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Ronaldson's Cemetery, aka Philadelphia Cemetery
The playground that replaced it is a dreary, ugly place.
Ronaldson's Cemetery
This cemetery was incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company. It was located at Shippen (now Bainbridge), 9th and Fitzwater St. It was established by a deed of trust from James Ronaldson, 1827. Photographed in the collection of the City History Society of Phila.
Article in The Phila. Bulletin (not dated, found at Genealogical Soc. of Pa.)
Old Cemetery in South Phila. Soon to Be a City Playground
by Joseph T. Reichwein
The last chapter is about to be written in the history of Ronaldson Cemetery, an old Philadelphia landmark.
Today workmen began converting the 123- year-old burial ground bounded by Bainbridge and Fitzwater sts. in the block between 8th and 9th, into a city playground.
Thus will end a riches-to-rags existence for the cemetery, which was once considered the most beautiful in the country, but which, for the last 25 years has been a eglected eyesore-a dumping ground for neighborhood junk.
13,500 to be Reburied
First step in the conversion will be the disinterment and reburial of some 13,500 dead.
Included are the bodies of Revolutionary War heroes and stars of the early stage.
The bodies of six patriots and the stones that mark their graves will be transferred to the burial ground behind Old Swedes Church, Swanson and Christian sts. The area is now a national shrine.
The other dead will be reburied in a section of Forest Hills Cemetery, Somerton. Their graves will be marked by bronze tablets and the crumbling old tombstones in Ronaldson's will be destroyed.
Ronaldson's Cemetery was founded in 1827 by James Ronaldson, who came to this city from Scotland and established a type foundry.
Ronaldson founded the burial grounds because there was no place but Potter's Field in which to bury persons who belonged to no religious congregation.
Many Actors There
Ronaldson's is listed in some old records as "the actor's cemetery," because so many theatrical people are buried there. Most actors, in those days, couldn't be placed in church cemeteries, so their friends purchased space in Ronaldson's.
The main entrance was on Bainbridge St. A wide avenue ran back to Fitzwater st., and many gravel walks cut through the plot. The whole place was beautifully landscaped. Flowers bloomed everywhere.
There are little buildings on each side of the massive iron gate. The founder designed one to be the residence of the caretaker.
The other served as the "bell house." In it, persons who died unexpectedly were placed for three days. A string attached to a bell was placed in their hands so that if there was a move of returning life the bell would ring and arouse the caretaker
Mrs. Karl Boesenhofer, whose Father used to be caretaker, still lives in the tiny residence. The bell house has fallen into disrepair. Both buildings will be torn down.
Funds Inadequate
Ronaldson saved a portion of the space at the front of the plot for his family and sold the rest. In 1833, the lot-holders were Incorporated as the Philadelphia Cemetery Company.
Many of the Revolutionary War soldiers buried there were transferred from an old burial ground behind Independence Hall.
As the lot-holders died and the shape of the city changed, interest in the old cemetery declined. The caretaker remained, but funds to keep the place in condition were inadequate.
According to the records, the last persons buried there were several influenza victims in 1918.
Today Ronaldson is littered with tin cans, pop bottles and trash of all sorts. The paths and graves are weed-covered. Many of the high monuments and markers are crumbled.
As far back as 1922 it was proposed that the city take over the land. Finally, in 1946, after a long series of discussions and court proceedings, the city and the cemetery company reached their agreement. The city will foot the bill for the removal and reburial of the bodies.
The work will be done under the direction of Thomas A. Morris, president of the Evergreen Memorial Park Assn.
Rector Makes Search
Dr. John Craig Ronk, rector of Old Swedes Church, when he learned of the proposed move, made a search of the cemetery and located, through still legible stones, the graves of six old soldiers. They include General William Irvine, who died in 1804 after serving in the Revolution and also as a delegate to the Continental Congress: Captain William Moore, who died at the age of 86: Captain Abraham Parsons, who according to his tombstone, "served all through the Revolution and was for a time a prisoner of the British." Captain Wm. McFadden, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who died here in 1839, and Captain John Barber,who served in the war of 1812.
Dr. Ronk has set aside a corner of Old Swedes Cemetery for their new graves.
Morris said the big stone over the grave of Ronaldson, still in fairly good shape, will be placed in Forest Hills as the hub of the new cemetery.
