An American Family History

Jonathan Fox was born on December 27, 1810 in Ohio. Absalom Fox and Temperance Dickerson were Jonathan's parents. The source for this is his son-in-law, William W. Reynolds', biography.

Jonathan Fox and Eliza Ann Riley married on January 31, 1833.

Jonathan and Eliza had one child, Christina Fox Sumwalt who was born on January 38, 1834 in Hamilton, Butler County. (See obituary below.)

Eliza died before 1838 in Butler County, Ohio.

Jonathan Fox and Margaret N. Hawk married on January 10, 1838 in Butler County, Ohio. Margaret N. Hawk was born on October 1, 1815 in Butler County. Margaret's parents were Philip Hawk and Catharine Stonebraker.

Jonathan and Margaret had seven children who were all born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

Catherine Fox was born on December 29, 1839. She died on December 21, 1892 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Abner Fox was born on September 6, 1840. He married Mary Wolverton. They were married on December 24,1863. He died in 1892 in Wichita. (See biography below)

Bonham Fox was born in 1843. He married Josephine Large. They were married on December 17, 1872 in White, Indiana.  

Eliza Fox was born in 1845. Thomas Fields Fox was born in 1847. Vincent Taylor Fox was born on February 25, 1849. Charles Fox was born 1854.

Margaret died December 22, 1876 and Jonathan died on September 13, 1880 in Kansas.