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Husband: Frank Porter Fox Census name: Franklin P. Fox
Born: Sep-27-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4 (see note 1) Died: 1976 3 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 5,1 Resided: 1911 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1910 oil field worker Father: John Albert Fox (1855 - ) Mother: Mary E. Pierce (1855 - )
Wife: Renna Mercer 6,7 Also known as: Rena Mercer 4 Married: May-29-1911 at Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV 4
Born: Oct- 5-1894 in Tyler Co, WV 1,3,4 Died: Feb-10-1991 in Tyler Co, WV 1,3 Buried: in Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV 5,1 Resided: 1911 in Tyler Co, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 2) Father: Mother:
F Child 1: Ruth Eloise Fox Born: Apr-21-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9 Died: Dec-18-1985 9,10 Buried: in Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12 Census: 1940 at Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Oris Irwin Pierce b. Jan-22-1909 d. Feb-24-1943 Married: Nov-17-1932 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Husband: Charles R. Cottrill b. May-10-1902 d. May-30-1967 Also known as: Charley R. Cottrill 10 Married: Feb- 3-1946 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) Findagrave.com. (2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV. (5) Gary Patterson, Tyler County West Virginia Cemeteries (website), http://myplace.frontier.com/~garyepatterson/cemidx.htm. (6) Birth record of daughter. (7) Marriage record of daughter. (8) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) Headstone. (11) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Age in marriage record would put birth in about 1889, and age in 1930 Census puts it in about 1888. But date on headstone is 1886. Note (2) Listed as niece Rena Mercer, 15, in household of James C. & Minnie (Myer) Mercer.




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