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I just found this on the Ancestry board. With the help of various cusins we put this together…While I am very pleased why do some insist that there are no black blood in our family or American Indian…I also have uncovered the same on my surname. Grass..I would like to know more of this Fox family and Felix Wood who my grgrandmother left my grgrandfather for. I am tempted to also think this John Fox rode with Samuel Harris and Rowland Montour as well as John Huston Sr and Jr in Indian raids in this area..The times, dates and where William and family were found is in the same area…this was during the French/ Indian war times as well as Revolutionary War and all the Grass’s were military and Scouts..
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ID: I086573
Name: Harrison A. FOX
Sex: M
Birth: 1809-1853 in FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
Death: in FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
Note:
UPDATED DEC 27 2003 FROM “Sheri Pherigo” A DESCENDENT
OF Mary (Polly) Fox
This is my own story.
Harrison Fox died in 1853 He was married to Catherine Wood..His brother William Mansur(I have heard it
was Miles also)took over his family so my grgrandmother Mary “Polly”(born 1841-1849)was raised by
William but actually the daughter of Harrison and Catherine. She married my grgrandfather in 1865 in Terre
Haute, Vigo County, Indiana in 1865 and raised several children
Children of Polly and James W Grass
. (1.) Martha W. b. 9 Oct 1865 in ILL. Married Rood/Brentlinger d. 6 March 1928 in Terre Haute Vigo Co.
and buried Highland Lawn Cem.
(2.) Sarah Ellen(Ella) b. 1 March 1867 Married Elmer Tucker 14 March 1889 Justice of the Peace Joseph
M. Weedy Vigo Co. and died 26 Oct. 1932. I found Elmer and Sarah on the 1900 Edgar Co., IL census. According
to her info, she was born in IL in 1862. Elmer was born in 1865. Sarah’s father was born in VA, but she listed her mother’s
birthplace as “Don’t Know”.listed
The children listed for them are:
Beulah, b. 1889
Robert, b. 1891 or 1894 (its hard to read)
Another son, its also hard to read, but begins with an Sh, b. 1898.
(3.) Maggie (Margaret)Megan b. 1875 in IN. Married Freeland Maynard 14 March 1896 in Paris,ILL. Edgar
Co. (no death info yet).
(4.)James Wilson b. 1871 in IN. Married Melvina Blue 1 Aug 1889 in Paris,ILL Edgar Co.It is listed in the
Illinois marriage record James registered as James William Grass Jr.
1.1.2.3.1.4.9 Melvina ³Vine² BLUE (1870-1957), m1.1889 James ³Ad² GRASS,
divorced, m2.1895 Charles Wesley ³Wes² STEP. She was born in IL and her
first marriage took place in Edgar Co. IL. James was killed by a falling
tree shortly after their marriage.
First marriage: No issue.
Second marriage:
1.1.2.3.1.4.9.1 Lawrence STEP (b.1896). Living with grandmother, Lucinda
BLUE, in Edgar Co. IL in 1900.
1.1.2.3.1.4.9.2 Leon STEP
1.1.2.3.1.4.9.3 Francis STEP
I see that there is some possibly conflicting info here. It says that
Melvina and James were divorced and that “James was killed by a falling tree
shortly after their marriage”.
Anyway, I have no knowledge of any children born to Melvina and James. If
you are descended from them, please send me information on their
descendants.
1.1.2.3.1.4.9* Melvina ³Vine² BLUE (1870-1957), m1.1889 James ³Ad² GRASS,
divorced, m2.1895 Charles Wesley ³Wes² STEP.
(5.) William T. (my grandfather it is on his military record T is for Tecumseh as his middle name) b. 22 Feb.
1877 in Paris,ILL Edgar Co. Married Annette Bell Price 5 Dec 1908 by Justice of the Peace Brazel Brown.
d. 28 June 1916 in Terre Haute Vigo Co. buried Markel Cem. Otter Creek twp.
(6.) Sarah Jane(Jennie) b. 10 March 1880 in Marshall,ILL. Clark Co. (which is next to Edgar Co.) Married John McHenry then William
Edward Whitehead 20 May 1900 and my grandfather Leo George Archambeault on 19 Sept 1904. d. 22 Oct 1948 Terre Haute Vigo
Co and buried Highland Lawn Cem. Edgar Co and Clark Co ILL are just west across the Wabash River from Terre Haute,IN and Clay
and Johnson Co,IN are just east from Terre Haute.
We rescently found out she Married Felix Wood in 1882.
