore, Maryland, where they remained four years, afterward spending several years in the State of Pennsylvania. The great inducement held out to settlers in the Northwest induced them to join a party, among whom was John Wendel Wigle (or Weigele), bound for Detroit. Their goods were transported on pack horses, and the men drove the cattle. In Detroit they met Leonard Kratz, and, owing to their German origin, all soon became friends, and all at one time lived on Grosse Ile. In 1791 Philip Fox moved to the neighbourhood of Petite Cote, about six miles below Windsor, but, in 1794, he drew Lot 10, beautifully located on the lake shore in Gosfield, and that was his home for the remainder of his life. He and his wife are both buried there. They were the parents of ten children, eight sons and two daughters. Seven of the children were born prior to the removal of the family to Canada, and the remaining three in Gosfield. Their record is as follows: Jonas, who settled on Lot 9, on the lake; Philip, on Lot 2, Concession 5, Mersea; Margaret; Judith; Michael, who located in Lot 250, Talbot Road West; George, on Lot 22, Concession 4; Henry, on Lot 21, Concession 4; Adam, on Lot 22, Concession 5; Jacob, on Lot 22, Concession 6; and John, on Lot 20, Concession 5.
     Jacob Fox, son of Philip, was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 22, 1788, and was but a lad when the family settled in Gosfield. When he began farming for himself, he did his first clearing on Concession 6, but later removed to Lot 24, on the lake, where he erected a log house. He added to his land from time to time until he was the owner of several hundred acres, and, for the times was considered a man of wealth. He participated in the Rebellion, and was present both at Amherstburg and at Pelee Island. His death occurred July 19, 1868, when he had attained the age of eighty years, five months and twenty-seven days. Jacob Fox was twice married. His first wife, Maud Wigle, daughter of John Wendel and Julianna (Romer) Wigle, bore him children, as follows: Julianna, born Oct. 12, 1812, became the wife of John Snider, of Colchester; John I., born March 22, 1814, married Elizabeth Godwin; Jacob, born March 11, 1816, married Elizabeth Lipps; Susannah, born March 16, 1818, married George McLean, of Colchester; Sarah, born Nov. 14, 1820, became Mrs. John Arner; Anna, born Sept. 11, 1824, married George Noble, of Ruthven; and William C., born July 24, 1827, married Sarah Young. For his second wife, Jacob Fox married Elizabeth McLean, born May 13, 1788. Three children were born of this union: George J., born July 4, 1829, married Sarah Jane Thompson, and now lives in Gosfield township; Peter is mentioned below; and Abigail, born Sept. 7, 1845, married Timothy Heckles, and now lives in North Star, Michigan.
     Peter Fox passed his boyhood amid the hardships and privations of pioneer life. The exciting tales of danger that thrill the listener with pleasing interest were grim realities to the early settler. At such times as he could be spared, young Peter attended an old log school house, where slabs served as benches, and after mastering the three R's, became an apprentice to the shoemaker's trade, working at that three years. After his marriage he went to Oxford, and for one year rented a farm of his brother Jacob. His father then gave him 211 acres of bush land, on which he erected a log house and log barns. This farm was his home until March 15, 1899, during which time a general transformation had taken place-150 acres were cleared and cultivated, and the original log house had been replaced by a fine brick dwelling, and the old barns by substantial new ones of modern design. Besides, Mr. Fox had purchased two other farms, one of fifty acres in Mersea, and the other of ninety-four acres in Gosfield, and in 1898 he became the owner of three valuable lots in Leamington.
     Mr. Fox was married to Jane Stockwell, who was born in Malden township, Essex, Jan. 20, 1835, daughter of John and Eliza (Harris) Stockwell. Fourteen children were born to them: Emily, born Sept. 7, 1856, married George Eade, and resides in Gosfield South; William, born Aug. 17, 1858, resides in Vancouver, B.C.; Elizabeth Ann, born Nov. 21, 1859, married Charles Peck, and died in Detroit; Ezra, born Aug. 27, 1861, lived in Hartford, Connecticut; Abigail, born April 24, 1863, married George Fox, and they reside in Walkerville; Benson, born Nov. 14, 1864, is a captain on a lake steamer, with his home in Cleveland, Ohio, and he married Minnie Sanford; Peter, born Dec. 10, 1866, married Jessie Burke, and lives in Gosfield South; Henry, born April 2, 1868, a steam boat captain residing at Bay City, Michigan, married Rosa Lennie; John P., born June 4, 1869, lives in Cleveland, Ohio; Eliza Jane, born Dec. 14, 1870, married Robert Goodchow, of Malden township; Oliver C., born June 28, 1872, married a Miss Brush, and both are deceased; Arthur, born July 19, 1874, married Lillie Mathews; Mandeny, born Aug. 9, 1875, married Henry Longaway, and they live in Colchester; and Melissa, born July 14, 1877, married Harry Pigeon, and lives at Colchester.
     While Peter Fox has always refused to accept any office at the hands of his fellow-townsmen, he has, nevertheless, been known as a stanch supporter of Conservative principles. For some time he was active in the agricultural society. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, and much interested in its philanthropic work.
     John and Eliza (Harris) Stockwell, parents of Mrs. Fox, were, respectively, of Dutch and English ancestry, but both were born in the United States, and brought to Canada as children. John Stockwell was first located in Malden township, but he subsequently removed to Gosfield, where he spent his remaining years, following the occupation of farmer. As a soldier he participated in the War of 1812 and in the Rebellion on 1837-38. Mr. Stockwell was twice married. He wedded (first) Polly Botsford, and of this union there is yet living one daughter, Eliza. By his union with Eliza Harris were born children as follows: Jane, who married Peter Fox; John, who married Mary J. Truax; Charles, deceased; Ann, deceased; William, who married Jane Noble; Isaac, deceased; George, who married Jane Manchester; Mandeny, who married William Lenox; and Thomas, who married Eliza Armstrong. Both father and mother died and are buried in Gosfield, honored by all who knew them.
     Peter Fox and his good wife, who bore together the trails of a life in the wilderness, are now passing their time pleasantly in their comfortable home in Leamington, surrounded by comforts undreamed of in the early days of their wedded life. They toiled for themselves and posterity, and have earned the reward that honest effort brings. They are affectionately regarded by those for whom they labored a "labor of love," and are highly respected by all who have the pleasure of their acquaintance.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 283:
George Eede, a prosperous farmer of Gosfield South, has the farm upon which the father, George Eede, located shortly after coming to this country...
     On Dec. 25, 1878, Mr. Eede was united in marriage with Emily Fox, who was born in Colchester South, Sept. 7, 1856, daughter of Peter and Jane (Stockwell) Fox, farming people of Essex, and members of prominent pioneer families. To this happy union the following children have been born, all of whom are still living, and all but one of whom are at home: Annie, Albert, Eliza, Mary and Martha. Albert married Valeria Wigle, and now resides on a part of the homestead farm.

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Philip Fox †   Catherine Lamar †   Thomas McLean ca 1785-ca 1862   Judy Ulch ca 1790-
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Jacob Fox 1788-1868   Elizabeth McLean 1808-1895
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Peter Fox 1833-1918