Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Christopher Fox and Catharine Matthews




Husband Christopher Fox 1 2

           Born: 11 Apr 1805 - Centre or Huntingdon Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1881 or 1882 1 2
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         Father: George Fox (1759-1828) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Dickinson (      -1822) 3


       Marriage: Jan 1835 - Monroe Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2



Wife Catharine Matthews 1

            AKA: Katherine Mathews 2
           Born: 11 Mar 1814 - Armstrong Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 1896 or 1897 1 2
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Children
1 M George W. Fox 1 2

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         Spouse: Addie Coursen (      -      ) 1
         Spouse: Helen M. Smith (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Mansfield, Richland Co, OH


2 M Henry B. Fox 1 2 4

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         Spouse: Mary E. Himes (      -      ) 2 5 6


3 F Susanna R. Fox 1 2

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           Died: 3 May 1904 7
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         Spouse: Judge  Hicks (      -      ) 7


4 F Sarah Jane Fox 1 2

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5 F Mary Margaret Fox 1 2

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         Spouse: Frank Klein (      -Bef 1908) 2


6 F Emily Catharine Fox 1 2

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         Spouse: John C. Over (      -Bef 1908) 2


7 F Mary Harriet Ellen Fox 1 2

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         Spouse: John Ward (1836-      ) 8
           Marr: 1870 2


8 M Thomas I. Fox 1 2

           Born: 13 Apr 1855 - Monroe Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Anderson (1856-      ) 1 2


9 M Charles Clark Fox 1 2

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         Spouse: Rossey Brown (      -      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Christopher Fox


About 1831 he came to Monroe township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. In order to pay for one hundred acres of land, he chopped five hundred cords of wood, and to this a homestead holding fifty acres was added by his son, Thomas I. Fox; and the land remained in the family for over eighty years.
He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church.

He was born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and was one of the first settlers\emdash in 1833\emdash in Clarion County, owning one of the best farms in the county, eight miles from Clarion town, the county seat.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 942.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 193.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 329.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 705.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 706.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 611.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 194.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 192.


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