A history & interesting ancedotes about Ronaldson's Cemetery can be found in "Men and Things column" of the Phila. Bulletin, July 22, 1891, a copy of which is in Ashmead's Newspaper Cutting, vol. 4, pp. 137-139
>From Genealogies of Pa. Families by Broderbund Software Inc., Banner Blue Div.
James Ronaldson, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, the first president of The
Franklin Instit. 1824-1841, vice-president of the St. Andrew's Soc.
1829-1830, and owned and laid out Ronaldson's Cemetery. It was a burial
ground for the interment of his friend's and deceased human beings other than
person's of color.
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Saturday, July 18, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
Fox Family Cemetery / Burials Records in Philadelphia
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Samuel Fox originally purchased a cemetery lot in the Philadelphia Cemetery in 1832. Presumably, it was to bury John M. Fox on March 21, 1832. John M. Fox had died and been buried at St. Michael's and Zion Luthern Church, but was disenterred March 20, 1832.
The Philadelphia Cemetery changed hands and became Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia. Ronalson's became neglected and all the graves were moved to Forest Hill cemetery. All that exists at Forest Hill is a mass grave with one monument designating that area as the former Ronaldson's cemetery. The office of Forest Hill has a burial record book containing the burial records from Ronaldson's including the records of the Samuel Fox family burials (see image following the burials listing).
The Calculated Birth Date in the following table is based on the age at death that is shown in the original burial record.
Here is a copy of the burial records for the Samuel Fox plot at Ronaldson's Cemetery. Click on the image to enlarge it.
Samuel Fox originally purchased a cemetery lot in the Philadelphia Cemetery in 1832. Presumably, it was to bury John M. Fox on March 21, 1832. John M. Fox had died and been buried at St. Michael's and Zion Luthern Church, but was disenterred March 20, 1832.
The Philadelphia Cemetery changed hands and became Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia. Ronalson's became neglected and all the graves were moved to Forest Hill cemetery. All that exists at Forest Hill is a mass grave with one monument designating that area as the former Ronaldson's cemetery. The office of Forest Hill has a burial record book containing the burial records from Ronaldson's including the records of the Samuel Fox family burials (see image following the burials listing).
The Calculated Birth Date in the following table is based on the age at death that is shown in the original burial record.
Records of Samuel FOX cemetery lot, Ronaldson's Cemetery, 9th and Fitzwater Sts., Philadelphia |
. | Calculated | . |
. | Birth | . |
Name | Date | Burial Date |
Samuel FOX (FUCHS) | 1778 | 9/15/1870 |
Elizabeth Wehling FOX | 1780 | 9/8/1837 |
George FOX | 1801 | 4/19/1839 |
Eliza Fox HOPPER | 1805 | 6/13/1872 |
John M. FOX | 1807 | 3/21/1832 |
Anna Marie Fox HAND | 1812 | 4/13/1892 |
Elizabeth Fox SIMONS | 1814 | 12/20/1856 |
Ellen L. FOX | 1817 | 3/17/1844 |
William P. FOX | 1818 | 6/10/1895 |
Anna E. FOX | 1835 | 2/28/1839 |
Samuel FOX Jr. | 1836 | 4/18/1869 |
Mary E. FOX | 1836 | 10/15/1839 |
William H. H. FOX | 1840 | 8/18/1863 |
Harry C. FOX | 1842 | 1/10/1870 |
John M. FOX | 1842 | 12/2/1842 |
Emma FOX | 1842 | 4/16/1866 |
Clifton C. FOX | 1843 | 6/27/1843 |
Charles FOX | 1846 | 4/14/1854 |
Lambert T. FOX | 1851 | 9/8/1852 |
Joseph FOX | 1868 | 12/15/1869 |
Margaret M. FOX | 1869 | 9/22/1870 |
Here is a copy of the burial records for the Samuel Fox plot at Ronaldson's Cemetery. Click on the image to enlarge it.
