Jesse W. Fox and Frederika A. Fetters

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Husband Jesse W. Fox ¹

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           Born: 27 Jul 1845 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: David S. Fox (1821-Aft 1918) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Ann Weaver (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 25 Mar 1867 2

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Wife Frederika A. Fetters ²

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           Born: 1849 2
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         Father: John Fetters (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 F Louise Fox ²

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         Spouse: Charles Brindle (      -      ) 2

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2 F Ida Fox ²

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         Spouse: Dr. George T. McNish (      -      ) 2

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3 F Cora Fox ²

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           Died: when six months old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Jesse W. Fox

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He attended the local schools, and at the age of seventeen years enlisted in a regiment of volunteer cavalry, which responded to the first call of President Lincoln for three months' men. At the expiration of this term of service, Mr. Fox reenlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Columbus, in that state, and marched with his regiment to Kentucky, where it formed a part of the Western Army. His second term of service expired, but about this time he was captured at Cynthiana, Kentucky, and recaptured two days later. At the close of the war Mr. Fox went West for a time and spent two years in Illinois and Washington, but finally returned to his native state and once more took up his home at Alverton. He worked there in several different lines of business for some time, and then became a contractor for the Union Coke Company, running headings through the hills and doing similiar kinds of work. His next venture was the operation of a saw mill, in which he took the rough timber and cut it into lumber of all shapes and sizes for the market, and especially for the making of coal tipples. He continued in this line for thirteen years. At the end of this period, about 1883, he built a mill, which he operated with the highest degree of success. In the year 1900 he added a foundry, which he ran for two years, and then leased it to Messrs. Smith, McCarns and Shire.
Mr. Fox was treasurer of the Mennonite Cemetery Association, which was organized about 1880 by himself and a group of other men.
His home was an interesting one, situated in the neighborhood of Alverton, his doorstep having been the nameslab of the Mennonite meeting house, which was built in 1841.
He and his wife were members of the Church of God at Alverton. He was a member of Ellsworth Post, No. 209, Grand Army of the Republic, at Scottdale, and for a time was commander thereof. He was also affiliated with the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

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General Notes: Wife - Frederika A. Fetters

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She was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Red Cross Society.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1027.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1028.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 377.