When Edward Minor Fox was born on 22 March 1824, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States, his father, Chauncey Fox, was 27 and his mother, Anna Soule, was 29. He married Esther Vail in December 1847, in Fulton, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. He lived in Chenango, Broome, New York, United States in 1850. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 3 May 1888, in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1838: Fulton, New York, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: nickname from a word denoting the animal (Middle English, Old English fox), widely used to denote a sly or cunning individual. It was also used for someone with red hair. In England this surname absorbed some early examples of surnames derived from the ancient Germanic personal names mentioned at Faulks and Foulks .
Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ (see Tinney ).
Irish: also adopted for Ó Catharnaigh, see Kearney .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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