FOX burial records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
. | Calculated | . |
. | Birth | . |
Name | Date | Burial Date |
Michael FOX | 1768 | 7/14/1838 |
John FOX | 1773 | 3/5/1811 |
John FOX | 1791 | 2/5/1855 |
Anna Margaretta w/o Michael | 1778 | 4/25/1833 |
John FOX | 1791 | 2/25/1855 |
John M. FOX s/o Samuel | 1807 | 3/20/1832 |
Sarah Ann FOX d/o Michael | 1807 | 7/9/1827 |
Michael FOX s/o Michael | 1810 | 2/4/1812 |
Michael FOX s/o Michael | 1813 | 7/15/1815 |
William FOX s/o Michael | 1815 | 10/31/1815 |
Salome Mary FOX d/o Samuel | 1816 | 2/10/1817 |
E.W. Kerper gs/o Michael | 1825 | 7/9/1827 |
Edward FOX s/o Michael | ? | 5/24/1823 |
Daniel FOX | ? | 5/19/1890 |
Church, Race St. below 5th and 6th, Philadelphia |
Name | Event |
Anna Margaretta FOX | birth 4/12/1813 d/o Michael & Margaret |
John Michael FOX | birth 12/8/1816 s/o Michael & Margaretta |
Joseph Lybrand FOX | birth 5/31/1819 s/o Michael & Margaret |
Ann Eliza FOX | birth 8/31/1838 d/o Samuel M. & Mary Ann |
Samuel Middleton FOX | birth 2/12/1811 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
John Michael FOX | birth 11/16/1806 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
Mary Salome FOX | birth 10/5/1816 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
William Penn FOX | birth 1/7/1818 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
Salome Mary FOX | birth 6/19/1819 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
James Coleman FOX | birth 5/29/1809 s/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
Ann Meriah FOX | birth 11/3/1812 d/o Samuel & Elizabeth |
Samuel M. FOX | married Mary Ann Esther 12/9/1834 |
and Cherry St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Name | Event |
Samuel FUCHS | birth 6/2/1777 s/o John Michael & Salome |
Samuel FUCHS | birth 3/4/1787 s/o Christian & Margaretta |
Samuel FOX | married Elizabeth Wehling 1/7/1808 |
John FOX | married Hester Keyser 3/21/1799 (s/o Michael & Sally d/o Benjamin and Ann) |
John Michael FOX | married Salome Lybrand 5/25/1762 |
Johann Georg FUCHS | birth 2/8/1763 s/o Michael & Salome |
Joseph FUCHS | birth 2/29/1764 s/o Michael & Salome |
Maria Dorothea FUCHS | birth 6/11/1765 d/o Michael & Salome |
Salome FUCHS | birth 2/22/1767 d/o Johann Michael & Salome |
Johann Conrad FUCHS | birth 4/28/1770 s/o Johann Michael & Salome |
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Samuel Fox -- (1777 - 1870) Philadelphia
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Samuel Fox was a brickmaker in Philadelphia. His company name was Samuel Fox & Sons.
Born: July 6, 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Married: Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Parents of Samuel Fox:
Father: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox)
Mother: Salome "Sarah" Lybrand
Children of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling:
1. James Fox
2. Samuel Middleton Fox
b. February 12, 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. ; m. Mary Ann Esther December 9, 1834
3. William Penn Fox
4. Eliza Fox
b. ; d. ; m. Hopper
5. Elizabeth Fox
6. Ellen L. Fox
7. George Fox
8. James C. Fox
b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Catharine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.
9. John Middleton Fox
b. 1807, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. Anna Marie Fox
b. 1812, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. John E. Hand, Philadilphia, Pennsylvania. Buried Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
11. Salome Mary Fox
b. October 10, 1816, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Addresses:
Home:
1825: 37 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1837: 40 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1870: 1212 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Business:
1855: 52 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Samuel Fox and Samuel M. Fox)
Miscellaneous information about Samuel Fox:
Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part A: 1823: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
John Stock, Philadelphia, Painter and Glazier. Will written: April 4, 1823; proved May 26, 1823. Executors were: Michael Baker (of Philadelphia) - Hardware Dealer; Samuel Fox, Brickmaker. Witnesses were: Lewis Walker, John Byerly and George Fox.
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Wills: Abstracts, Book 6 - Part A: 1815: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
John Martin, Philadelphia, Carter. Will written: July 21, 1815; will proved: July 29, 1815. Executors were: Friends George Peterman of said city, flour merchant, and Samuel Fox of same place, brick maker.
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John Fox Will Abstract, Philadelphia
Posted on Rootsweb: 10 Jan 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Will
Surnames: Fox
John Fox; not dated; mentioned wife Esther Fox and children; youngest son Edward; properties in Philadelphia, some held in connection with Michael Fox; witnesses Michael Fox, Samuel Fox, Michael Lybrand; Administrations to Michael Fox and Samuel Fox, November 13, 1811
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Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part C: 1825: Philadelphia Co, PA
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
MOORE, ELIZABETH. Philadelphia. Widow.
