When Joseph Andrew Fox was born on 9 April 1841, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hugh Alexander Fox, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Wakefield, was 18. He married Ollie Louisa Gray on 30 October 1865, in Maury, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Civil District 1, Maury, Tennessee, United States in 1900. He died on 18 May 1923, in Williamson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Greenbrier, Williamson, Tennessee, United States.