Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Fox, John 1828 - 
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JOHN FOX, saloon-keeper, formerly contractor and builder; was born in Bavaria, 
in 1828; came to America in the spring of 1853; learned the mason's trade in 
La Crosse, and followed the business of contractor and builder up to 1876, 
since which time he has been in his present business. Among the buildings he 
put up in La Crosse are Gund's Brewery, City Engine House, Heasley's Block, 
Scharf & Ring's Block, Funk's Foundry, Heillman's Malt House, Michel's Brewery 
and Rau's Block. He learned the blacksmith's trade in Germany, and worked at 
it till he came to America. He is Secretary of the Wisconsin Odd Fellows 
Insurance Co. Has been Supervisor two years; Alderman three terms, and Coroner 
and Constable one year each.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 752 - 753.

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