Levi Fox was born 1825 in Ohio. He was married by 1850 to Sarah C. Connell. Sarah was born January 17, 1830 in Ohio. Levi's occupation in 1850 was that of a laborer. He was the assessor of Knox Township, Columbiana Co. Ohio in 1852-53. He was farming in 1860 in Knox Township. His property value was $1300 and his personal, $500. By 1870, they had migrated to Jackson Township, Kosciusko Co. Indiana. Levi was farming with property value of $5000 and personal, $1200. In their household in 1870 resided Lyman C., Rolandus J., Freeman A., William B. and Anna E. In 1875, son Oliver, was born in Indiana. Oliver never got to know his father. Levi died in 1875.
Sarah was widowed at the age of 45. In 1880, she was still living in Jackson Township, Kosciusko Co. Indiana. Freeman and Oliver were living with her. She married Mr. Kinsey in 1880. Sarah died March 30, 1906.
Levi and Sarah's children:
1. Amanda Fox
died in 1847. infant daughter
of L&S. She was buried in
Reading Cemetery, N. Georgetown Cemetery, Columbiana Co. OH.
Row 5; South End.
2. Lyman C.
Fox (b. 1849 in Ohio).
3. Rolandus
J. Fox (b. 1851 in Ohio).
4. Freeman A.
Fox (b. 1853 in Ohio).
5. William B.
Fox (b. 1856 in Ohio).
6. Annie E.
Fox (b. 1858 in Ohio).
7. Clarien D. Fox was born on January 27, 1860 in Ohio. He died on March 4, 1862. Clarien is buried in the Reading Cemetery, N. Georgetown, OH. Row 6, North end; His headstone reads: s/o L&S, died 4 Mar 1862 ae 2y 1m 8d (In the 1860 census he was listed as unnamed and 3 days old.)
8. Oliver
Fox was born in 1875 in Indiana. He is
listed in the 1880 census.
Lyman was born 1849 in Ohio. He was living with his parents in 1870 in Jackson Township, Kosciusko Co. Indiana. Levi was a carpenter at the age of 21. He married Sarah Jane Matthews on January 25, 1872 in Kosciusko County. Sarah was born 1851 in Ohio. Lyman and Sarah were farming in Jackson Township in 1880. Their family at that time consisted of Franklin, Jessie and Harry.
Their children:
1.
Franklin Fox
was born in Indiana in 1873.
2. Jessie Fox was born in Indiana in 1876. Jessie married Will Taymrye. Their children were: Leonard, Lawrence and Elizabeth.
3. Harry Fox was born in Indiana in 1878. He was killed by a train.
4. Estey E. Fox was born after 1880. He married Mary Elvertia "Verdie" Workman on June 18, 1899 in Kosciusko Co. Indiana. Their children were, Alma and Alta.
5. Gale Fox was born after 1880.
(A Lyman C. Fox married Mary
A. Henemeyer (1911-1913 Record #105 Whitley Co. IN), daughter of Patsy Jane
Berry and Josilas Jones.
* The photograph should state "Grandson of Levi and Sarah"
Rolandus was born in 1851 in Ohio.
He was still at home in 1870 and farming with his father. In 1874 he
married Margaret
E. Zircle
on February 22, 1874 in Kosciusko Co. Indiana. (The marriage record shows
her name as Zirkle) Margaret was born in 1853 in Ohio. In the 1880 census he is residing in Jackson Twp. Kosciusko, IN and
farming.
1.
Sarah May (Dollie)
Fox was born in 1875 in Indiana. Dollie
never married.
2. William Fox was born in 1876 in
Indiana. He married Lillie.
3.
Rosa Fox
was born in 1877 in Indiana.
4. Fannie F. Fox was born in 1879 in Indiana. She married William I. Blue on May 3, 1911 in Kosciusko Co. She married a second time to Jacob Miller
5. Carrie Pearl
Fox.
6. Glen Fox.
7. Grace Fox
Grace never married.
8. Mary
Marie Fox was
born in 1893. She married Floyd V. Newcomer on June 15, 1915
in Koscuisko County. Floyd was born in 1894. Mary died in 1919 and
Floyd in 1944. Both are buried in Spring Creek Cemetery; row 3, Jackson
Twp. Koscuisko Co.
Freeman A. Fox Family
Freeman was born in 1853 in Ohio. In 1880 he was living with his mother and brother, Oliver, in Jackson Twp. Kosciusko Co.
He married Clara Ream.
William was born in 1856 in Ohio. He married Elizabeth B. Miller on May 23, 1882 in Kosciusko Co. (G:7) Their children were Fred, Clifton, and Katie.
John and Annie Grafton Family
Annie E. Fox was born in 1858 in Ohio. She married John W. Grafton on October 21, 1875 in Kosciusko Co. (E:405) John was born in 1855. Annie and John both died in 1918. They are both buried in South Whitley Cemetery, Whitley Co. Indiana. (W-8-20-2 & W-8-20)
1. Emma Grafton Emma died at a young age.
2.
Ella
Grafton.
3. Lena Grafton was born in 1883 . She married Walter Cook. Lena died in 1963 and is buried at S. Whitley Cemetery, Whitley Co. Indiana (W-8-25-2)
4. Gertrude L. Grafton married Clark E. Brenneman (son of Simon E. Brenneman and Lydie S. Miller) between 1911 and 1913 in Whitley Co. IN.
5. Clara
Grafton.