Brief Life History of John Marvin
When John Marvin Fox was born on 5 November 1810, in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Fox, was 32 and his mother, Mary "Polly" Fowler, was 33. He married Alvira Adelaide Beard on 17 February 1836, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Towanda Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died after 1886.
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- John Fox, "United States Census, 1870"
- Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9SM-W51Q?cc=1999196&wc=9PM2-7MW%3A268495401%2C268507701
- John M Fox, "United States Census, 1860"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
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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Biographical sketch from C.F. Heverly, "History of the Towandas," 1886, p. 36
"John Marvin [child of John Fox and Mary Fowler] (born Nov. 5, 1810) occupies a part of the homestead, and is one of the most thrifty farmers in the township. He has been an industrious, hard-working …
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