Sidney W. Fox and Emily J. Smith

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Husband Sidney W. Fox ¹

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           Born: 1 Sep 1846 - Oxford Co, ME 2
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         Father: Andrew G. Fox (1803-1894) 2
         Mother: Ruth Stacy (      -1873) 2

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       Marriage: 1866 3

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Wife Emily J. Smith ³

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         Father: Samuel Smith (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Deborah [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Hada Fox ³

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           Born: 12 Jan 1868 3
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         Spouse: Clarence Robinson (      -      ) 3

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2 F Bertha Fox ³

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           Born: 15 May 1869 3
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         Spouse: Thomas Croyle (      -      ) 3

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3 M William E. Fox ³

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           Born: 1 Jan 1873 3
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4 M George W. Fox ³

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           Born: 27 Aug 1878 3
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5 F Emma L. Fox ³

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           Born: 27 Feb 1880 3
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6 M Roy M. Fox ³

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           Born: 13 Feb 1883 3
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7 F Della Fox ³

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           Born: 24 Oct 1875 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Sidney W. Fox

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He was but a boy when he came to Pennsylvania, and he spent some years in assisting his father in the lumber business. His military service inter­rupted that work, and after his return from the front he engaged in business on his own account, logging and sawing lumber for a number of years. He purchased the old family homestead, but after living there one year moved to his a home at Janesville, where he thereafter resided, with the exception of a short time previous to 1891, which was spent in Ramey while he worked for D. K. Ramey on the mill.

Civil War: Entering the army in the spring of 1864, he was in time to participate in some of the decisive movements which brought the long struggle to an end. As a boy of seventeen he offered his services for “three years or the war,” joining Company K, 111th P. V. I., and after being sworn in at Holidaysburg, went to Bridgeport, AL, by way of Washington and Alexandria, to enter Sherman's forces. On May 3, 1864, the start was made through the heart of the Confederacy, and for months there was continuous skirmishing varied by pitched battles at Resaca, on the turnpike leading to Atlanta, at Peach Tree Creek and other places. When the army reached Atlanta, three days of rest were given the exhausted troops before the attack was made. When a call was made for volunteers from each company for the first desperate charge on the city, Mr. Fox was among those who advanced, and he was one of the first to enter the city, where a large portion of Hood's army was taken captive before the torch was applied to the deserted buildings. Before starting again each soldier was given ten days' rations, and as it was thirty-seven days before they reached Savannah the troops were in sad condition, many having subsisted for three days on roasted acorns. Barefooted, ragged, half starved and wholly wearied with their long march, there was but little chance for them to realize the na­ture of the work that they had done. Two weeks were allowed for rest and recuperation, and then they took up the march again and fought the Rebels through to Raleigh, NC, where they captured Johnston's entire force. The war was ended, and making their way to Washington by way of Richmond, they joined in the grand review. Two weeks later Mr. Fox left the capital for Pittsburgh, where he received his final discharge. [CBRCP, 834]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 834.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 835.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 836.