When Elizabeth Fox was born on 14 February 1824, in Center, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Fox, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Resh, was 32. She married Ellis Askey on 1 November 1844, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stephenson, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 6 June 1892, in Ridott, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Ridott Center Cemetery, Township of Ridott, Stephenson, Illinois, 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: 1837: Stephenson, Illinois, United States
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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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