7.

Documentation for Ethel Belle Fox

(06 October 1892 to 25 January 1971)
mother of Mavis Lorene Gouty
(11 April 1918 to 17 August 1986)
Ethel Belle Fox was born one mile northeast of Gessie on the Daniel Alexander
Fox farm in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, on October 6, 1892.(1) She
was the daughter of Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts.(2)
On 3 February 1917 Ethel Belle Fox married Robert William Gouty in Fountain
County, Indiana.(3) He was the son of Joseph P. Gouty and Luella Marie Hartman.(4)
Robert was born August 26, 1889, in Gessie, Vermilion County, Indiana.(5)
Robert and Ethel Gouty lived on a 40-acre farm in Mound Township, Warren
County, Indiana, that Robert received from his father, Joseph P. Gouty. Robert and
Ethel were the parents of one child. Mavis Lorene Gouty was born one mile northeast of
Gessie on the Daniel Alexander Fox farm in Highland Township, Vermillion County,
Indiana, on a Thursday, April 11, 1918, at 10 AM.(6)
Mavis Lorene Gouty graduated from Covington (Indiana) High School about
1936. She married Truxton James Older on September 1, 1938, in Danville, Vermilion
County, Illinois.(7) Truxton was the son of Roy Burton Older and Ethel Leona (Worth)
Older.(8)
Robert William Gouty died on June 4, 1949, at age 59 from spinal meningitis at
Lake View Hospital in Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois.(9) Upon the death of
Robert, Ethel and Mavis each received one-half of the 40-acre farm in Mound Township,
Warren County, Indiana, where Mavis grew up.(10) Lawrence Vickery, a farmer who
lived nearby, farmed the 40-acre tract on a 50-50 basis after Robert's death.
Ethel Gouty moved to Danville, Illinois, in the early to mid 1950s and lived on
Walnut Street, only a few houses down from Roy and Ethel Older, Truxton's parents. A
short time later, she moved across town to be closer to her daughter. Ethel lived in an
upstairs apartment on Edwards Street, about one block from her daughter's house at 13
South Griffin Street in Danville, Illinois, from the late 1950s until the early 1960s.
Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty died at Lake View Hospital in Danville, Illinois, on
January 25, 1971, at age 78 after spending approximately 6 years in a nursing home due
to a stroke she suffered about 1964 that paralyzed one-half of her body.(11) Both Ethel
and Robert Gouty are buried in the Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington,
Indiana.
The 1900 U. S. Census for Indiana lists Ethel B. Fox, age 8, born October 1891,
living in the Daniel A. Fox household in Vermillion County, Highland Township,
enumerated June 11, and 12, 1900, by John L. Webster.(12)
Robert, Ethel, and Mavis Gouty appear in the Mound Township, Warren County,
Indiana, 1920 U. S. Census. Robert is listed as age 30, Ethel as age 27, and Mavis as age
1. Robert, Ethel, and Mavis are listed as born in Indiana. All of their parents are listed as
born in Indiana.(13)
Robert, Ethel, and Mavis Gouty appear in the Mound Township, Warren County,
Indiana, 1930 U. S. Census. Robert is listed as age 40, Ethel as age 37, and Mavis as age
11. Robert, Ethel, and Mavis are listed as born in Indiana. All of their parents are listed
as born in Indiana.(14).
Child (Gouty), born near Gessie, Indiana:
i. Mavis Lorene, born April 11, 1918

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between

ETHEL BELLE FOX and her daughter MAVIS LORENE GOUTY

1) Mavis Lorene Gouty Birth certificate #73, page 64, H8, recorded April 13, 1918,
Indiana State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Newport, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Father Robert Gouty and Mother Ethel Belle Fox Gouty. Date of this document
- 25 June 1957.

2) Indiana State Board of Health, division of vital statistics, certificate of birth

#22141, Mavis Lorene Gouty, 11 April 1918. Father - Robert W. Gouty, Highland
Township, age 28, birthplace Indiana, occupation farmer. Mother - Ethel Belle Fox,
Highland Township, age 25, birthplace Indiana, occupation housewife. Filed April 13,
1918.

3) 1920 U.S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated
February 24-26, 1920, Roll T625_473, Page 5A, ED 207, Image 105, Dwelling #100,
Family #100. Robert W. Gouty, Ethel B. Gouty, and Mavis L. Gouty.

