15.

Documentation for Elizabeth Jane Ricketts

(18 October 1861 to 28 February 1922)
mother of Ethel Belle Fox
(06 October 1892 to 25 January 1971)
Elizabeth Jane Ricketts was born 18 October 1861 in Vermillion County,
Indiana.(1) She was the daughter of Jacob Ricketts and Melissa Barnard.(2) Elizabeth
Jane Ricketts married Daniel Alexander Fox on 01 April 1881.(3) Daniel Alexander Fox
was the son of John L. Fox and Susannah Hiligass.(4)
Daniel and Elizabeth Fox were the parents of five children. Kenneth Benjamin
Fox was born 17 November 1882 in Gessie, Highland Township, Vermillion County,
Indiana. He died 30 September 1971 in Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana. He married
Virga Butche in 1900. Virga was born 04 August 1885 and died 02 November 1983 in
Salt Lake City, Utah. (5)
Ernest Daniel Fox was born 01 December 1885 near Gessie, Vermillion County,
Indiana. He married Lola Frances Jackson on 08 January 1908 in Vermilion County,
Illinois. She was born 01 January 1890 and died 28 June 1943. Ernest died 03 October
1940, at Lakeview Hospital in Danville, Illinois. He is buried at Niccum Cemetery in
Vermilion County, Illinois. (6)
William Edward Fox was born 05 January 1888 and died 16 April 1974. He
married Marguerite Clem on 10 February 1909 in Danville, Illinois. She was born 09
March 1894 in Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana. She died 27 January 1970 at
Danville, Illinois. Her parents were Augustus Elmer Clem and Malinda Lloyd
Cunningham. William and Marguerite are both buried at the Lower Mound Cemetery
west of Covington, Indiana. (7)
Ethel Belle Fox was born on 06 October 1892. On 03 February 1917 Ethel Belle
Fox married Robert William Gouty. He was the son of Joseph P. Gouty and Luella
Marie Hartman. Robert was born 26 August 1889 in Gessie, Vermilion County,
Indiana.(8)
Ruby Dale Fox was born 13 December 1896. She died 12 November 1990 in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Everett Hines on 10 April 1920 in Covington,
Indiana. Everett was born 30 July 1894 and died 05 April 1963. Both Everett and Ruby
are buried in the Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana. (9)
Elizabeth Jane (Ricketts) Fox burned to death on Tuesday, 28 February 1922
when her clothes caught fire from the kitchen stove and she ran onto the back porch
and fell upon a bottle of gasoline.(10) Daniel Alexander Fox died 29 July 1932 in
Covington, Indiana.(11) Both Daniel and Elizabeth Fox are buried in Hopewell
Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana. Their tombstone is near that of John L. Fox and
his wife Susannah Hillegas. The will of Daniel Alexander Fox lists the names of all of
his children and is recorded in the Vermillion County, Indiana Court House, Newport,
Indiana.(12)
Elizabeth Jane Ricketts, age 8, is listed in the 1870 U. S. Federal Census for
Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, living with her parents, Jacob and
Melissa (Barnard) Ricketts, (13). The 1870 census record indicates that Elizabeth Jane
was a twin sister to Abraham Lincoln Ricketts. Elizabeth Jane Ricketts is listed in the
1880 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana, Mound Township, Warren County, enumerated
11 June 1880 by George W. Main. Her age is listed as 19 and she was living with her
parents, Jacob and Melissa (Barnard) Ricketts, (14).
The 1900 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, East
part, enumerated 11 and 12 June 1900, by John L. Webster, lists Elizabeth J. Fox, age 38,
born in October 1861, mother of five children, all five living in 1900.(15) The 1910 U. S.
Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated 20 and 21
April 1910, by Jno. L. Webster, shows Elizabeth J. Fox, wife, female, white, age 48,
mother of 5 children, 5 living, born in Indiana, father born in Indiana, mother born in
Indiana.(16) Lizzie J. Fox (Elizabeth Jane Fox) is listed in the 1920 U. S. Federal Census
for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, age 60, living with her husband,
Daniel A. Fox, and Ruby D. Fox, a daughter.(17) Daniel Alexander Fox should be listed
in the 1930 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana.

