Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Fox was born in January 1848, in Casey, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Fox, was 45 and his mother, Martha, was 43. He married Susan L. Thomas in 1872, in Casey, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 6 Dunnville, Casey, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Dunnville, Casey, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 May 1933, in Casey, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Thomastown Cemetery, Dunnville, Casey, Kentucky, United States.
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- Jessee Fox, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesse Fox, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Jesse, Sr. Fox, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1961"
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1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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