William Logan Fox

1851 - 1880  (28 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	William Logan Fox
  Birth	27 Sep 1851
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Apr 1880
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Joseph Mickle Fox,   b. 6 Mar 1850   d. 26 Jan 1853  (Age 2 years)   2. William Logan Fox,   b. 27 Sep 1851   d. 29 Apr 1880  (Age 28 years) ▻ Rebecca Clifford Hollingsworth,  m. 25 Feb 1879 + 3. Joseph Mickle Fox,   b. 4 Feb 1853   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Emily A. Read,  m. 10 May 1883   4. Sarah Lindley Fox,   b. 27 Mar 1855   d. 20 Jun 1882  (Age 27 years)   5. Hannah Fox,   b. 11 May 1858   d. Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I207217	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2001

  
  

  Father	Samuel Fox,   b. 29 Jun 1821, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Dec 1869 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Rodman Fisher,   b. 11 Feb 1822, Wakefield, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 May 1903 (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1849
  Family ID	F86253	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rebecca Clifford Hollingsworth,   b. 13 Nov 1856   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	25 Feb 1879
  Family ID	F46830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2001

  
  

• Notes

  at the time of his father's death, was at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, at Troy, N. Y., from which he graduated as civil engineer. He then spent a year in Europe, and on his return with, the assistance of the trustees under his father's will, took up the management of the business at Foxburg. He built and was president of the Foxburg, St. Petersburg, and Clarion Railway, now part of the system of the Pittsburg and Western Railroad. He took a deep interest in politics and in support of his party started a weekly newspaper at Foxburg. Was a member of the Electoral College of Pennsylvania which voted for Garfield in 1880, but died before it met. At the time of his death he was Chairman of Clarion County Republican Committee