I will send you a URL that may help you…
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7054/index.html This is homepage and this is where it start
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7054/Families/family.html
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Fayette Co.,WV land purchases:
Harrison A Fox from Bailey Wood Bk C pg 185 6/14/1841
1840 FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA CENSUS
HARRISON FOX 1-MALE 20 AND UNDER 30 1-FEMALE 20 AND UNDER 30
1850 FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA HH#2
FOX HARRISON A 41 M CARPENTER
FOX CATHERINE 33 F
FOX SARAH J 9 F
FOX JAMES A 7 M
FOX H A 4 M
FOX POLLY 1 F
Skaggs, Josiah 30 M
“John L 7 M
” Joseph B 5 M
Bowles, Charolette 30 F
” Frances 16 F
” Anderson 4 M
Harrison Fox Appraisement: A list of the property of Harrison Fox, dec’d by the undersigned after after being
first duly sworn as appraisers of the said Estate we find nothing upon which we can act after setting apart to the
widow what the law allows to a housekeeper the residue being previously levied on by Elijah Wood as
constable. April 23rd, 1853. T.B. Hamilton Eli Wood Elijah Wood Fayette County Court, May Term, 1853.
The foregoing statement was presented in open court and ordered to be recorded. Teste: J.B. Jones, Clk
1870 FAYETTE COUNTY, WV CENSUS 77MC
WOOD FELIX 28 FARMER OH
SARAH A 34 WV
SARAH M 9 WV
JAMES W 8 WV
JOHN W 5 WV
MARY S 3 WV
ZACHARIAH 4 MONTHS WV
1880 FAYETTE CO.,WV CENSUS
WOOD, FELEX 38 CARPENTER OH OH OH
SARAH A 45 K.H. WV VA VA WIFE
JAS W 18 LABORER SON
JNO W 16 LABORER SON
MARY S 13 DAU
ZACHARIAH 10 SON
LORENZO 6 SON
FANNIE A 10/12 DAU (JULY 1879)
1860 CENSUS FAYETTE CO., WV.
FOX, WILLIAM M. 59 CONSTAPLE
SALLY 60
JOSEPH W. 25 FARM LABORER
SARAH 23
MILES M. 21 FARM LABORER
POLLY 12 (Harrison Fox’s daughter Mary A Polly Fox)
ANDERSON BOLES 15 FARM LABORER
Father: John M FOX b: 1780 in Amherst County-Nelson County, VA
Mother: Lucinda (Lucy) MATTHEWS
Marriage 1 Catherine S WOOD b: 1817 in Monroe Co., WV
Married: 13 Jan 1839 in FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
Children
Sarah J. FOX b: 1841 in Fayette Co, VA
James A FOX b: 1843 in FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
Harrison A. FOX b: 1845 in FAYETTE COUNTY, (WEST) VIRGINIA
May I ask how your source is connecting Mary “Polly” Fox, b.abt. 1849, dau of Harrison A. (b.abt.1809 Va) and Catharine (b.abt.1817 Va), of 1850 Fayette Co., Va (WVa), with the Mary “Polly” Fox who marr’d James Grass in Vigo Co., Ind in 1865 ?
Did Harrison’s brother William Fox move to Ind/Ill.?
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Is this yours?
1870 Clark Co., Ill., census, Wabash Twp, p.462A, at 249, 261:
James Grass, 30, b. Ind.
Mary Grass, 30, Ill.
Martha Grass, 4, Ill.
Ellen Grass, 1, Ill.
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A possible clue for you on the Fox’s……..
2 doors away from Harrison A. Fox’s family on the 1850 Fayette Co., Va. Census, is a Miles Manser (Montour?), 51, b.Conn.
A family of Skaggs and a family of Bowles also lived in Harrison Fox’s house in 1850. Families surrounding Fox’s were Wood, Martin, Parrish (with Jenkins, Young & Wood living with them), Fox (with Ellison’s living with them), Coleman, Potter, Wood (with Ellison’s living with them) – seem to be all inter-related.
Bill
Hey Bill
Yeah they actually seem to migrate the sametime. My whole Grass family is Military and my grgrandfather was born in Virginia a stone through away from the Fox’s and then moved with his father (military also) to Indiana. My Grgrandad got moved about alot and during the war was station back in the virginia’s and was a scout there. Skaggs is one of many names involved with this family…I can’t count or think of how many names I have run into since finding my grgrandmother and I already had information on my grgrandfather…Miles is a cousin of my Polly and son of William..I found alot about the family from Genie Guru…she has been a great help and done her homework..I ran into her by SHEAR accident…Good huh? The only thing we both have in common is we KNOW American Indian and Black are involved with these familys as well as the French/Indian war in which my father was very CLEAR about the family WAS involved with it…my surname family DO NOT claim this on my SURNAME family but I have evedince of this…they don’t see what is clearly documented and infront of their nose…It is ashame too…this is PURE history and I am PROUD of my heritage..THANK YOU
I am SOOOOO Happy to be part of this wonderful group..
NOW if I can find what or how the Chief John Grass Charging Bear is involved here…
I didn’t mean to give the idea that Genie and I had only one thing in common…SHE IS A FOX also…but we have MANY THINGS in common…SHE is a great gal…I am sorry to have given anyone the wrong IDEA!!! But met to say we do have this in common while my SURNAME family wish to ignore it…be ashamed of it also…many of us aren’t though! We are very proud of it!!!
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