Professor David Fox1

(about March, 1843 - )
     Professor David Fox was born about March, 1843 in Ohio.2

David married Susan E. Carter on Wednesday, May 17, 1876 in Iowa. Susan was 24 years old. H. L. Everest, Rector of the Ep. Church officiated.1,2,3

After 1879, David lived in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.1

David appeared in the Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, US census of June 5, 1900 as head of household. He was 57 years old. He was a teacher but had been unemployed for the previous 12 months. His father had been born in New Jersey and his mother in Ohio.. The household also included Susan, his wife. She was 45 years old. They had been married for 24 years and were renting a home at 275 S. Williams Street. Susan was the mother of five children, of whom only four were still living at the time. The four children were living at home. Harold was 21 years old, Arthur was 17 years old, Royce was 14 years old, and Evangeline was nine years old.The oldest two had been born in Iowa and the youngest two in Ohio. All four were single.2

Children of Professor David Fox and Susan E. Carter

Citations

  1. [S338] Interview with Evelyne Wyehrich (Cypress, California), by Susan Noyes, 2006.
  2. [S126] 1900 US Census, US Census Search, Heritage Quest Online, 1900, Ohio, Montgomery, 6-WD Dayton, Series: T623 Roll: 1307 Page: 185.
  3. [S408] Susan Carter & David Fox entry, Marriage Registration Elkader, Clayton Co. Crt House, Iowa, Clayton County Registrar's Office, Courthouse, Elkader, Clayton County, Iowa, USA. Hereinafter cited as Clayton Co. IA, Marriage Reg.
 


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