4) 1930 U. S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated

April 17, 1930 by Carter H. Brickett, Dwelling #24, Family #24. Robert W. Gouty, Ethel
B. Gouty, and Mavis L. Gouty.

5) Wedding announcement probably in the Danville Commercial News about

September 2 or 3, 1938, Miss Mavis Lorene Gouty, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Gouty.

6) Engagement announcement in Danville Commercial News for Mavis Lorene

Gouty, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gouty.

7) Obituary for Mavis Lorene Gouty Older in Danville Commercial News about
August 18 or 19, 1986, daughter of Robert W. and Ethel Fox Gouty.

8) State of Illinois Medical Record of Death, Mavis Lorene Older, registration

district #92.0, registered number D86-0744, informant Truxton J. Older, relationship
Husband, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, court house. Father listed as Robert W.
Gouty and mother as Ethel Fox.

9) Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty Family Bible in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older.
Copies of pages from the Ethel Belle Fox Family Bible are in a CD-rom disc entitled
Fox's Gap in Maryland, which is at the Frederick County Historical Society, Frederick,
Maryland.
 REFERENCES

1. Death Certificate for Ethel B. Gouty, 25 January 1971 signed by her daughter,
Mavis Lorene (Gouty) Older, which lists Daniel A. Fox and Elizabeth Ricketts as her
parents; Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty Family Bible in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older.
Copies of pages from the Ethel Belle Fox Family Bible are in a CD-rom disc entitled
Fox's Gap in Maryland, which is at the Frederick County Historical Society, Frederick,
Maryland.

2. Death Certificate for Ethel B. Gouty, 25 January 1971 signed by her daughter,
Mavis Lorene (Gouty) Older, which lists Daniel A. Fox and Elizabeth Ricketts as her
parents; Daniel A. Fox obituary and article in July 29, 1932, newspaper, probably
Covington, Indiana, or Danville, Illinois. Lists five surviving children including Mrs.
Ethel Gouty of Foster, IN; Daniel A. Fox obituary, Reel #182072, Covington (Indiana)
Republican, January 1931 - December 1932, 05 August 1932. Names Mrs. Everett Hines as
a daughter.

3. Ibid; Fountain County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records 1848 - 1920 Inclusive,
Volume I, Letters A - G Inclusive, County Clerks Office Covington, book 16, page 49.

4. Birth certificate, infant Gouty, born August 26, 1889, at Gessie, Indiana, father Joseph
Gouty, mother Mary H. Gouty, Vermillion County, Indiana, Department of Health,
recorded locally in book number C-3, page number 15, September 4, 1889; Ethel Belle
(Fox) Gouty Family Bible in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older. Copies of pages from
the Ethel Belle Fox Family Bible are in a CD-rom disc entitled Fox's Gap in Maryland,
which is at the Frederick County Historical Society, Frederick, Maryland.

5. Ibid.

6. Mavis Lorene Gouty Birth certificate #73, page 64, H8, recorded April 13, 1918,
Indiana State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Newport, Vermillion County,
Indiana. Father Robert Gouty and Mother Ethel Belle Fox Gouty. Date of this document
- 25 June 1957; Indiana State Board of Health, division of vital statistics, certificate of
birth #22141, Mavis Lorene Gouty, 11 April 1918. Father - Robert W. Gouty, Highland
Township, age 28, birthplace Indiana, occupation farmer. Mother - Ethel Belle Fox,
Highland Township, age 25, birthplace Indiana, occupation housewife. Filed April 13,
1918.

7. Marriage license, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, September 1, 1938. Danville

Commercial News newspaper engagement announcement, probably in August 1938.
8. Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty Family Bible in the possession of Curtis Lynn Older. Copies
of pages from the Ethel Belle Fox Family Bible are in a CD-rom disc entitled Fox's Gap
in Maryland, which is at the Frederick County Historical Society, Frederick, Maryland.

9. Death certificate for Robert William Gouty, State of Illinois Medical Record of Death,
Court House, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois. Danville Commercial News newspaper
death announcement, probably June 5 or 6, 1949.
10. See Warren County Recorder of Deeds, Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana,
Quitclaim Deed from Mavis L. Older to Mavis L. Older, Truxton J. Older, and Curtis L.
Older, dated October 26, 1983, recorded October 26, 1983, 11:37 AM, Deed Rec. 101,
page 226.

