Person:Christian Fox (5)

Census Place: York, Tuscarawas, Ohio Page 428D

                Relation     Sex  Marr Race Age  Birthplace

Christian FOX Self M M W 60 OH

    Occ: Farmer    Fa: GER.  Mo: GER.

Elizabeth FOX Wife F M W 44 GER.

    Occ: Keeping House  Fa: GER.  Mo: GER.

John FOX Son M S W 26 OH

    Occ: At Home   Fa: OH    Mo: GER.

Catherine A. FOX Dau F S W 23 OH

    Occ: At Home   Fa: OH    Mo: GER.

Joseph F. FOX Son M S W 17 OH

    Occ: At Home   Fa: OH    Mo: GER.

Lydia M. FOX Dau F S W 14 OH

    Occ: At Home   Fa: OH    Mo: GER.

Emma J. FOX Dau F S W 8 OH [PattiOlsson.FTW]

CHRISTIAN FOX, farmer, P. O. Yorktown, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio., October 22, 1829, a son of Leopold and Elizabeth Fox. Leopold Fox was born in Germany in 1789, and came to this country about 1826, locating in this county immediately after his arrival, and engaged in farming. He had worked at the trade of shoe-maker in his native country His wife was a daughter of a Mr. Kuhn. and they were married in this country, and had a family of five children, their names as follows: Mary Ann. wife of Nicholas Winkles; Christian, Leopold, John, and a child who died in infancy. Our subject's father died in 1850, and was followed by the widow in 1852. They came to this township among the first. and acquired a fine farm, consisting of 100 acres of improved land, with good farm buildings thereon. They were members of the Reformed Church in good standing. Christian, our subject, was married. December 3, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Affolter, and to them were born nine children--Elizabeth, wife of Manuel Hawk; John; Mary Ann, wife of John Raber; Catherine; Christian, married to a Miss Maggie Grosarth; Joseph; Frederick; Lydia Magdalane; Sarah, deceased, and Emma Josephine. Mr. Fox and family are members of the German Reformed Church. He has held the office of Trustee and School Director for a number of terms, with honor. His farm of 306 acres of land is well-improved, with good farm buildings, and is well stocked. He has his own dairy, and makes cheese in large quantities.

1884 History of Tuscarawas County

1. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Tuscarawas County, 1895. (C.O. Owen & Company)
   360.

   Bio of Christian Fox

2. ↑ J. Mansfield. History of Tuscarawas County, 1884. (Published by Warner, Beers and Company)
   1002.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1944 and 1958-2002. (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006).

   Online publication - Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1944 and 1958-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Ohio Department of Health. Index to Annual Deaths, 1958-2002. Columbus, OH, USA: Ohio Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Ohio. Division of Vital Statistics. Death Certificates and index, December 20, 1908-December 31, 1953. State Archives Series 3094. Ohio Historical Society, Ohio.