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JOHN P. FOX, deceased; born in Indiana, near Indianapolis, Dec. 18, 1822; was a son of Elijah and Susanna Fox, both deceased. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm, where he labored till his marriage with Sarah A. Waymire, which occurred April 23, 1842, in Montgomery Co., in which Mrs. F. was born; they resided in the above county about thirty years. Mr. F. departed this life March 6, 1873. They had nine children, seven of whom are living— William W., Eliza J., Daniel W., John H., Albert R., Theodore E. and Lucinda A.; Alvin E. and an infant are deceased. Mr. F. owned 120 acres of land, of which his widow now owns 80 acres, all in a good state of cultivation and well improved; on her land is situated one of the best gravel pits to be found on the Stillwater; she is a daughter of Solomon and Marian Waymire; her father was born in North Carolina, her mother in Tennessee; they immigrated to and settled in Montgomery Co. in a very early day, doing much to improve the county; both are deceased; he was born Feb. 23, 1791; her mother Sept. 3, 1800; died aged about 50 years. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are living— Daniel, Isabelle and Sarah A., Wesley deceased; by Mr. W.’s first marriage he had four children, one of whom is living, viz., Nancy; the deceased are Polly, Henry and Biddy. Mr. F. was a member of the Christian Church, with which he has been connected for a number of years; his wife is a member of the same church, an exemplary Christian woman; three of her children, Lucinda, Warren and Jane, are members of the same church; Daniel and William were soldiers in the late war; the latter was taken prisoner, and suffered all the cruelties of the infamous Libby Prison; her son William has five children— Charley E., Fordie E., Mary E., Sarah E. and Emma E.; Jane, the wife of Amos Daniel, has four children— Benson, Mary, Noah and Emily; Daniel has two children— Anna and Sarah; Lucinda (Mrs. Kessler) has three children Lucy M., Estelle and Albert. John was recently married to Mary Greene.