Children (Fox) born in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana:

i. Kenneth Benjamin, born November 17, 1882
ii. Ernest Daniel Fox, born December 1, 1885
iii. William Edward, born January 5, 1888
iv. Ethel Belle, born October 6, 1892
v. Ruby Dale, born December 13, 1896

ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between

ELIZABETH JANE RICKETTS and her daughter ETHEL BELLE FOX

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.
2) Obituary Notice from Covington (IN) Republican Newspaper, front page,
column one (probably about Mar 1, 1922) for Elizabeth Jane (Ricketts) Fox. Names Dan
Fox as husband and Ethel as a daughter.
3) Marriage records, Fountain County Court House, Covington, Indiana, Book 8,
#350, April 1, 1881, Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts. Fountain County,
Indiana, Index to Marriage Record 1848 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A - G
Inclusive, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerks Office Covington Compiled
by Indiana Works Projects Administration 1941, County: Fountain, Name: Daniel A
Fox, Spouse: Lizzie J Ricketts, Marriage Date: 01 Apr 1881, Book: 8, Original Source
Page: 350.
4) 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.
5) Will of Daniel Alexander Fox, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, Court
House, page 218, record number 6, August 1, 1932. Names Ethel Gouty as a daughter.
6) The Fox Genealogy including the Metherd, Benner, and Leiter descendants, giving
biographies of the first and second generations, with sketches of the third generation, compiled
by D. G. Fox, 1914. (n.p) 1924. 1 p. 1., (5)-172 p. 20 com. 37-9439 CS71.F79 1924 Library
of Congress. Information included in The Fox Genealogy was collected about 1914 and
was done at the time Ethel Belle Fox, her mother Elizabeth Jane Ricketts, and her father
Daniel Alexander Fox were alive.
7) Warren County, Indiana, File No. 1391, Abraham L. Ricketts, Administrator of
Estate of Melissa J. Ricketts. Filed January 29, 1924, FD6, page 152, B54. Ethel Fox is
named as a grand-daughter.
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. Lists death of her mother, Elizabeth Jane Fox, as Feb 28, 1922, age 60 years, 4
months, 10 days. Buried on Thursday Home place.
9) Issue 9, Volume 1, News from Fox's Gap, published by The Society of the
Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland, page 19, "The Children of
Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts", by Curtis Lynn Older. Copy at
Frederick County, Maryland, Historical Society.
10) 1900 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Roll
T623_408, Page 6A, Enumeration District 93, enumerated June 11 and 12, 1900, by John
L. Webster. Lists Ethel B. Fox as a daughter of Daniel A. Fox and Elizabeth J. Fox.
11) 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.
Lists Ethel B Fox as a daughter of Daniel A. Fox and Elizabeth J. Fox.
12) Article by Carmen (Hines) Abernathey, daughter of Ruby Dale (Fox) Hines,
granddauther of Daniel Alexander Fox, published in New from Foxs Gap, Issue 2,
Bolume I, December 1, 1996. Copy in CD-rom entitled Foxs Gap in Maryland at
Hagerstown, Maryland library.

REFERENCES

1. 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. 1870 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Post
Office - Perrysville, enumerated 24 June 1870; 1880 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana,
Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated 11 June 1880 by George W. Main.

3. Marriage records, Fountain County Court House, Covington, Indiana, Book 8, #350,
01 April 1881 Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts. Fountain County,
Indiana, Index to Marriage Record 1848 - 1920 Inclusive Volume I Letters A - G
Inclusive, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerks Office Covington Compiled
by Indiana Works Projects Administration 1941, County: Fountain, Name: Daniel A
Fox, Spouse: Lizzie J Ricketts, Marriage Date: 01 April 1881, Book: 8, Original Source
Page: 350; The Fox Genealogy including the Metherd, Benner, and Leiter descendants, giving
biographies of the first and second generations, with sketches of the third generation, compiled
by D. G. Fox, 1914. (n.p) 1924. 1 p. 1., (5)-172 p. 20 com. 37-9439 CS71.F79 1924 Library
of Congress.

4. The Fox Genealogy, page 96.

5. The Fox Genealogy, page 96; Issue 9, Volume 1, News from Fox's Gap, published by The
Society of the Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland, page 19, "The
Children of Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts", by Curtis Lynn Older.

6. Ibid.

7. Ibid; Issue 1, Volume 1, News from Fox's Gap, page 6, "Descendants of William
Edward Fox" by Dellie Jean Fox Craig.

8. Issue 9, Volume 1, News from Fox's Gap, published by The Society of the Descendants
of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland, page 19, The Children of Daniel Alexander
Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts, by Curtis Lynn Older.

9. Ibid.

10. Covington (Indiana) Republican Newspaper, obituary notice, front page, column
one, probably about 01 March 1922; The Ethel Belle Fox Gouty Family Bible; Issue 2,
Volume 1, News from Fox's Gap, published by The Society of the Descendants of
Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland, page 5.

11. Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty Family Bible; Daniel A. Fox obituary, Reel #182072,
Covington (Indiana) Republican, January 1931 - December 1932, 05 August 1932.

12. Will of Daniel Alexander Fox, Newport, Vermillion County, Indiana, Court House,
page 218, record number 6, 01 August 1932.

13. 1870 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana, Highland Township, Vermillion County, Post
Office - Perrysville, enumerated June 24, 1870.

14. 1880 U. S. Federal Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township,
enumerated 11 June 1880 by George W. Main.