April __, 1825. April 30, 1825. 8.411.
Mother: Elizabeth Meyers.
Children: Thomas, Marmaduke, Elizabeth, Maria.
Exrs. to be guardian of Elizabeth and Maria.
Exec: Friends: Christopher Tennant, Daniel Oldenburgh.
Wit: A. C. Salaignac, Samuel Fox.
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History: 1813: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vi. P. Limric
LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL DATA
Copyright Vi P. Limric 1999
Source: The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, 1911
LAWS PASSED SESSION 1812/13 -- HARRISBURG, PA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same.
9. An act authorizing MICHAEL FOX and SAMUEL FOX, administrators with the will annexed, of JOHN FOX, late of the city of Philadelphia, brickmaker, dec., to grant and convey real estate. That it shall be lawful for the administrators to grant and convey the real estate, of John Fox dec., as if they had been nominated and appointed executors of the will.
22 Dec 1812.
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SHEAFLY, MARY. Northern Liberties, City of Philadelphia. November 11,
1806. June 27, 1808. 2.315.
To granddau. Mary Warner, dau. of only son Joseph Sheafly decd., and
her husband John F. Warner, son of Heronimus Warner, all estate
allowing my husband John Sheafly to have his maintenance out of same
during life. Exec: Heronimus Warner and John F. Warner. Letters
granted to John F. Warner. Witnesses: John M. Irwin, Jacob Lybrand,
Samuel Fox.
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In the book History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 By John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, Samuel Fox is mentioned in the Firemen, Fire Companies and Large Fires Section:
Page 1892. “The Diligent Fire Company in 1800 had its apparatus in the house on Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, in front of Mrs. Myers’ lot. In 1807 a removal was made, and a grant of a lot of ground for twenty-one years on Ninth Street, below Market, was procured from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. A brick house was build there in 1811. The original fire-engine, built for the company by Richard Mason, was replaced by another in January 1822, built by Patrick Lyon, the chambers of which were not less than nine and a half inches in diameter. This engine was the most powerful in America, and was know as “Pat Lyon’s masterpiece.” …The meetings of the company were held in 1800 at the house of Mrs. Myers; afterward at the house of John Cordner, in Filbert Street, above Eighth. In 1804 they were held at Amos Holahan’s Golden Lion, Eighth and Filbert Streets; afterward at the Robin Hood, in Filbert Street; and afterward at Keyser’s school room. Among the members after 1800 were James Traquair (marble-mason), John Dunlap (printer), Dr. Thomas Ruston, Henry Sailor, Timothy Banger, Charlee Keyser, Samuel Fox, Samuel Porter, Michael Lybrandt.”
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Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox (the son of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling) 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. Note how the letter says, "No brickmakers in the City have had a better reputation than S. Fox & Sons." That's quite a good endorsement from someone as prominent in the United States as William Struthers. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.
Samuel Fox was a brickmaker in Philadelphia. His company name was Samuel Fox & Sons.
Born: July 6, 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 15, 1870, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Married: Elizabeth Wehling, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Parents of Samuel Fox:
Father: Johann Michael Fuchs (Fox)
Mother: Salome "Sarah" Lybrand
Children of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling:
1. James Fox
2. Samuel Middleton Fox
b. February 12, 1811, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. ; m. Mary Ann Esther December 9, 1834
3. William Penn Fox
4. Eliza Fox
b. ; d. ; m. Hopper
5. Elizabeth Fox
6. Ellen L. Fox
7. George Fox
8. James C. Fox
b. May 4, 1806, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. December 1856, Natchez, Mississippi; m. Catharine Ann Bessonett, January 19, 1834, St. James Episcopal Church, Bristol, Pennsylvania.
9. John Middleton Fox
b. 1807, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. Anna Marie Fox
b. 1812, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; m. John E. Hand, Philadilphia, Pennsylvania. Buried Ronaldson's Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
11. Salome Mary Fox
b. October 10, 1816, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Addresses:
Home:
1825: 37 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1837: 40 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1870: 1212 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Business:
1855: 52 N. 16th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Samuel Fox and Samuel M. Fox)
Miscellaneous information about Samuel Fox:
Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part A: 1823: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
John Stock, Philadelphia, Painter and Glazier. Will written: April 4, 1823; proved May 26, 1823. Executors were: Michael Baker (of Philadelphia) - Hardware Dealer; Samuel Fox, Brickmaker. Witnesses were: Lewis Walker, John Byerly and George Fox.
