Biography of A. N. Fox
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1020
A. N. FOX, farmer, P. O. La Fayette, was a native of Madison County, Ohio, born November 7, 1838, and is a son of John and Elizabeth Fox, he a native of New York, and she of Champaign County, Ohio. the grandfather, Daniel Fox, was a native of Germany, who emigrated to America about 1876, and married Abigail Allen, a native of New York. They settled in that State, where they resided till 1813, when they removed to Ohio and settled in Champaign County; they afterward removed to Madison County, where he remained till his death. John, the father of our subject, was born in 1801, and was twelve years of age when they settled in Champaign County, and there grew to manhood, and married Elizabeth Jones, a native of that county, born in 1805. In 1836, they removed to Madison County and settled in Pike Township, where they lived till their death; she died May 11, 1846, and he July 28, 1868. They had eight children, six now survive – Rudolph, William R., John N., A. N., Alma (wife of Thomas Cantrall), and Henry C. Rudolph (resides in Marion County, Ohio), and the others all reside in Kansas but our subject. Mr. John Fox, after locating in Madison County, entered upon the mercantile trade at Rosedale, where he continued several years, also serving as Postmaster during this time. He then sold out his store and purchased a farm, and for twnety-five years devoted his attention to farming. Then he again entered upon mercantile trade at Liverpool, where he continued business till his death. He was also Postmaster while in business in Liverpool. Mr. Fox was an enterprising, thoroughgoing, business man. He started in life without capital, and by his own industry and good business management he accumulated a good property. At his death he owned 436 acres of land, besides quite an amount of personal and other property at Liverpool. His character and integrity were undoubted; he was a member and an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church from his early manhood, and was a Steward and Elder in the church for many years. Our subject was raised to farm labor, and in his early life taught school for several years. He was married, November 27, 1862, to Clarinda J. Baker, who was born in Delaware County, Ohio, November 30, 1843, and was a daughter of Hiram E. and Margaret J. (Wilson) Baker, he a native of New York, and she of Ohio. They had nine children – eight now survive – Clarinda J., Ellen M. (wife of L. G. Huff), Lester, Oscar, Sallie (wife of Christian Kaufman), Eugene, Etta and Edgar. Mr. Baker and wife now reside in Morrow County, Ohio, where he is engaged in farming, a business which he has followed the greater part of his life, and is one of the prominent leading men of that county. Mr. Fox and wife have five children – Edgar B., born October 2, 1863; Gertrude, born December 30, 1865; Grace, born January 13, 1869; Eva, born October 19, 1870; and ross, born December 3, 1878. Mr. Fox, after his marriage, settled on the old home place near Liverpool, where he lived two years; then he purchased a farm on Barron Run, where he resided till 1873, when, in February of that year, he located on the farm where he now resides. He served Pike Township as Clerk several years.
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