15. 1900 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, East part,
enumerated 11 & 12 June 1900 John L. Webster.

16. 1910 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, enumerated
20 and 21 April 20 1910 by Jno. L. Webster.

17. 1920 Indiana Federal census, Highland Township, Vermillion County, enumerated
13 February 1920 by Dale E. Hughes.
 1870 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Post Office - Perrysville, enumerated June 24, 1870.

Jacob Ricketts, age 44, male, white, farmer

Melisssa J, age 29, female, white, keeps house
William D, age 22
Ben W, age 19
John H, age 17
David, age 10
Lincoln, age 8, male, white, a twin of Elizabeth
Elizabeth, age 8, female, white, a twin of Lincoln
Joseph, age 5
Nancy, age 3
1880 U. S. Census for Indiana, Warren County, Mound Township, enumerated June 11, 1880 by George W. Main
1880 Jacob Ricketts family
Jacob Ricketts, age 54, white, male, farmer
Melissa, age 37, wife
David
Lincoln, age 19, white, male, son
Lizzie, age 19, white, female, daughter
Joseph
Nanny
Hiram
Fred
Daniel
1900 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Roll T623_408, Page 6A,
Enumeration District 93, enumerated June 11 and 12, 1900, by John L. Webster

Dwelling #128, Family #128

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1900 U. S. Census for Indiana, Vermillion County, Highland Township, Roll T623_408, Page 6A,
Enumeration District 93, enumerated June 11 and 12, 1900, by John L. Webster

Dwelling #128, Family #128

Fox, Daniel A., head, white, male, born January 1861, age 39, married, 20 years, born in Indiana,
parents born in Ohio, farmer, can read, can write, can speak English
Fox, Elizabeth J., wife, white, female, born October 1861, age 38, married, 20 years, mother of 5
children, 5 still living at present, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana, can read, can write,
can speak English
Fox, Kenneth B., son, white, male, born November 1881, age 18, single, born in Indiana, parents
born in Indiana, farm laborer, can read, can write, can speak English
Fox, Ernest D., son, white, male, born December 1885, age 14, single, born in Indiana, parents born
in Indiana, farm laborer, attended school 7 months, can read, can write, can speak English
Fox, William E., son, white, male, born January 1887, age 13, single, born in Indiana, parents born
in Indiana, farm laborer, attended school 7 months, can read, can write, can speak English
Fox, Ethel B., daughter, white, female, born October 1891, age 8, single, born in Indiana, parents
born in Indiana, in school, attended school 7 months
Fox, Ruby D., daughter, white, female, born December 1896, age 3, single, born in Indiana, parents
born in Indiana
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
1920 Indiana Federal Census, Highland Township, Vermillion County,
enumerated February 13, 1920, by Dale E. Hughes

Daniel A. Fox, Lizzie J. Fox, and Ruby D. Fox

1920 Indiana Federal Census, Highland Township, Vermillion County,
enumerated February 13, 1920, by Dale E. Hughes

Daniel A. Fox, Lizzie J. Fox, and Ruby D. Fox

 The following article appeared in Issue 2, Volume I, December 1, 1996,
News from Fox's Gap, published by
The Society of the Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland.

The following material was provided by Carmen (Hines) Abernathey, daughter of Ruby Dale
(Fox) Hines. Carmen was a granddaughter of Daniel Alexander Fox.

As the only grandchild to have lived with Daniel A. Fox I will attempt to give some
remembrances that I have. I am the only daughter of Ruby Dale Fox Hines and Everett Hines. Ruby
was the youngest of Daniel and Elizabeth's five children. My parents lived in Gessie, Vermillion
County, Indiana whereas the grandparents lived on a small farm one mile east and one mile north
of Gessie. Prior to that the Fox's had resided in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana.
I have no personal recollection of Grandmother Fox - only that told me by my mother and
other family members. Grandmother, Elizabeth Jane Ricketts Fox, died a tragic death. While
attempting to start a fire in a cook stove early one morning the fire somehow ignited her lace collar -
she ran to the back porch to call Daniel at the barn doing morning chores. I recall my mother saying
the only remains she saw where the feet.
Over the years I learned from older cousins that Grandmother Fox was a very stern but
lovable person. Neighbors and friends knew her as "Aunt Liz". She was the one to call when one
had a sick baby or "call Aunt Liz" if the doctor wasn't available. She had knowledge of herbs and
their potential use.
It was after Grandmother's untimely death (I think in 1922 or 23) that Grandpa came to live
in the Hines home. He was a carpenter by trade but a farmer at heart.
He was a very good-looking gentleman. He had beautiful thick coarse white, wavy hair -
always neatly combed. He loved working in wood. I truly value the many hours I've spent in the
wood shop at our home in Gessie. There I was allowed to whittle, talk, pound mails, saw etc. I'm
sure Grandpa had infinite patience. The only time I remember him ever getting mad was an
incident in which I (at about age of 10) managed to walk on a new roof on our "smoke house" -
making several holes! This after Grandpa had told me not to climb the ladder and go up on the roof!
Many an hour have I spent riding through a corn field on a cultivator - a seat especially built
for me - just Grandpa, me two horses, and a brown jug of water for refreshment.
Grandpa played the violin and clarinet. The violin I still have. He would go into the south
"sitting room' to practice and I, at the age of five or six, would bang on the piano to accompany him.
He never scolded - he only wanted me to like music. During my life, thanks to Grandpa, I've
enjoyed playing the violin, the piano, the bass viola, and the trumpet. Also I've enjoyed teaching
elementary music in the Covington, Indian, school system for twenty-eight years.
As a carpenter Daniel A Fox was well known in the community. He was the main or head
one in erecting the Rileysburg Grade School, Rileysburg, Indiana; also the Perrysville, Indiana, High
School. Both schools, built in the late twenties, have since been demolished, due to school
consolidation. The large cornerstone from the Perrysville School is located on property in Fountain
County, Indiana, formerly owned by his grandson, Richard D. Fox Senior.
Daniel was a man of the community, a neighbor for people to depend on in time of trouble or
need and also one for fun. His "Fox Orchestra" played for many social functions - especially barn
dances. One son, Earnest, played trumpet, son William played banjo, daughter Ethel and Ruby
played violin and piano. Neighbors filled in with trombone, guitar, and saxophone.

