Henry Fox and Mary [Unk]

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Husband Henry Fox ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1745 - Chester Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jul 1824 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Stonerville Cemetery [Stonerville, Fayette Co, PA?]

       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary [Unk] ³

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           Born: Abt 1754
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Aug 1834 3
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M John Fox ^{2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 29 Oct 1777 - Chester Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Mar 1866 2 3
         Buried:  - Stonerville Cemetery [Stonerville, Fayette Co, PA?]

         Spouse: Elizabeth Rosenberger (      -      ) 2 3

         Spouse: Frederica Caroline Sharver (Abt 1798-1876) 5
           Marr: 1820 6

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2 M Christian Fox ⁷

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           Born: 1785 - Chester Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1873 - ? Westmoreland Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Funk (      -1871) 7
           Marr: 1811 1

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Fox

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He moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about the close of the eighteenth century and began farming in East Huntingdon township, where he remained until his death.

He settled in Mount Pleasant township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in the spring of 1797. He located two and one-half miles west of Mount Pleasant, where he owned three hundred acres of the smoothest and finest farming land in the town-ship. He had two sons and several daughters.

He was a native of Rhenish Bavaria. He emigrated to America, becoming the originator of the family in this country. [HWC 1906 III, 381]

He served as private in Captain Israel Marr's company, Chester county militia, 1781-82, also served as private in Captain John Jenkins' company of Easton township, Chester county, Pennsylvania. Later he moved to Mount Pleasant township, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he settled in 1797 and became the possessor of three hundred acres of the best farming land in that region. He continued to live in that township during the remainder of his life.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 583.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 388.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 584.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 688.

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

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 646, 688.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 690.