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SOURCE: Portrait and Biographical Record of Kalamazoo, Allegan and
        Van Buren Counties, Michigan
        Chapman Bros, Chicago - 1892

        [Page 524-525]
        
        SAMUEL FOX, who resides in Wayland Township, Allegan County,
     where he has owned and operated a farm for the last quarter
     of a century, is a native of Ohio, being born in Beaver Town-
     ship, Columbiana County, April 9, 1820.  His parents, Jacob
     and Anna (FOX) FOX, were natives of Pennsylvania, but were
     reared in Ohio, where his father followed the occupation of a
     farmer.  At that time country boys had but a poor opportunity
     for an education, as the settlers were few and far between,
     the schools were scarce and the course of study pursued very
     limited.  In addition to this, our subject was the eldest of
     a family of ten children, and his boyhood days were spent
     principally in assisting his father in the many duties per-
     taining to farm life.
     
        In 1837, when eighteen years of age, Mr. FOX began learning
     the carpenter's trade five miles east of Salem, Ohio, and after
     mastering it sufficiently, began working for himself, continuing
     in this occupation for twenty-seven years, remaining in his 
     native State and working at various places at his trade until
     1866.  He then purchased a gristmill at Homeworth, in Columbiana
     County, that State, which he operated for five years.  At the
     expiration of this time, he came to Michigan, locating in Way-
     land Township, Allegan County, on a tract of eighty acres.  It
     was all wild unimproved land.  He also purchased eight acres,
     three miles east of his other place in the same township.  These
     two pieces of land he has thoroughly improved, and as the result
     of much hard labor and careful management has brought to a high
     state of cultivation.
     
        The marriage of our subject occurred December 17, 1843, when
     he was united to Catherine FOX, who departed this life February
     14, 1846.  He was afterward married, April 13, 1851, to Elizabeth
     (BEAR) FOX, who died June 27, 1858.  He was united to his present
     wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth BENNER, January 26, 1860.
     She was the daughter of Michael BENNER, her mother's maiden name
     being Elizabeth PURKEY.  Mrs. FOX is a native of Knox Township,
     Columbiana County, Ohio.  By his first marriage our subject be-
     came the father of two children:  Solomon and Katie Ann.  By
     the second marriage two children were born:  Albert and Annis.
     Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children: Viola
     and Leotis.  These children are both married and residing in
     homes of their own.
     
        Mr. FOX has retired from active labor turning the work of the
     farm over to his youngest son.  He takes no particular interest
     in political affairs, although he votes the Democratic ticket,
     and has never been an office-holder since coming to this State.
     He and his wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church
     at Bradley, and are highly esteemed by a large circle of friends
     and acquaintances.
     
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