11. State of Illinois Medical Record of Death, Ethel Belle Gouty, January 25, 1971,
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois; Danville Commercial News obituary on or about
January 26, 1971.

12. 1900 Indiana Federal Census, Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated
June 11, and 12, 1900, by John L. Webster, house #128, family #128, supervisor's district
#5, and enumeration district #93.

13. 1920 Indiana Federal Census, Mound Township, Warren County, enumerated
February 24 - 26, 1920, by James H. Zane.

14. 1930 Indiana Federal Census, Mound Township, Warren County, enumerated April
17, 1930, by Carter H. Beckett. Lawrence Vickery, who farmed the Gouty land after the
death of Robert, is listed on the same page.
1900 US Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, East part., enumerated June 11 & 12, 1900 by John L. Webster

Daniel A. Fox, Head, white, male, born January 1861, age 39, married 20 years, born in Indiana, father born in Ohio, mother born in
Ohio, farmer
Elizabeth J. Fox, wife, white, female, born October 1861, age 38, married 20 years, five children born and living, born in Indiana, father
born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana
Kenneth B. Fox, son, white, male, born November 1881, age 18, single
Earnest D. Fox, son, white, male, born December 1885, age 14, single
William E. Fox, son, white, male, born January 1887, age 13, son
Ethel B. Fox, daughter, white, female, born October 1891, age 8, single
Ruby D. Fox, daughter, white, female, born December 1896, age 3, single
1910 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Series T624, Roll 384,
Part 1, Page 161A, enumerated April 20 and 21, 1910, by Jno. L. Webster

Dwelling #26, Family #26

1910 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Series T624, Roll 384,
Part 1, Page 161A, enumerated April 20 and 21, 1910, by Jno. L. Webster

Dwelling #26, Family #26

Fox, Daniel A., head, male white, age 50, married, 29 years in present marriage, born in Indiana,
father born in Ohio, mother born in Ohio, speaks English, farmer, general farming,

Fox, Elizabeth J., wife, female, white, age 48, married 29 years in present marriage, mother of 5
children, 5 children living at present, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana, speaks English

Fox, Ethel B., daughter, female, white, age 17, single, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana,
speaks English

Fox, Ruby D., daughter, female, white, age 13, single, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana,
speaks English
 Brothers and Sisters of Ethel Belle Fox

Ruby Dale Fox was born Dec 13, 1896, in Highland Township, Vermillion
County, IN, and died Nov 12, 1990, in Grand Rapids, MI. She married Everett Hines on
Apr 10, 1920, in Covington, IN. He was born Jul 30, 1894, and died Apr 5, 1963. Both are
buried at Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington, IN. Everett and Ruby Hines had
one daughter, Carmen Dale Hines, born Apr 21, 1921, in Gessie, IN. Carmen Hines
married Wayne Lawson Abernathey on Nov 16, 1940, in Louisville, KY. He was the son
of Harrison Abernathey and Mary Lawson. He was born Oct 7, 1918, in Cates, Wabash
Township, Fountain County, IN. He died Apr 14, 1957, in Covington, IN. Wayne and
Carmen Abernathey adopted one daughter, Waynette Dale Abernathey, who was born
Jul 4, 1955, in Danville, IL. Waynette married Michael Brandt. Waynette and Michael
Brandt had one son, Carter Brandt.

