William George Fox (1860 - 1936)

Born 27 Aug 1860 in Christian County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Died 2 Feb 1936 at age 75 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee

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Biography

William, or Will or W.G. as he was sometimes called, was born in 1860, the son of Peter and Mary Louise (Hester) Fox, in Christian County, Kentucky, where he was raised. Will would still be living with his parents in 1880, but at some point between then and 1895 he moved to Tennessee. This is where he met and married Minnie M. Coleman, the daughter of William Milus and Roseanna N. (Bradshaw) Coleman, in Montgomery County, Tennessee. Will was 13 years older than Minnie.

They would have one child, a daughter:

Minnie Mai Fox (1895–1916)

Will was a farmer to support his family. It must have been very hard when their only child died of Tuberculosis at just 21 years of age in 1916.

Will would live until 1936 when he passed at 75 years of age. His body is buried along with Minnie's and their daughter in the Riverside Cemetery in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7R-47K : 29 May 2021), Geo W Fox in entry for Peter T Fox, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCZ-67J : 14 January 2022), William Fox in household of Peter F. Fox, Garrettsburg, Christian, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-G7Z5 : 10 March 2021), W G Fox and Minnie M Coleman, 04 Feb 1895; citing Montgomery, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,114,999.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9WR-QX4 : 10 March 2022), Will G Fox, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGFQ-MHS : accessed 23 May 2022), Willian Fox, Knoxville Ward 7, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 24B, family 441, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1507; FHL microfilm 1,375,520.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSWX-BYY : 23 February 2021), W. G. Fox in entry for Minnie Mai Fox, 19 Jul 1916; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN5L-XF2 : 3 February 2021), William G Fox, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SP4V-BMX : accessed 23 May 2022), William G Fox, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 18B, line 95, family 405, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2257; FHL microfilm 2,341,991.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS3B-B9H : 23 February 2021), William G. Fox, 2 Feb 1936; Death, Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

• Find A Grave Memorial for William G. Fox [1]

• Family Search Profile on William George Fox [2]