James C. (Coleman) Fox (Portrait c. 1840)
Born: May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: December 5, 1856, Natchez, Mississippi
Married: Catherine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania
Father: Samuel Fox
Mother: Elizabeth Wehling
Children of James C. Fox and Catherine Ann Bessonett:
1. Benjamin Duncan Fox
b. c. 1835 Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. c. September 28, 1863, Chickamauga, Savannah, Georgia
2. Joanna Painter Fox
b. September 24, 1838, Bristol, Pennsylvania; d. January 3, 1899 Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. George Danial Waddill, September 26, 1864, Natchez, Mississippi
3. William Henry Harrison Fox (Sr.)
b. October 23, 1840, Natchez, Mississippi, d. January 22, 1926, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Eelizabeth House May 30, 1866, Natchez, Mississippi
4. Sylvania Penn Fox
b. c. 1842 Natchez, Mississippi; d. Baton Rouge, Louisiana; m. Samuel House September 20, 1869, Natchez, Mississippi
5. Henry Clay Fox
b. October 26, 1844; d. January 16, 1858
Grave Markers for James Coleman Fox and his wife Catharine Ann Bessonett -- Fox plot in Natchez City Cemetery. Thier son, Henry Clay Fox is buried between them.
Here is a photocopy of a letter written by James C. Fox to his daughter Joanna Painter Fox Waddill from Wolf Lake, Mississippi, 1856. Note the last line which is a notation by a family member that James C. Fox fell out of a hotel window and was killed. We assume he was helping to build the hotel. Date: August 6, 1856 Click the image to enlarge.
Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox by William Struthers, a marble mason in Philadelphia. William Struthers' company, William Struthers & Company, was a marble and contracting business in Philadelphia, whose commissions included the United States Mint, George Washington's sarcophagus and most of Philadelphia's most important monuments, including The Merchant's Exchange, the Philadelphia Exchange, The Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad Building, and the Mechanic's Bank. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.
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