Brief Life History of Joseph Andrew
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 Helen Wakefield, was 18. He married Ollie Elizabeth Gray on 2 November 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.
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Sources (18)
- Joe A Fox, "United States Census, 1880"
- Joseph A Fox, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Joseph A Fox, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1841–1923 Male
1841– Female
Children (4)
1866–1944 Male
1871– Male
1874–1932 Female
1877–1963 Male
Parents and Siblings
1813–1900 Male
1822–1850 Female
Siblings (7)
1838–1839 Male
1841–1923 Male
1842–1911 Female
1845–1927 Male
1845–1928 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 5
1846
Age 5
1863
Age 22
Name Meaning
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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