Brief Life History of William Andrew
When William Andrew Fox was born about 1858, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Jesse Fox, was 28 and his mother, Martha Matilda Penland, was 30. He lived in Cocke, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Burnet, Texas, United States in 1880. He died about 1888, in Texas, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Leander, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Andrew Fox in household of Jessee Fox, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Andrew Fox - Published information: birth-name: William Andrew Fox
- W. A. Fox, "BillionGraves Index"
Parents and Siblings
1831–1895 Male
1830–1930 Female
Siblings (4)
1856– Female
about 1858–about 1888 Male
1861– Female
1867– Female
World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 3
1863
Age 5
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 9
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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