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Wills: Abstracts, Book 6 - Part A: 1815: Philadelphia Co,m Pennsylvania
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
John Martin, Philadelphia, Carter. Will written: July 21, 1815; will proved: July 29, 1815. Executors were: Friends George Peterman of said city, flour merchant, and Samuel Fox of same place, brick maker.
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John Fox Will Abstract, Philadelphia
Posted on Rootsweb: 10 Jan 2001 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Will
Surnames: Fox
John Fox; not dated; mentioned wife Esther Fox and children; youngest son Edward; properties in Philadelphia, some held in connection with Michael Fox; witnesses Michael Fox, Samuel Fox, Michael Lybrand; Administrations to Michael Fox and Samuel Fox, November 13, 1811
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Wills: Abstracts, Book 8 - Part C: 1825: Philadelphia Co, PA
Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera, Jack Bowman, and Judy.
MOORE, ELIZABETH. Philadelphia. Widow.
April __, 1825. April 30, 1825. 8.411.
Mother: Elizabeth Meyers.
Children: Thomas, Marmaduke, Elizabeth, Maria.
Exrs. to be guardian of Elizabeth and Maria.
Exec: Friends: Christopher Tennant, Daniel Oldenburgh.
Wit: A. C. Salaignac, Samuel Fox.
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History: 1813: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vi. P. Limric
LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA GENEALOGICAL DATA
Copyright Vi P. Limric 1999
Source: The Statues at Large of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA, 1911
LAWS PASSED SESSION 1812/13 -- HARRISBURG, PA.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met and is hereby enacted by the Authority of the Same.
9. An act authorizing MICHAEL FOX and SAMUEL FOX, administrators with the will annexed, of JOHN FOX, late of the city of Philadelphia, brickmaker, dec., to grant and convey real estate. That it shall be lawful for the administrators to grant and convey the real estate, of John Fox dec., as if they had been nominated and appointed executors of the will.
22 Dec 1812.
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SHEAFLY, MARY. Northern Liberties, City of Philadelphia. November 11,
1806. June 27, 1808. 2.315.
To granddau. Mary Warner, dau. of only son Joseph Sheafly decd., and
her husband John F. Warner, son of Heronimus Warner, all estate
allowing my husband John Sheafly to have his maintenance out of same
during life. Exec: Heronimus Warner and John F. Warner. Letters
granted to John F. Warner. Witnesses: John M. Irwin, Jacob Lybrand,
Samuel Fox.
-------------------------
In the book History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 By John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, Samuel Fox is mentioned in the Firemen, Fire Companies and Large Fires Section:
Page 1892. “The Diligent Fire Company in 1800 had its apparatus in the house on Filbert Street, between Eighth and Ninth, in front of Mrs. Myers’ lot. In 1807 a removal was made, and a grant of a lot of ground for twenty-one years on Ninth Street, below Market, was procured from the trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. A brick house was build there in 1811. The original fire-engine, built for the company by Richard Mason, was replaced by another in January 1822, built by Patrick Lyon, the chambers of which were not less than nine and a half inches in diameter. This engine was the most powerful in America, and was know as “Pat Lyon’s masterpiece.” …The meetings of the company were held in 1800 at the house of Mrs. Myers; afterward at the house of John Cordner, in Filbert Street, above Eighth. In 1804 they were held at Amos Holahan’s Golden Lion, Eighth and Filbert Streets; afterward at the Robin Hood, in Filbert Street; and afterward at Keyser’s school room. Among the members after 1800 were James Traquair (marble-mason), John Dunlap (printer), Dr. Thomas Ruston, Henry Sailor, Timothy Banger, Charlee Keyser, Samuel Fox, Samuel Porter, Michael Lybrandt.”
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Here is a scan of a letter of reference written for James C. Fox (the son of Samuel Fox and Elizabeth Wehling) 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. Note how the letter says, "No brickmakers in the City have had a better reputation than S. Fox & Sons." That's quite a good endorsement from someone as prominent in the United States as William Struthers. Date: April 9, 1839 Click to enlarge the image.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
James C. Fox (1806 - 1856)
For more information, visit my website. www.stewartfoxfamilyhistory.com
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.
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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