Clarence Jennings Fox and Mabel Viola Lynn

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Husband Clarence Jennings Fox ¹

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           Born: 26 Dec 1897 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: 27 Apr 1963
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: George Franklin Fox (1870-1945) 1
         Mother: Gertrude Estella Crawford (1871-1933) 2

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       Marriage: 2 May 1925 3

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Wife Mabel Viola Lynn ³

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           Born: 23 Feb 1902 - Seneca, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: Daniel Marqua Lynn (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Viola Croup (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M John Lynn Fox ³

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           Born: 7 Mar 1926 3
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2 F Marilyn Louise Fox ³

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           Born: 12 Nov 1928 3
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3 M George Edwin Fox ³

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           Born: 20 Jul 1939 3
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4 F Nancy Jane Fox ³

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           Born: 2 Oct 1941 3
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General Notes: Husband - Clarence Jennings Fox

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He received his early education in the schools of Emlenton, where he was graduated from high school in 1915. He then became a student at Perkio­men School, in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, which he at­tended for one year. After several years at home in the employ of the First National Bank of Emlenton, Penn­sylvania, he entered the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania, being grad­uated in 1923 as a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. From 1923 to 1927 he was employed in Pittsburgh, first with Richter & Company, certified public accountants, then with Lybrand, Ross Brothers & Montgomery, accountants and auditors. In November, 1925, he sat for and passed the Pennsylvania State Board's examinations for public accountants, receiving his degree as a Certified Public Accountant under date of December 22, 1925. In 1927 he returned to Emlenton, associating himself there with Emlenton Refining Company & Sterling Oil Company. These companies were later merged into the Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation, with which latter corporation he continued until December, 1938. At that time he be­came a member of the firm of J. R. McCartan & Company, certified public accountants, with headquarters in Pitts­burgh, and branch offices in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Oil City, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Fox was, in politics, a Republican. Fraternally he was affiliated with Allegheny Valley Lodge, No. 552, Free and Accepted Masons, Emlenton, Pennsylvania; Venango Lodge of Perfection in Oil City; Pennsylvania Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, in Pittsburgh; and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also of Pittsburgh. He was a member of the Penn­sylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Oil City Rotary Club, the local Chamber of Commerce, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Franklin Club. He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Emlenton. In leisure time he enjoyed hunting.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 130.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 939.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 131.