U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox Family ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Pages 376-377 The earliest information on this family is that sometime before the Revolution, Samuel Fox came from England and settled in what is now Nelson county, Virginia, near Avon of that county. This is in the northern part of the county and near the main line of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. Samuel Fox had seven children, namely, Samuel, Richard, Joseph, William, Jackson, Bartlett and Lucy. Of these children, Samuel, Richard and Joseph lived and died in Nelson county, Virginia, and Lucy married a Mr. Quick and moved to some point in what is now West Virginia. William and Jackson Fox moved to what is now Summers county, West Virginia. William Fox had several sons, one of whom was David Fox. David Fox had several sons, two of whom, B. F. Fox and John L. Fox, moved to Braxton county. John L. Fox is dead. B. F. Fox lives near Frametown in this county. William Fox had a daughter, Ruth, who married Lewis Ballengee who lived and died near the mouth of Strange Creek in this county. Bartlett Fox was born in Nelson county, Virginia, about 1780. He married Mary Lively who was born in Albemarle county, Virginia, about the year 1800. Bartlett Fox died in 1861 and his wife died November 5, 1878. Bartlett Fox moved to what is known as the Lively place in Nicholas county, about the year 1835 : he next moved to what is now the J. B. McLaughlin place near the mouth of the Birch river in 1840; he next moved to what is now the John L. Ballengee farm near the mouth of Strange Creek and next to the farm now owned by Troy Nottingham. Bartlett Fox had eight children, namely, Samuel, M. D., L. F., George W., Tiburtis, Henry, William, Jane and Mary. M. D. L. Fox lived on what is known as the David Evans farm on Leatherwood Run; George W. Fox lived the greater portion of his life in the edge of Nicholas county and died on Carpenters Fork of the Little Birch near where John Brown now lives; Tiburtis Fox enlisted in the Confederate army in the beginning of the war. between the states and was captured and died in prison in 1861; Henry and William Pox both died prior to the war; Jane Fox married Maxwell H. Frame, and Mary married John S. Nottingham. Samuel Fox was born on the __ day of _______ 1817, and died the 1st day of October, 1892. He was twice married. His first wife was Susan Boggs, daughter of Benjamin L. Boggs, who died on the 18th of August, 1855, aged 23 years, 4 months and 20 days. There were two children born to this marriage, Camden Fox, on the 14th of December, 1854, and Rebecca Fox, a year or two prior to that date. She married G. R. Mollohan and now lives in California. Samuel Fox's second wife was Mary Dean who is still living. They were married about 1856. Fred L. Fox, son of Camden and Caroline (McMorrow) Fox, was born at the mouth of the Big Birch river, Oct. 24, 1876. Samuel Fox and Dr. Job McMorrow were his grandfathers, both being prominent men in the lower end of the county. Mr. Fox was educated in Braxton county schools, taking a law course in the West Virginia University with a degree of L. L. B. in 1899. He began practice of law in Sutton in 1899, and was associated with Alex Dulin from 1901 to 1904, and with W. E. Haymond since 1904 in the law firm of Haymond & Fox. He was Chairman of the Democratic Committee in campaigns of 1902, 1908 and 1910; elected to State Senate in 1912, and re-elected in 1916; was Democratic leader in the State Senate in the sessions of 1915 and 1917. Mr. Fox was married in 1900 to Anna Lee Frame of Sutton, daughter of James T. and Rebecca Byrne Frame, and their children are: Gordon Byrne, John Holt, George McMorrow, Agnes Jane, Rebecca Ellen and Anna Jean. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Braxton County, WV #14432 FULL-NAME: Benj. Franklin Fox BIRTH-DATE: May 4, 1839 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 12, 1924 DEATH-PLACE: Frametown, Birch District, Braxton, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: David Fox (born in Va.) MOTHER: Mary Ballengee (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis of heart INFORMANT: Viola Gerwig (of Frametown) BURIAL: Frametown From Death Certificate, Kanawha County, WV #10214 FULL-NAME: Fred Lee Fox BIRTH-DATE: October 24, 1876 BIRTH-PLACE: Braxton Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 8, 1952 DEATH-PLACE: McMillan Hospital, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Lawyer, State Supreme Court FATHER: Camdem Fox MOTHER: Caroline McMorrow CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Congestive heart failure / Coronary artery disease INFORMANT: Mr. Gordon B. Fox BURIAL: Sutton Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------