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 Grandpa also, when possible, played with the Newtown, and Covington bands. Perhaps he
was most proud of his oldest son, Kennie B. Fox, who worked for more than 50 years with the Starr
Piano Factory in Richmond, Indiana. Kennie was especially noted for his outstanding ability as
tuner on pianos and organs. He also played clarinet in the Richmond Symphonic Orchestra. His
only daughter, Mildred Fox Metcalf, also became a music teacher and outstanding organist in First
Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Daniel A. Fox, or "Dan Fox" as he was affectionately known, died one August morning in
1932 after his third heart attack, much to the sorrow of this granddaughter. Dan and Liz or Grandpa
and Grandma are buried side by side in the Hopewell Cemetery, north of Gessie, about one mile
from their beloved home. My dad, Everett Hines, made one of the greatest tributes paid to Grandpa.
Grandpa's casket was placed in our get "sitting room" for two days of mourning. Many people came
to express sorrow and sympathy for "Dan". The only time I ever saw my dad cry was at the casket.
He sobbed and sobbed . . . to this day that picture and sound remains with me. How many men
have had that much admiration and feeling for their father-in-law?

Carmen Dale Hines Abernathey

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Greenville, Michigan 48838
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 The following article appeared in the June 1, 2000, News from Fox's Gap, published by
The Society of the Descendants of Frederick Fox of Fox's Gap in Maryland

The Children of Daniel Alexander Fox and Elizabeth Jane Ricketts

Kenneth Benjamin Fox was born Nov. 17, 1882, in Gessie, Highland Township, Vermillion
County, Indiana. He died Sept. 30, 1971, in Richmond, Indiana. He married Virgie Butche on
March 26, 1910. VirgieButche was born Aug. 4, 1885. She died Nov. 2, 1983, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Kenneth and Virgia Fox had one daughter, Mildred Fox, who was born Oct. 3, 1912. Mildred Fox
married John Winthrop Metcalf on June 18, 1936. John Winthrop Metcalf was born Nov. 4, 1910,
and 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. He married 1st: Ramona Ortega, April 6,
1960. Divorced, 1972. Two sons from first marriage: Thomas Arthur Metcalf, born Oct. 20, 1961;
John Albert Metcalf, born Dec. 15, 1963. He married 2nd: Rikki Watts, Sept. 16, 1982. One daughter:
Erin Jeanne Metcalf, born Oct. 21, 1985.
Dr. Thomas James Metcalf was born Oct. 14, 1942. He married Karen Mae McClain, Sept. 21,
1968. Two sons and one daughter: Ian Todd Metcalf, born May 20, 1971; Timothy Sean Metcalf,
born Oct. 11, 1972; and Sarah Lynn Metcalf, born Apr. 25, 1974, adopted from Korea on 3rd
birthday in 1977. Dr. Thomas Metcalf graduated from Stanford Medical School.