Ernest Daniel Fox was born Dec 1, 1885 near Gessie, Vermillion County, IN. He married
Lola Frances Jackson on Jan 8, 1908, in Vermilion County, IL. She was born Jan 1, 1890,
and died Jun 28, 1943. Ernest died Oct 3, 1940, at Lakeview Hospital in Danville, IL. He
is buried at Niccum Cemetery in Vermilion County, IL. The children of Ernest Daniel
Fox and his wife Lola Frances Jackson were: Claude Ernest Fox, Kenneth Leslie Fox, and
Ruth Ethel Fox.
Claude Ernest Fox, born Jan 8, 1910, in Gessie, IN He married Elizabeth Pauline
Pearson on Dec 14, 1929, in Covington, Fountain County, IN. Her parents were Francis
Marion Pearson and Martha Estel Raypole. She was born Apr 6, 1911, in Snoddys Mill,
Fountain County, IN. Claude Ernest Fox died Jun 24, 1962, in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, MI. He is buried at Restlawn Cemetery, Muskegon, MI. Claude and Elizabeth
Fox had two sons: Robert Claude Fox, born Sep 29, 1930, in Perrysville, IN; and William
Ernest Fox, born Mar 25, 1936, at Gessie, IN.
Kenneth Leslie Fox was born Nov 27, 1912, in Gessie, IN. He is buried in Niccum
Cemetery, Vermilion County, IL. Kenneth married Mary Frances Wichman. She was
born Jul 25, 1915, in Danville, IL. She died Aug 31, 1994. Her parents were Fred F.
Wichman and Matilda Meinke. K enneth and Mary Fox had one child, Larry Harold
Fox, born Dec 18, 1934.
Ruth Estel Fox was born June15, 1914, in Gessie, IN. She married Frank Berton
Moss on Nov 26, 1934, in Covington, IN. She died Jun 19, 1987, and is buried with her
husband. Frank Berton Moss was born Apr 11, 1913, in Vermilion County, IL. He died
Aug 2, 1990, in Danville, IL, and is buried in the Old Walnut Corner Cemetery near
Danville, IL. His parents were Rolla Oliver Moss and Merle Hoover. Frank and Ruth
Moss were the parents of one child: Marcia Marlene Moss, born May 3, 1937.
William Edward Fox was born Jan 5, 1888, and died Apr 16, 1974. He married
Marguerite Clem on Feb 10, 1909, in Danville, IL. She was born Mar 9, 1894, in Mou nd
Township, Warren County, IN. She died Jan 27, 1970, at Danville, IL. Her parents were
Augustus Elmer Clem and Malinda Lloyd Cunningham. W illiam and Marguerite are
both buried at the Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington, IN. William and
Marguerite Fox had the following children: Reva Winfred Fox, Evelyn Louise Fox,
Glenn Fox, Daniel Augustus Fox, Melinda Lloyd Fox, Elizabeth Jane Fox (Bucholz),
Wilma Marion Fox (Gose), Richard Dale Fox, Sr., and James Hebert Fox, Sr.
Reva Winfred Fox was born May 23, 1910, in Gessie, IN, and was never married.
Evelyn Louise Fox was born Sep 15, 1913, in Mound Township, Warren County,
Indiana, and died Oct 9, 1991, at Williamsport, Warren County, IN. She married Jesse
Frank Switzer on Aug 13, 1933. H e as born Jul 17, 1911, in Baltimore MD, and died Apr
26, 1991. Both are buried at Lower Mound Cemetery. Children of Evelyn Fox and Jesse
Switzer are: Barry Monroe Switzer, born Dec 5, 1934; Chester Dean Switzer, b orn Sep
29, 1936, and Patricia Jo Switzer, born Sep 19, 1938.
Glenn Fox was born Feb 1, 1916. He died Aug 12, 1975, in Denver, CO. He
married Betty Dune on Dec 11, 1943, in Newfoundland. The child of Glenn Fox and
Betty Dune is Glenna Joe Fox who was born Jun 9, 1944.

