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    1. [KYBIOS] BIO #11150 - MRS. JANE M. (COLEMAN) FOX - HOPKINS CO
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    3. NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11150 HOPKINS CO – MRS. JANE M (COLEMAN) FOX – Fox, Moreman #11150: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. MRS. JANE M. (COLEMAN) FOX, Hopkins County, was born in Logan County, Ky., July 14, 1819, and is a daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth D. (MOREMAN) Coleman. Our subject was married, October 3, 1847, to Mr. William M. Fox, who was born in Hopkins County, Ky., September 22, 1814. His father was one of the early settlers of Hopkins County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred while William M. Fox was quite young; the latter than made his home with his paternal grandparents until he attained his majority. Mr. Fox early made two trips down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with flat-boats loaded with provisions and live-stock. Afterward he was employed as a blacksmith on a steamboat for one year, and on a tobacco-boat for two years. Still later he was engaged in getting out wood for boats near New Orleans for some three or four years. He then returned to his farm, and remained until the winter of 1847. He then made a third trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with a flat-boat loaded with stock, and returned in the spring of 1847. After his marriage he bought a farm near White Plains, Hopkins County, upon which his widow still resides. Here he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising until his death, which occurred August 23, 1883. Our subject is, and has been since she was seventeen years old, a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She became the mother of six children, five of whom – two sons and three daughters – are yet living. Both sons, Andrew J. and Archibald D., are yet unmarried, and reside with her on the old homestead. The former was born March 6, 1859, and the latter November 9, 1860. Andrew J. received an excellent English education at the common schools and academies of the country, and has been engaged in teaching for the past six years. Archibald D. also received a good education and has taught two terms of school. In politics they are both Democrats, and are among the enterprising young business men and farmers of the district. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

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