George W. Fox Biography


	This biography appears on page 1121 in "History of Dakota 
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				GEORGE W. FOX. 

	George W. Fox, a well known photographer of Sioux Falls, 
possessing marked skill in the art, was born at Horicon, Wisconsin, in 
1862, a son of Charles and Mary Fox. When seven years of age he 
accompanied his parents on their removal from Wisconsin to Mason City, 
Iowa, at which period there were no railroads in that locality. He was 
reared in a frontier district, experiencing the usual hardships and 
privations incident to pioneer life. His educational opportunities were 
such as the district schools afforded. 

	While living in Mason City Mr. Fox was united in marriage to Miss 
Sibbie Cummings, of that place, and in 1884 they removed to Mitchell, 
South Dakota, where Mr. Fox took up the art of photography, maintaining 
his studio there until 1889, when he went to Sioux Falls, where he has 
since been located. He now has a fine studio on Phillips avenue, 
occupying a ground floor room, and his place is splendidly equipped for 
doing excellent work. An artistic sense which recognizes the value of 
pose and of light and shade contributes also to his success and his 
work is highly satisfactory to his patrons. 

	Mr. and Mrs. Fox have become parents of a son, Roy. The family is 
well known socially and in other connections. Mr. Fox is a prominent 
Mason, belonging to Minnehaha Lodge, while he has attained the thirty-
second degree in the Scottish Rite and has become a member of the 
Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Odd Fellows, the Knights 
of Pythias and the Elks, and his wife is a member of the Eastern Star, 
the Rebekah Lodge, the Pythian Sisters and the Current News Club, which 
is a woman's club. Both Mr. and Frs. Fox attend the Presbyterian church 
and his political allegiance is given to the republican party, which 
finds in him a stalwart champion but not an office seeker.