Historyof Rush County Indiana Brant& Fuller Chicago 1888 Page 771 and 772 Surnames in the biography are: Fox, Carson, Penn, Heath, Burgess, Rich, and McFadden             WILLIAM CARSON FOX, son of Ellisand Mary (Carson) Fox, was born in Washington County, Pa., near Monongahela City, September 7, 1828. His father was a native of Maryland, and belonged to the Society of Friends. He was a descendant of the          Fox family who came to the United States with William Penn, in the Seventeenth century.Ellis (our subject's father) was the son of Joshua and Sarah (Heath) Fox, and Mary,his wife, was the daughter of William and Mary (Burgess) Carson. About the        year 1829 or 1830, Ellis came from Washington County, Pa., to Union Township, Rush Co.,Indiana and purchased a farm, carrying with him $600 in silver, and then returned to his Pennsylvania home, making the entire journey on foot. In the spring of 1831,with his wife and three children, viz.: Elizabeth, John, and William C. (the subject of this sketch), he began the journey toward his new home in the far west, and with the tide of western migration they floated down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, and in a few weeks located on the farm where William now resides.  During his young manhood, the father worked at the trade of stonemason. He was one of the original members of the Christian Church, which worshiped at Plum Creek, and during his entire life, his influence was on the side of truth, justice, and morality.  He died in 1852; his wife, Mary, followed him in July 1860,and together they rest in the burying ground at Fairview. On the 19th of September 1849, William C. married Margaret Rich, a daughter of Tillman and Martha (Carson) Rich, who came from Ohio to Indiana, in an early day. The children of this marriage are          Mary,married Joseph McFadden, 1870; John E. H., deceased, and Elgie. Mr. Fox has never been a candidate for any office is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, respected by his neighborsand usually votes the Democratic ticket. He is living a quiet life on the          farm where his father died.