Ernest Daniel Fox was born Dec. 1, 1885, near Gessie, Vermillion County, Indiana. He
married Lola Frances Jackson on Jan. 8, 1908, in Vermilion County, Illinois. She was born Jan. 1,
1890, and died June 28, 1943. Ernest died Oct. 3, 1940, at Lakeview Hospital in Danville, Illinois. He
is buried at Niccum Cemetery in Vermilion County, Illinois. 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, Indiana; He married Elizabeth Pauline
Pearson on Dec. 14, 1929, in Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. Her parents were Francis
Marion Pearson and Martha Estel Raypole. She was born Apr. 6, 1911, in Snoddys Mill, Fountain
County, Indiana. Claude Ernest Fox died June 24, 1962, in Muskegon, Muskegon County,
Michigan. He is buried at Restlawn Cemetery, Muskegon, Michigan. Claude and Elizabeth Fox
had two sons: Robert Claude Fox, born Sept. 29, 1930, in Perrysville, Indiana; and William Ernest
Fox, born March 25, 1936, at Gessie, Indiana.
Kenneth Leslie Fox was born Nov. 27, 1912, in Gessie, Indiana. He is buried in Niccum
Cemetery, Vermilion County, Illinois. Kenneth married Mary Frances Wichman. She was born July
25, 1915, in Danville, Illinois. She died Aug. 31, 1994. Her parents were Fred F. Wichman and
Matilda Meinke. Kenneth and Mary Fox had one child, Larry Harold Fox, born Dec. 18, 1934.
Ruth Estel Fox was born June 15, 1914, in Gessie, Indiana. She married Frank Berton Moss
on Nov. 26, 1934, in Covington, Indiana. She died June 19, 1987, and is buried with her husband.
Frank Berton Moss was born Apr. 11, 1913, in Vermilion County, Illinois. He died Aug. 2, 1990, in
Danville, Illinois, and is buried in the Old Walnut Corner Cemetery near Danville. 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.

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 William Edward Fox was born Jan. 5, 1888, and died Apr. 16, 1974. He married Marguerite
Clem on Feb. 10, 1909, in Danville, Illinois. She was born Mar. 9, 1894, in Mound Township,
Warren County, Indiana. She died Jan. 27, 1970, at Danville, Illinois. Her parents were Augustus
Elmer Clem and Malinda Lloyd Cunningham. William and Marguerite are both buried at the
Lower Mound Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana. 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, Indiana, and did not marry.
Evelyn Louise Fox was born Sept. 15, 1913, in Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana,
and died Oct. 9, 1991, at Williamsport, Warren County, Indiana. She married Jesse Frank Switzer
on Aug. 13, 1933. He as born July 17, 1911, in Baltimore Maryland, 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, born Sept. 29, 1936, and Patricia Jo Switzer, born
Sept. 19, 1938.
Glenn Fox was born Feb. 1, 1916. He died Aug. 12, 1975, in Denver, Colorado. 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 June 9, 1944.
Daniel Augustus Fox was born Dec. 10, 1917, in Gessie, Indiana, and died Jan. 13, 1954, at
Wallace, Fountain County, Indiana. He married Stella Marie Gooding on Jan. 17, 1939, in
Covington, Indiana. She was the daughter of Monroe Gooding and Laura Sackmire. She was born
Apr. 1, 1918, in Wallace, Fountain County, Indiana. The child of Daniel A. Fox and Stella Gooding
is Daniel Wayne Fox, Sr., born Jan. 24, 1944, in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana.
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, Georgia. He was the son of Ferdinand Bucholz and Mary
Schubert. He was born Nov. 17, 1912, in Sarles, Dash Township, Towner County, North Dakota.
Children of Elizabeth Jane Fox and Alvin Bucholz are: Jerry Lee Bucholz, born Sept. 29, 1945, at Ft.
Oglethorpe, Walker County, Georgia; Bonnie Leah Bucholz, born Oct. 31, 1946, at Devils Lake,
Ramsey County, North Dakota; and Larry Leo Bucholz, born Feb. 8, 1960, in Cando, Towner
County, North Dakota.
Wilma Marion Fox was born Oct. 11, 1928, at Foster, Mound Township, Warren County,
Indiana. She married Anton Keith Gose on Jan. 11, 1946, in Covington, Indiana. He was the son of
Anton Gose and Opal Cunningham. He was born May 22, 1923, in Covington, Indiana, and died
Feb. 7, 1979, in Chicago, Illinois. Children of Wilma Fox and Anton Gose are: Anton Keith Gose, Jr.
born Jan. 5, 1947, in Danville, Illinois, and died July 30, 1973, in Griffith, Indiana; Toni Farol Gose,
born Apr. 10, 1948, in Danville, Illinois.
Richard Dale Fox, Sr. was born July 20, 1933, in Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana.
He married Deloris Mae Jinkins on Sept. 26, 1952, in Cates, Fountain County, Indiana. She was the
daughter of Delbert Jinkins and Jennie Jones. She was born Aug. 7, 1933, in Catlin, Vermilion
County, Illinois. Children of Richard and Deloris Fox are: Dellie Jean Fox, born Nov. 8, 1953, in
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana; and Richard Dale Fox, Jr., born Jan. 28, 1955, in
Crawfordsville, Indiana.
James Herbert Fox was born Jan. 22, 1937, in Covington, Indiana, and died May 18, 1995, in
Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado. 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
July 12, 1960; Kelly Joan Fox, born Nov. 28, 1961, in Danville, Illinois, died Apr. 29, 1962, in
Danville, Illinois; and Brian Anthony Fox, born Dec. 31, 1963, in Illinois.

