Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 443-444:
Peter Fox...was born in Gosfield township, Essex, March 23, 1833, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (McLean) Fox...
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...
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