Daniel Augustus Fox was born Dec 10, 1917, in G essie, IN, and died Jan 13, 1954, at
Wallace, Fountain County, IN. He married Stella Marie Gooding on Jan 17, 1939, in
Covington, IN. She was the daughter of Monroe Gooding and Laura Sackmire. She was
born Apr 1, 1918, in Wallace, Fountain County, IN. The child of Daniel A. Fox and Stella
Gooding is Daniel Wayne Fox, Sr., born Jan 24, 1944, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, IN.
Melinda Lloyd Fox was born Jan 19, 1919, and died Feb 8, 1919.
Elizabeth Jane Fox was born Apr 14, 1922. She married Alvin Joseph Bucholz on
Nov 17, 1944, in Rossville, Walker County, GA. He was the son of Ferdinand Bucholz
and Mary Schubert. He was born Nov 17, 1912, in Sarles, Dash Township, Towner
County, ND. Children of Elizabeth Jane Fox and Alvin Bucholz are: Jerry Lee Bucholz,
born Sep 29, 1945, at F t. Oglethorpe, Walker County, GA; Bonnie Leah Bucholz, born
Oct 31, 1946, at Devils Lake, Ramsey County, ND; and Larry Leo Bucholz, born Feb 8,
1960, in Cando, Towner County, ND.
Wilma Marion Fox was born Oct 11, 1928, at Foster, Mound Township, Warren
County, IN. She married Anton Keith Gose on Jan 11, 1946, in Covington, IN. He was
the son of Anton Gose and Opal Cunningham. He was born May 22, 1923, in
Covington, IN, and died Feb 7, 1979, in Chicago, IL. Children of Wilma Fox and Anton
Gose are: Anton Keith Gose, Jr. born Jan 5, 1947, in Danville, IL, and died Jul 30, 1973, in
Griffith, IN; Toni Farol Gose, born Apr 10, 1948, in Danville, IL.
Richard Dale Fox, Sr. was born Jul 20, 1933, in Mound Township, Warren
County, IN. He married Deloris Mae Jinkins on Sep 26, 1952, in Cates, Fountain County,
IN. She was the daughter of Delbert Jinkins and Jennie Jones. She was born Aug 7, 1933,
in Catlin, Vermilion County, IL. Children of Richard and Deloris Fox are: Dellie Jean
Fox, b orn Nov 8, 1953, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, IN; and Richard Dale
Fox, Jr., born Jan 28, 1955, in Crawfordsville, IN.
James Herbert Fox was born Jan 22, 1937, in Covington, IN, and died May 18,
1995, in Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO. He married Vere Joan Wynn on Aug 30, 1958.
Children of James Fox and Vere Wynn are: James Herbert Fox, Jr., born Jan 30, 1959;
Carl Timothy Fox, born Jul 12, 1960; Kelly Joan Fox, born Nov 28, 1961, in Danville, IL,
died Apr 29, 1962, in Danville, IL; and Brian Anthony Fox, born Dec 31, 1963, in IL.
Kenneth Benjamin Fox was born Nov 17, 1882, in Gessie, Highland Township,
Vermillion County, IN. He died Sep 30, 1971, in Richmond, IN. He married Virga
Butche in 1900. Virga was born Aug 4, 1885, and died Nov 2, 1983, in Salt Lake City, UT.
They had one daughter, Mildred Fox, who was born Oct 3, 1912. Mildred Fox married
John Winthrop Metcalf on Jun 18, 1936. John Winthrop Metcalf died May 19, 1984. John
Metcalf and Mildred Fox had two sons: Donald Warren Metcalf and Thomas James
Metcalf.
Donald Warren Metcalf was born Mar 12, 1940. Married 1st: Ramona Ortega,
Apr 6, 1960. Divorced, 1972. Two sons f rom first marriage: Thomas Arthur Metcalf,
born Oct 20, 1961; John Albert Metcalf, born Dec 15, 1963. Married 2nd: Rikki Watts, Sep
16, 1982. One daughter: Erin Jeanne Metcalf, born Sep 16, 1982.
Dr. Thomas James Metcalf was born Oct 14, 1942. Married Karen Mae McClain,
Sep 21, 1968. Two sons and one daughter: Ian Todd, born May 20, 1971; Timothy Sean,
born Oct 11, 1972; and Sarah Lynn, born Apr 25, 1974. Dr. Thomas Metcalf graduated
from Stanford Medical School.
1920 U. S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township,
enumerated February 24 - 26, 1920, Roll T625_473, Page 5A, ED 207, Image 105
Dwelling #100, Family #100

Gouty, Robert W., head, rent, male, white, age 30, married, able to read, able to write, born in
Indiana, parents born in Indiana, able to speak English, farmer, general farming

Gouty, Ethel B., wife, female, white, age 27, married, able to read, able to write, born in Indiana,
parents born in Indiana, able to speak English

Gouty, Mavis L., daughter, female, white, age 1, single, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana
1930 U. S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated April 17, 1930,
by Carter H. Brickett
Dwelling #24, Family #24
1930 U. S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated April 17, 1930,
by Carter H. Brickett
Dwelling #24, Family #24

Robert W. Gouty, head, rented, radio set, lives on farm, male, white, 40 years old last birthday,
married, age at first marriage 27, not in school, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in
Indiana, mother born in Indiana, able to speak English, farmer, general farm, yes working, not a
veteran, number of farm schedule 20.
Ethel B. Gouty, wife, female, white, 37 years old at last birthday, married, age at first marriage 24,
not in school, can read and write, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana,
able to speak English.

Mavis L. Gouty, daughter, female, white, 11 years old last birthday, single, in school, able to speak
English, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in Indiana, able to speak English
 Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty and
Robert William Gouty tombstone
Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington, IN