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 Ethel Belle Fox was born October 6, 1892, on the Daniel Alexander Fox farm one mile north
east of Gessie, Indiana. She married Robert William Gouty on February 2, 1917. Robert was the son
of Joseph P. Gouty and Luella M. Hartman. Robert William Gouty was born August 26, 1889, near
Gessie, Indiana. Robert and Ethel (Fox) Gouty had one child, Mavis Lorene Gouty. Mavis was born
April 11, 1918, on the Daniel Alexander Fox farm. Robert William Gouty died June 4, 1949, at
Lakeview Hospital in Danville, Illinois, from spinal meningitis. Ethel Belle (Fox) Gouty died
January 25, 1971, after spending a number of years in a nursing home due to a stroke.
Mavis Lorene Gouty married Truxton James Older on September 1, 1938, in Danville,
Illinois. Truxton was the son of Roy Burton Older and Ethel Leona (Worth) Older. He was born
September 28, 1911. Truxton and Mavis (Gouty) Older had one son, Curtis Lynn Older, who was
born November 5, 1947, in Danville, Illinois, at Lakeview Hospital. Mavis Lorene (Gouty) Older
died August 17, 1986.
Curtis Lynn Older married Linda Sue Osborn on May 5, 1979, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Linda is the daughter of Harold Emerson Osborn and Patty Lou Pennington. She was born
February 24, 1954, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Curtis and Linda (Osborn) Older have one
daughter, Rachael Lynn Older who was born March 20, 1987, in Duluth, Minnesota.

Ruby Dale Fox was born Dec. 13, 1896, in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana,
and died Nov. 12, 1990, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She married Everett Hines on Apr. 10, 1920, in
Covington, Indiana. He was born July 30, 1894, and died Apr. 5, 1963. Both are buried at Lower
Mound Cemetery west of Covington, Indiana. Everett and Ruby Hines had one daughter, Carmen
Dale Hines, born Apr. 21, 1921, in Gessie, Indiana. Carmen Hines married Wayne Lawson
Abernathey on Nov. 16, 1940, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was the son of Harrison Abernathey and
Mary Lawson. He was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Cates, Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana.
He died April 14, 1957, in Covington, Indiana. Wayne and Carmen Abernathey adopted one
daughter, Waynette Dale Abernathey, who was born July 4, 1955, in Danville, Illinois. Waynette
married Michael Brandt. Waynette and Michael Brandt had one son, Carter Brandt.
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In Florida
Covington-Last r ites fo r A. L.
(L ink) Ricketts, 82, who d i ed Sat-
utda.y, June 26, in a ho : pital at
Tampa, Fla., ~~er e M onday at
Tamp a, according to w ord just r~-
ceived here. 1
Mr. Ricketts had b een in ill 1
healt h three months and a patient
in t he hospital the past six weeks.
~Ir. Ricketts 'vas f orn1.er ly a resi-
d ent of F oster and Covington and 1
had made his home in Zephyr
Hills, Fla., in r ecent years . His
"\Vife, Minnie Ricketts of Zepbyr
Hills, survives. Also surviving are
a brother; Jake Ricketts of Foster,
Ind., and several n i e c e s a n d j
nephe"\vs. t.
 Newspaper sources related to Daniel Alexander Fox and his wife, Elizabeth Jane Ricketts

History of Vermillion County, Indiana, Biographical Sketches: page 491 indicates Daniel
Alexander Fox was born in Highland Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, in 1860. His brothers
and sisters were born in Ohio.

Obituary Notice from Covington (IN) Republican Newspaper, front page, column one (probably
about Mar 1, 1922)

Mrs. Daniel Fox Meets Awful Death - Clothes Catch Fire When Kerosine Explodes, Gasoline
Adds Fuel to the Flames. Clothes Burned From Body - Our people were almost paralyzed Monday
morning by the announcement that Mrs. Dan Fox, the family living on a farm about one and a half
miles north east of Gessie, had been burned to death at an early hour. Statements regarding the
terrible affair from the family are as follows: The family had set apart Tuesday to do the butchering.
Mr. Fox had arisen early, set a fire in the cook stove and under the kettles to heat the water out of
doors and gone to the barn to feed and do the morning chores. Mrs. Fox arose and on going to the
kitchen stove found the fire had not burned. She threw in kerosine to hasten the fire and it exploded
setting her clothing on fire. In her excitement she ran out onto a back porch where she stumbled and
fell upon a bottle of gasoline setting there, which broke at once enveloping her in flames. Her
screams brought her husband to her aid but in her suffering and terror he could do nothing with
her, nothing being at hand to wrap her in, until her clothes were practically burned from her body,
death resulting before she could be removed from the porch and within a few minutes. Mr. Fox
himself was also terribly burned. Mrs. Elizabeth Ricketts - Fox was sixty years old and is survived
by her husband, Dan Fox, three sons, Kenneth, Earnest, and William, and two daughters, Ethel and
Ruby, together with eleven grandchildren, an aged mother, living at Foster, and six brothers, High,
Jos, Jacob, Dan, Fred, and Link, a twin brother, and one sister, Mrs. Frank Dixon. The funeral
services, conducted by Rev. Cyrus Briles was held from the Howard M. E. Church of which she was
a member at 1:30 p. m. Thursday, interment following in Hopewell Cemetery.

