Husband William Logan Fox 1 2
Born: 27 Sep 1851 2
Christened:
Died: 29 Apr 1880 - Foxburg, Clarion Co, PA 2 3
Buried:
Father: Samuel Mickle Fox (1821-1869) 1 4
Mother: Mary Rodman Fisher (1822-1903) 1 4
Marriage: 25 Feb 1879 2
• Honors: The Memorial Church of Our Father: Foxburg, Clarion Co, PA.
Wife Rebecca Clifford Hollingsworth 2 3
Born: 13 Nov 1856 2
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Samuel L. Hollingsworth, M.D. ( - ) 2
Mother: Anna Clifford Pemberton ( - ) 2 3
Children
• They left no descendants.
General Notes: Husband - William Logan Fox
He was eighteen years old at the time of his father's death. He had passed through the Junior class of the University of Pennsylvania, and was then at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, New York, from which he graduated as a civil engineer four years later. He then spent a year in Europe, and on his return assumed, in conjunction with the trustees under his father's will, the active management of the business at Foxburg, Pennsylvania, then of some magnitude, owing to the recent developments of petroleum in the vicinity. About this time, and furthered by his energy and moneyed aid, the bridge across the Allegheny River at Foxburgh, and the one across the Clarion, were built, and the turnpike from Foxburg to Petersburg was made. Early in 1879 the Foxburg, St. Petersburg and Clarion Railroad was projected, and he, believing it would be of material benefit to the village of Foxburg, entered into its construction with his usual energy. He was made president, and the road was vigorously pushed toward completion. Later he bought a controlling interest in the Emlenton, Shippenville and Clarion Railroad, running from Emlenton to Clarion, the total length of both roads being about fifty miles. He had in contemplation the enlarging of his railroads, and had acquired a charter to Kane, intending to make connection with the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad.
He took a deep interest in politics, and was strong in his belief in and support of the Republican party, and in its interest started at Foxburg a weekly newspaper, The Republican Gazette. He was a member of the Electoral College of Pennsylvania, which voted for Garfield in 1880, but died before it met, and at the time of his death was chairman of the Republican County Committee.
To his and to his father's memory the Memorial Church of our Father was built, overlooking the village of Foxburg, Pennsylvania, and served not unfitly as a monument to two men whose life work was done, and whose death took place near where it stands; and it was earnestly hoped that as in their time their influence was for the good, it may perpetuate their work by being a benefit to the community, and that the love for the dead which built it may be of lasting help to the living. It was dedicated to the services of the Protestant Episcopal Church, the first one in the county belonging to that denomination.