Rev. Josiah Beideman Fox and Harriet Kribbs

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Husband Rev. Josiah Beideman Fox ¹

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           Born: Nov 1833 - near Sassamansville, Montgomery Co, PA 2
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           Died: 26 May 1901 - Slatington, Lehigh Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jonas Fox (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Susan Beideman (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: Jun 1866 2

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Wife Harriet Kribbs ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Aug 1844 2
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           Died: 2 Oct 1911 - Slatington, Lehigh Co, PA 2
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         Father: Capt. George Kribbs (Abt 1805-1879) 1 3
         Mother: Susanna Sheffer (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M George Franklin Fox ²

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           Born: 22 Jan 1870 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 2
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           Died: 20 Sep 1945
         Buried:  - Crawford Memorial Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Gertrude Estella Crawford (1871-1933) 4
           Marr: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Carrie Giering (1883-1963)

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Josiah Beideman Fox

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Following attendance at the local country school he attended Freeland Seminary at Trappe, Pennsylvania, and later Frederick Institute in Montgomery County. In 1860 he graduated from Pennsylvania College, Gettys­burg, Pennsylvania, after which he attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and was ordained to the ministry in 1862 at Allentown, Penn­sylvania. Soon after his ordination he was elected pastor of the Salem charge consisting of four congregations in Clarion County, Pennsylvania. Being interested in educa­tion he opened an academic school in his parish in 1863, which he continued to conduct in addition to his regular ministerial duties until April, 1868. At that time he moved to Emlenton, Pennsylvania, accepting a call from two con­gregations near there. He established, in Emlenton, a school known as Tableau Seminary or Emlenton Acad­emy, employing assistant teachers to help him in his school duties. In 1869 he established a Lutheran congre­gation in Emlenton. In May, 1888, he accepted a call from the Friedens, Heidelberg and Unionville congrega­tions and moved his home to Slatington, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As he closed his discourse in the pulpit May 19, 1901, he was stricken with paralysis and died the following Sunday.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1447.

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

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 555.

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