Covington Friend Newspaper, May 11, 1923:

Dan Fox who has been in Richmond for several weeks with his son Kenny Fox and family
has returned.

Covington Friend newspaper, May 10, 1922:

Dan Fox Improving - Dan Fox, of North Vermillion, who was terribly burned about the
hands and forearms, and who received a terrible nervous shock when Mrs. Fox was burned to death
on Tuesday of last week is reported to be improving as rapidly as could be expected. The entire
community surely greatly sympathize with Mr. Fox and his family on their awful misfortune.

Reel #182072 Covington, Indiana, Covington Republican, January 1931 - December 1932:
August 5, 1932
Daniel A. Fox, age 70 yr, native of Vermillion County, passed away at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Everett Hines at Gessie, Indiana, Friday July 29th. His funeral was held at Howard
Chapel, Sunday July 31st, at 2:30 oclock. Rev. H. A. Lashbrook officiating. Interment was made at
Hopewell Cemetery, with the Masonic burial service at the grave.
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- .. Danlel Al. Fox \.fill Probated

i Tbc will or th tat Daniel A. Fox,"'
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IHe lon~ r'shtcnt or hl nd town

ship, wa probat~d Mondaj. ' Tho tn--
strnrneJJt w written ~lay JV21 ~
Rn<i w wltnes..~ed by Ed ar Prather
1
and Gf>o. D. .'uukel. l t, contained
. rour items wblch, urlefly, are a folJ
low : 1 , J
1 tem 1. -.Just debts, ex pen. cor la~t
E>kkne.ss and funeral expenses to he
ln... P' ld by cxe''11tor out of tir t money
a member or tb~ '-'omln.: to l1ls llauc.l~.
: Item ~All real C."ta e and person-
!al property shall he sold at publlc or
priva sale. \rter payment or
all
d b pro\Jded In item 1, he resl-
or the moneys left ln hands or
exeeutor shall be dlilded . bare
and hare ~llke lJctwecu the !oll wlo
children: Ruby lllnes, Bth l Gouty,
~
:Keonetb B. Fox and \VI llam ~

: Item :i..-1 ma~e. no pro\'isl n ln

, ~ his will for mv
. son t_;rnest Jc'ox, as
, bave heretofore paid ou for lllm as
+much or more than what I sbould
d e m to be hb Interest In my tate
an<l for . tha reason r am ghlng hlm
. nothing by thl~ will. J
Item -1. - 1 do hereby nomlnate and
,appoint my rriend, J olln \V. Carithers, t
m mber ot the executor of Lll\ wlll. ~
~IDUJI.U.C traternlty ot Perrys!trllle. The
bad charge of the funeral ser
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vfou. wblch were held at Howard
CbapeJ at 2 :SO SWldS:Y afternoon, tbe 'IRIH T.t; TO ERNEST FOX
.. M~mbcn o! th~ Loyal Order
1\et. Lubbrook o ffici tlng. ~ body or }{o()lle Bltnd mourn the pMs
ta en In cbarge by Boord &Jld ~ lng oC :~rnOftt D. Fox, who waa
, Shelby o! an~ rctu med to . tht>~r dlt ector for several yean. '
\\'hill.' th~ band haa been dis ,r.?
the H1n borne , F~1dlly afternoon.
bandl.'d for the put ftix monthlll
1
Burial was made at Hopew 11 ceme. the members wm never forget
key. ~ . ~tr. Fox in h iR maJ~~tl'rful dl~tc
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' tion of thf' bnnd, nev er rui~Ring

.. ro>ho"~r.al and always striving
Will of Daniel Alexander Fox
(Vermillion County, Indiana, Newport Court House, page 218.)

218
WILL OF

Daniel A Fox

I, Daniel A. Fox of Highland Township, in Vermillion County, State of

Indiana, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make ordain and
publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking any and all other wills
heretofore made by me.
Item I It is my will that all my just debts including funeral expenses and expenses of
last sickness, or m? a first charge upon my estate, and be paid by my ? Executor out of
the first-moneys coming into his hands.
Item II It is my will that all my real and personal property, shall as soon after my death
as is practical be sold either at public or private sale as my executor shall deem most
advisable and in the manner he believe in it will sell for the most money, and after the
payments of my debts and funeral expenses as set out in Item I of this will the residue
of the moneys left in the hands of my executor shall be divided share and share alike
between my following named children, to-wit Ruby Hines, Ethel Gouty, Kenneth B.
Fox and William E. Fox. In event that any or either of my above named children should
die before the time they or either of them would inherit hereunder, then the share
which would have gone to such child living shall go to his or her children in equal
shares.
Item III I make no provision in this will for my son Ernest E. Fox, as I have heretofore
paid out for him, as much or more than what I would deem to be his interest in my
Estate and for that ? I am giving him nothing by this will.
Item IV I do hereby nominate and appoint my ??? John W. Carithers?, Executor of this
Will.

In testimony? ????, I Daniel A. Fox, have here unto set my hand and seal at
Newport, Vermillion County Indiana, this 6th day of May 1927
Daniel A Fox

The above and foregoing instrument was signed by the said Daniel A Fox in our
presence and declared by ?? to be his last will and testament and at his request and in
his presence and in the presence of each other we now subscribed our names hereto as
witnesses this 6th day of May - 1927
Edgar Prather
Witnesses Geo D. Sunkel
Proof of Will
State of Indiana
County of Vermillion
Edgar Prather personally appeared before the Clerk of Vermillion Circuit Court,
and being duly sworn says that Daniel A Fox signed his name to the above writing of
date of May 6 - 1927 as and for his last will and that the same was attested and
subscribed by said offiant and Geo D Sunkel as witnesses hereunto in the presence of
said Testator and by his request and in the presence of each other that said Testator
declared to same to be his last Will and that said Testator was not at the time of
executing said will an infant or of unsound mind, or under coercion.
Edgar Prather

Certificate of Probate
State of Indiana
County of Vermillion
Court I J N Jones, Clerk of the Vermillion Circuit Court Certified the within
last Will of Daniel A Fox late of said County, deceased has been duly admitted to
probate: that its due execution was this day proofed? by Edgar Prather whose proofs
together with such Will, have been duly recorded on page 218 of Record No 6 of Wills
in my office
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court this 1st Day of August 1932
J N Jones clerk (seal)
1116/2005 - Files Antilysisfar Cur/is Older by Sandra Lake Lassen

The death of Elizabeth is horrifying. You are fortunate to have the newspaper
account of this terrible family tragedy. It provided an interesting glimpse into life
in the 1930's.

I was also fascinated that the newspaper printed the details of Daniel's will -
today that would be considered a dreadful invasion of privacy.

Daniel A. Fox is indeed listed in the 1930 census. He is in Vennillon Co., IN,
Highland, Dist. 18, p. 220, sheet lA: household of son in law Everett Hines.
Daniel was listed as age 70, widowed.

There is an inconsistency in punctuation in your references. Note both the

references for Daniel A. Fox and for his wife, Elizabeth. You have italicized The
Fox Genealogy, which is appropriate, assuming it is a book or booklet title. You
have then italicized News from Fox's Gap. If that is the title of an article, it
should be in quotation marks instead. In Daniel's references, you have
underlined Descendants of William Edward Fox. In Eli7.abetb's notes, this entry
is not underlined.

The rules are as follows: Use quotation marks for the title of any single part or
section of a bound volume, including a chapter or an article. The title of the
bound volume (book, pamphlet, etc.) is printed in italics (underscored in
handwritten manuscripts). Italicize the following: titles of books, bound
volumes, magazines, and newspapers. (This is from A Pocket Guide to Correct
Punctuation, which sit close to my computer at all times!) J'm sending you some
pages from Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Histol'ian by
Elizabeth Shown Mills. Of course, the best rule of thumb is always consistency.

You have good proofs for Daniel, including censuses, marriage records, Bible
records, newsclippings, and obituaries.

#15: ELIZABETH JANE RICKETTS

You have nice proofs for Elizabeth Jane Ricketts, including the all-important
census records from her childhood in 1870 and t88o. It is interesting that she
""as a twin, since twins tend to run in families. This can be important to future
generations' family health/ medical history. You have her marriage record to
Daniel Fox (again, if you have a copy of the actual record, be sure to scan and use
it in your book). You have the wonderful marriage portrait, as well.

In the narrative for both Daniel and Elizabeth, I noticed that Vermilion Cotmty is
being spelled two different ways, 'Nith one '1" and then with two.

The story of Elizabeth's death and the nev.-sclipping about Daniel, showing that
he was badly burned trying to save her and that he had a terrible time recovering
both physically and emotionally (i.e., "nervous shock"), shows what a loving
couple they must have been. This is a tremendously moving tale.