Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Fox, D. W. 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 4, 2007, 3:46 am Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) D. W. FOX, farmer, P. O. Palestine, was born February 25, 1845, in Crawford County. He is a son of John Fox, whose father was a minister of the Gospel, and one of the first settlers in this county. Our subject has been a farmer all his life. He was joined in matrimony, December 30, 1869, to Miss E. J. Crews, born July, 28, 1849; she is the youngest daughter of W. J. and Amelia (Spraggins) Crews, and is the mother of the following children: Frederick, born October 25, 1870; Francis, born December 14, 1872, he died December 1, 1875; Harry, born July 25, 1874; Lucy M., born April 11, 1877; Martha, born March 22, 1879; and William P., born May 1, 1881. Mr. Fox is a wide- awake farmer, and has been identified with the Democratic party. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/fox1979nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ilfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb