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Musician/Fifer CYRUS AUGUSTUS B. FOX, Co. H, 86th Illinois
Cyrus Augustus B. Fox was born on November 5, 1846 in a log cabin near Potosi, Washington County, the son of Carlton Augustus Fox and Laura (Bliss) Fox. Some families believe that Cyrus' middle names are Augustus Bliss. Carlton Augustus Fox was born on __________ __, 1817 in __________, Vermont, while Laura (Bliss) Fox was born on August 7, 1823 in Stockton, Chautaugua County, New York, the 3rd of 12 children born to Zenas G. Bliss (1793 1868) and Mabel (Gillett) Bliss (1798 - 1882). Carlton and...
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Musician/Fifer CYRUS AUGUSTUS B. FOX, Co. H, 86th Illinois
Cyrus Augustus B. Fox was born on November 5, 1846 in a log cabin near Potosi, Washington County, the son of Carlton Augustus Fox and Laura (Bliss) Fox. Some families believe that Cyrus' middle names are Augustus Bliss. Carlton Augustus Fox was born on __________ __, 1817 in __________, Vermont, while Laura (Bliss) Fox was born on August 7, 1823 in Stockton, Chautaugua County, New York, the 3rd of 12 children born to Zenas G. Bliss (1793 1868) and Mabel (Gillett) Bliss (1798 - 1882). Carlton and Laura were married on July 26, 1842 near North Hampton, Illinois in Peoria County. Eight children were born to Carlton and Laura. They are;
1. William Fox, born c. 1843/44 in Galena, Illinois; died in infancy in Galena, Illinois; buried in the Galena area.
2. Cyrus Augustus B. Fox, born November 5, 1846 in a log cabin near Potosi, Washington County, Missouri, where his father worked as a lead and zinc miner. See his biography below.
3. James H. Fox, born August 27, 1848 in Potosi, Washington County, Missouri. James served in Co. C of the 11th Illinois Vol. Inf. during the Civil War. James died on February 19, 1865 in Marine Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. James' mortal remains were laid to rest in the Fox Cemetery near Speer, Illinois.
4. Francis Marion Fox, born ___________ __, 1851 near Chillicothe, Peoria County, Illinois. Francis died __________ __, 1859 in Stark County, Illinois and his mortal remains were laid in the Fox Cemetery.
5. Charles Henry Fox, born November 30, 1854 in __________, Illinois; living in Bakersfield, California in 1923, where he was a leading dentist. Charles was married about 1878 to Eva Chaffee and had 1 son and 2 daughters (all born in Minnesota). In 1889, Charles was married to Lucinda Jane Roberts, who was born 14 Jul 1868 in California and died 15 Aug 1951 in Bakersfield, California. Charles and Lucinda had 4 known children (1 died young – all born in California); Charles died on June 8, 1946 in Bakersfield, California, where he resided for over 25 years.
6. Lewis Amos Fox, born __________ __, 1856 in Chicago, Illinois and died late Oct or early Nov 1908 in Sioux City, Iowa; In 1876 Lewis married Delia R. Hill, who was born in Aug 1857 in OH and died 1923 in Chicago, IL; Lewis and Delia had 3 children, Ida Lorena, Martin and Eddie L.; Lewis' earthly remains were buried in the Mausoleum in Rose Hill Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois.
7. Mabel A. "Bell" Fox, born __________ __, 1859 in Illinois; died on __________ __, 1860 in Stark County, Illinois at the age of 10 months; buried in the Fox Cemetery.
8. Ella Nora Fox, born __________ __, 1862 in Illinois; died on __________ __, 1872 in Stark County, Illinois; buried in the Fox Cemetery.
At the time of the 1850 census, the Fox family is found in Peoria County;
1245 Fox C. A. 33 M Carpenter 250 Va
1245 Fox Laura 27 F NY
1245 Fox Cyrus A. 3 M Mo
1245 Fox Jas. H. 2 M Mo
In 1851, as Cyrus explained below, Carlton A. Fox purchased a quarter section of land in Section 28 of Valley Township. It included most of the east half of Section 28 and all of the southeast corner of the section, The 1873 Atlas of Stark County shows that the Fox home was located about 3 miles straight east of the little village of Wada (or Wady) Petra, Illinois, that was situated along the Rock Island Railroad between Princeville and Wyoming, Illinois. Today this road is known as S. Valley Road. At the N. W. corner of S. Valley Road and 1000 E there was a school house. Directly north of the school house was what has been called the Fox Cemetery or Valley Cemetery. A local history tells us, "In Valley Cemetery, known also as the Fox Cemetery (the only one in the township, as the Lawn Ridge Cemetery is in Marshall county,) are interred the following old settlers: W. Down, died in 1878; James Jackson, 1871; Jane Hodges, 1859; Margaret Jackson, 1882; Lovina Ann Eby, 1870; Harry Hull, 1878; Sally Hull, 1862; Carlton A. Fox, 1872 and Wm. Marlatt, 1886."
At the time of the 1860 census, the Fox family is found in Valley Township, Stark County, Illinois;
Carlton A Fox M 43 Vermont
Laura Fox F 36 N. Y.
Cyrus S Fox M 13 Missouri
James H Fox M 10 Missouri
Henry Fox M 8 Ill
Lewis Fox M 5 Ill
Mable A Fox F 0 Ill
William Dickenson M 28 England
Mary Atkinson F 27 England
At the time of the 1870 census, the Fox family is found in Valley Township of Stark County, Illinois;
Carlton A Fox M 54 Vermont
Laura Fox F 46 New York
Henry Fox M 16 Illinois
Louis Fox M 14 Illinois
Ellen O Fox F 8 Illinois
Carlton died on March 1, 1872 in Stark County, Illinois at the age of 55, while Laura died on May 28, 1883 in Stark County, Illinois, just north of Princeville. Their mortal remains were laid there in the Fox Cemetery, near Spear, Stark County, Illinois.
Now to continue with the biography of Cyrus A. B. Fox;
On August 7, 1862, at the age of 15, Cyrus A. B. Fox volunteered at Valley, Illinois to serve in a company which was being raised in the Peoria, Illinois area by David W. Magee, a veteran of the Mexican War, for service in the Union Army during the Civil War.
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name FOX, CYRUS A
Rank MUS Company H Unit 86 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence VALLEY, STARK CO, IL Age 16 Height 5' 9 Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE Complexion FAIR Marital Status SINGLE Occupation FARMER
Nativity WASHINGTON, MO
Service Record
Joined When AUG 7, 1862 Joined Where VALLEY, IL
Joined By Whom N/A Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 27, 1862 Muster In Where PEORIA, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 6, 1865
Muster Out Where WASHINGTON, DC Muster Out By Whom LT SCROGGS
Remarks N/A
When Magee had about 100 volunteers he assembled his company at Camp Lyons, located near present day Glen Oak Park in Peoria, where they remained in camp until they were mustered into service. On August 27, 1862 Magee and 89 of his volunteers were mustered into service as Co. H of the 86th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Cyrus became Co. H's Fifer.
Initially, the men of Co. H elected Magee to be their Captain. Magee, however, because of his past military experiences, was selected and promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel of the entire regiment. After this John H. Hall, was elected by the men of Co. H to be their Captain.
On September 7, 1862, the men of the 85th & 86th Illinois marched out of the gates of Camp Lyon, through the streets of Peoria, with much fanfare, and boarded a train bound for Camp Joe Holt, Jeffersonville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. As the train pulled away from the station in down town Peoria, 16 year old fifer, Cyrus Augustus B. Fox, of Co. H, played "The Girl I Left Behind Me" on his fife. The tune was very popular during the Civil War and the US regular army, who adopted it during the War of 1812 after they heard a British prisoner singing it. The song was used by the Army as a marching tune throughout the 19th century. Following are some of the lyrics that were popular by the army during this time period;
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill
And over the moor that's sedgy
Such lonely thoughts my heart do fill
Since parting with my Betsey
I seek for one as fair and gay
But find none to remind me
How sweet the hours I passed away
With the girl I left behind me
Sixty-one years later, immediately following the last earthly reunion of the 86th Illinois, which was held in Peoria, Illinois on August 29 & 30, 1923, 77 year old Fifer Cyrus A. B. Box, boarded a train bound for Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the 1923 National G.A.R. Encampment. As the train pulled out of Union Station in Peoria, Illinois, Fifer Cyrus A. B. Fox, was asked to play the same tune that he had played almost 61 years to the day as the 86th departed for Camp Jo Holt, which he gladly did.
Three weeks later after the train carrying the 86th had left Peoria, the men of the 85th & 86th were in the field in Kentucky as part of Col. Daniel McCook's Brigade, in pursuit of Confederate troops. On Oct. 8, 1862, the men of McCook's Brigade were engaged with those troops in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, the 86th Illinois suffering their first casualties. There would be many more in the next three years.
During the next three years, Fifer Cyrus A. B. Fox would serve faithfully in Co. H as the men of the 86th served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and North Carolina. During this time, Cyrus was witness to and a participant in numerous battles and skirmishes, some of the bloodiest fighting in the Western Theatre of the war, including the Battles of Chickamauga, Georgia; Resaca, Georgia; Rome, Georgia, Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia; Peach Tree Creek, Georgia; Jonesboro, Georgia; Averasboro, North Carolina; and Bentonville, North Carolina, to name a few and would march with Sherman to the Sea.
On June 6, 1865, Fifer Cyrus A. B. Fox was still there with the surviving members of the 86th Illinois when they were mustered out of service on June 6, 1865 at Washington, D.C. They then were sent by train to Chicago, Illinois where they received their final pay and were discharged and soon were back home in Peoria County.
Cyrus Augustus B. Fox was married 1st to Mary Florence Scruton on September 20, 1868 in Marshall County, Illinois. Mary was born on November 28, 1846 in the city of Gloucester, Canden County, New Jersey, the daughter of Alfred/Alford Scruton and Lydia (Young) Scruton. Two children are BELIEVED to have born to Cyrus and Mary, before Cyrus and Mary were apparently divorced in the 1870's. Thos children include;
1. Estella Amelia Fox, born July __, 1869 in __________, Illinois. Estella was married to Milton Henry Skiff (c. 1859 - 14 April 1953 in Hennepin County, MN) on __________ __, 1890; Estella and Milton had three children;
A. Veere/Vern/Verne Augustus "Vern" Skiff, born December 4, 1893 in Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota. At the time of WWII, Veere registered for the draft on 27 Apr 1942 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, where he resided. He was employed at Belden Evans Co. Veere A. Skiff was married to Mildred M. ________________ in the late 1910's. Their children include;
a. Ruth E. Skiff, born c. 1919/20 in Minnesota. Ruth was married to ____________ Chantry.
b. Willis Numbers Skiff, born ____________ __, 1922 in Minnesota. Willis served in the United States Army Air Force during WWII and had a distinguished military career, serving in the 388th Bomb Group in the US 8th Air Force. Willis flew 42 combat missions and continued serving in the Air Force Reserve where he earned the rank of Lt. Colonel. Retired Electrical Engineer with NSP after 32 years of service. Member of Oliver Presbyterian Church since his youth.
Willis was married to Jean __________________. Willis M. Skiff died on January 29, 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was a resident of Covenant Village in Golden Valley, Minnesota. His mortal remains were laid in the Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
c. Patricia M. Skiff, born c. 1924/25 in Minnesota. Pat was married to ____________ Gronert.
d. David Skiff, born c. 193___.
At the time of the 1930 census, Veere A Skiff and his family are found in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota;
Verne A Skiff Head M 35 South Dakota
Mildred M Skiff Wife F 32 New York
Ruth E Skiff Daughter F 10 Minnesota
Willis M Skiff Son M 8 Minnesota
Patricia M Skiff Daughter F 5 Minnesota
Veere Augustus Skiff died on November __, 1969 in Pequot Lakes, Crow Wing, Minnesota and his mortal remains were laid in the _________________ Cemetery in _____________ County, Minnesota.
B. Paul Milton Skiff, born December 27, 1897 in South Dakota. Paul Milton Skiff died on 11 Feb 1952 in Los Angeles, California. See his Find A Grave Memorial.
C. Arloene Skiff, born c. 1909/10 in Minnesota.
At the time of the 1900 census, Estella and her family are found in Brookings city, Brookings County, South Dakota;
Milton Skiff Head M 41 Iowa
Estella A Skiff Wife F 31 Illinois
Vern A Skiff Son M 7 South Dakota
Paul M Skiff Son M 3 South Dakota
Lillian Langdon Boarder F 22 Illinois
At the time of the 1920 census, Estella and her family are found in Minneapolis Ward 8, Hennepin County, Minnesota;
Milton F Skiff Head M 60 Iowa
Estella Skiff Wife F 50 Illinois
Veere Skiff Son M 27 South Dakota
Mildred Skiff Daughter-in-law F 21 New York
Paul Skiff Son M 22 South Dakota
Arloene Skiff Daughter F 10 Minnesota
Esther Pickins Lodger F 21 Iowa
Estella Amelia (Fox) Skiff died on October 3, 1936 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
POSSIBLY #2. Charles Scruton/Fox?, born c. 1871/72 in Illinois.
At the time of the 1870 census, Cyrus and his family are found in Valley Township of Stark County, Illinois, where he is farming;
Cyrus A B Fox M 23 Farmer Missouri
Mary F Fox F 19 Keeping House New Jersey
Amelia E Fox F 0 Illinois
Frank Harris M 19 Farm Hand Tennessee
Arminda Turner F 31 Domestic Servant Illinois
Harry Turner M 1 Illinois
Shortly after this census was taken in 1870 or very early 1871, Cyrus and Mary were seperated and apparently divorced. Mary may have been pregnant at the time. Was Cyrus the father?
At the time of the 1880 census, Mary Florence (Scruton) Fox is found living in Lacon, Marshall County, Illinois with her parents. Mary is listed as divorced and she has taken back her maiden name. Charles, who must be her son with Cyrus, is also listed as a Scruton, not a Fox. However, the boy's father is listed as having been born in Illinois, rather than Missouri. Is it possible the boy is not Cyrus'?
Alford Scruton Self M 62 New Hampshire
Lyddia Scruton Wife F 53 New Hampshire
Mary Scruton Daughter F 31 New Jersey
Charles Scruton Grandson M 8 Illinois
Mary Florence (Scruton) Fox died on December 29, 1929 in Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, according to a site on familysearch. She is listed as being 83 years of age at the time of her death, and was the daughter of Alfred Scruton and Lydia Young, both of whom were born in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Mary is listed as having been married to C. B. Fox. Mary's mortal remains were laid in the Lawn Ridge Cemetery in LaPrairie Township, Marshall County, Illinois on January 2, 1930.
Cyrus A. B. Fox was married 2nd to Sarah A. Alvey on November 10, 1871 in Faribault County, Minnesota, per the Minnesota Marriage index. Sarah was born on October 13, 1849 at Hartford, Hartfod County, Connecticut, the 6th of eight children born to John Alvey (1807 England - 1891 Minnesota) and Sarah (Turpin) Alvey (1814 England - 1889 Minnesota). Six children were born to Cyrus and Sarah, two of whom died while children. They are;
2. John Alvey Carlton Fox; born September 27, 1872 in Faribault County, Minnesota; John married Ada Stella Bigelow (Nov. 1880 Waverly, Bremer, Iowa – April 30, 1964 Multnomah, Oregon) on June 22, 1898; John and Ada had 7 children, Alvey Donald, Roy Wallace, Harriet E, Elizabeth Jane, Ada Lucille, Alfred Lewis and Wilfred Harry; John Alvey Carlton Fox died on November 28, 1923 in __________, Oregon.
3. Lewis Augustus Fox, August 30, 1874 in Blue Earth, Faribault County, Minnesota. On June 22, 1898 Lewis A. Fox was married to Elsie E. Morris, who was born c. 1874 in Iowa. Lewis and Elsie had 2 children;
A. Ruth Belle Fox, born c. 1899/1900 in South Dakota.
B. Lewis M. Fox, born c. 1905/06 in South Dakota.
Sometime before 1917, Elsie left the family and divorced Lewis. Lewis' mother, Sarah A. (Alvey) Fox then moved into the home for a time to help with the children.
At the time of the 1920 census, Lewis and his family are found in Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. He is listed as divorced;
Lewis A Fox Head M 45 Minnesota
Cyrus A B Fox Father M 73 Missouri
Sarah H Fox Mother F 70 Connecticut
Ruth B Fox Daughter F 20 South Dakota
Lewis M Fox Son M 14 South Dakota
Lewis Augustus Fox died on April 28, 1955 in Sibley County, Minnesota and his mortal remains were laid in the ________________ Cemetery in ____________, ____________.
4. Donald Hayes Fox, born July 17, 1876 in Delavan, Faribault County, Minnesota; served as Quartermaster Sergeant in Co. B of the 1st S. Dakota Infantry; About 1902 Donald married Ionia A Odowd who was born February 14, 1877 in WI and died April 3, 1909 in Charles Mix, SD; Donald and Ionia had 3 children; Donald P., David Norman Lewis and Darrell Cyrus; On 21 Feb 1926, Donald married Gertrude Geurin Thorpe who was born 28 Aug 1883 in Lincoln Cnty, SD and died May 1971 in Sioux Falls, SD; Donald and Gertrude had 1 son; Francis Roy; Donald died on February 19, 1926 in Sioux Falls, S. Dakota; buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
5. Laura Bell Fox, born January 23, 1878 in Faribault County, Minnesota. Laura died August 12, 1879 in Delavan, Minnesota.
6. Manason Fox, born December 31, 1879 in Minnesota and died on March 10, 1880 in Delavan, Minnesota.
7. Cyrus Roy Fox, born October 4, 1881 in Delavan, Minnesota. On 17 Jun 1914 Cyrus married Minnie B Stacy in Hanson, SD. Minnie was born 3 Dec 1888 in SD and died Apr 1981 in Long Beach, CA. They did not have children. Cyrus Roy Fox died on January 10, 1948 in Los Angeles, California and his mortal remains were laid in the _____________ Cemetery in ____________, ____________.
Now to continue with the biography of Cyrus A.B. Fox;
At the time of the 1880 census, Cyrus, Sarah and their children are found in Delevan Township, Faribault County, Minnesota, where Cyrus is a Carpenter.
Cyrus FOX, Self Gender: Male Birth: MO
Sarah FOX, Wife Gender: Female Birth: CN
Estella FOX, Dau Gender: Female Birth: IL
John FOX, Son Gender: Male Birth: MN
Lewis FOX, Son Gender: Male Birth: MN
Donald FOX, Son Gender: Male Birth: MN
Sometime in the 1880's or 1890's, Cyrus and Sarah moved the family west to the Dakota's, where they settled in the City of Sioux Fall, South Dakota. At the time of the 1900 census, the Fox family is found residing in Ward 3 of the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and is made up the following way;
Cyrus A Fox 53
Sarah H Fox 50
Donald H Fox 23
Cyrus R Fox 17
John A C Fox 27
Ada S Fox 19
Alvey D Fox 1
Charles L Butler 20
In 1887, on the 25th Anniversary of the mustering in of the 86th Illinois, a reunion was held in Peoria, Illinois, in which over 130 surviving members of the 86th attended. For the next 37 years, a reunion was held every year in Peoria on the anniversary of the mustering in of the 86th, August 27th. Fifer Cyrus A. B. Fox is recorded as attending 4 of these reunions, those of 1897, 1911, 1914 and 1923. It is believed that, though he may not have attended entire reunions, which usually lasted several days, he made "guest appearances, playing the fife, at a number of other reunions, including that of 1923, where he played the fife on the way to the National G. A. R. Encampment.
In "History and Reminiscences", Cyrus A.B. Fox wrote in 1923......
"I am reminded that I promised to write a brief history of our family's early entering into the citizenship of Valley Township, Stark County.
My father, Carlton Augustus Fox, and my mother, Laura Fox, a daughter of Z. G. Bliss, who died in Princeville some years ago, were married about 1842 near Northampton, Peoria County. They settled in Galena, Ill., where their first child was born, a boy named William who soon died and was buried in Galena. This caused the parents much grief and they pulled up stakes and went to Potosi, Washington County, Mo., where father worked as a lead and zinc miner for three or four years. There in a little old log cabin I was born Nov. 5, 1846.
When I was about three years of age, father gave up mining and returned to Illinois, settling at Chillicothe where he worked in a packing house. About 1851 he took every cent he could spare and purchased an 1812 Soldier's Warrant and located it on the Valley Township quarter section.
I was a very scrawny miserable little urchin for the first three years we were on this land, afflicted with the fever and agur. Our house was just a cabin boarded up and down and battened, with the roof boards in place but no shingles for the first two years. The only dry place in it was the northeast corner where mother used to set me in my chair. There I would shake, my teeth ratteling till the fever became so violent that I had to be laid in bed, which was about every day for almost three years. I surely was a burden on those early pioneer hands.
Other children came, James, who lies in the old cemetery on the farm: Marion and Bell and Ella also lie in this cemetery along with father and mother, six of them here in the old Fox cemetery for all time. Brother Charles Henry is now living in Bakersfield, Calif., where he has become a leading dentist and an inventor of considerable note. Brother James H. served in the 11th Ill. infantry and died in service near New Orleans: his remains were sent home for burial in 1864. I had one more brother, Lewis Amos, my beloved youngest brother, who died very suddenly at Sioux City, Iowa, ten years ago and lies entombed at the Mausoleum at Rose (Hill?) Cemetery, Chicago.
I was too much emaciated in my army service to stand the work on the farm and was compelled to come north in order to build up. I had a hope of living a natural life span, which hope has been fulfilled to the number of three score and seventeen years."
"Note: Mr Fox does not mention his own military record. He was fifer boy in Co. H., 86th Ills. Vol. Inf. He attended our Picnic in 1923, while on a trip to attend, also, Reunion at Peoria of the 86th Regiment-this Reunion having been the last official gathering of the "old guard" of the Civil War who are rapidly passing."
The 37th reunion of the 86th Illinois was held in Peoria in August of 1923. For the past several reunions the subject of discontinuing the reunions was discussed. In 1923 only 22 surviving members were able to attend. At this reunion, the subject of ending the reunions was again brought up and after much debate, it was finally, tearfully, decided that this would be the last reunion. When the reunion booklet was published, the following was said about Cyrus A. B. Fox.
"Cyrus Fox, the sole survivor (of the 18 musicians who were mustered in with the 86), is still hale and hearty despite his years and was the life of the gathering during the recent reunion. He enlisted from Valley Township, Stark County, and he visited there during the reunion. He found the old Fox School, as it was known, still standing on a corner of the farm his father owned. Mr. Fox is now connected with the Daily Argis-Leader at Sioux Falls and past Department Commander of the G.A.R., Department of South Dakota."
During the evening session of the first day of the reunion it was said that, "A martial air was given to the evening session by Fifer Cyrus Fox, and several others with drums, who gathered in front of the Hall (this is the G.A.R. Hall which still stands on Hamilton Blvd. in downtown Peoria) and added much to the pleasure of the evening with their melodies. Musician Fox who traveled all the way from Sioux Falls, S.D., to greet his comrades, brought back vivid recollections of the fighting days, by playing several of the stirring old war songs on his fife, which he brought with him."
At this last earthly reunion of the 86th, Fifer Cyrus A. B. Fox wrote the following poem;
"........PASSING OF THE 86TH........
1st. We have packed our Army grips,
And jambed them full of eats,
For the old 86th boys and girls,
They will need many eats,
When they reach the camping ground
Of that old guard.
Chorus. Then hop to it and be there,
Where all the bacon comes,
We will chew it hard and fast,
As we travel through the town,
Where the flowers ever bloom.
2nd. There was David Irons,
Followed by David Magee,
Then came Fahnestock with his hoard,
Men who never knew defeat,
While there was a rebel to defeat,
Left in all the land.
3rd. This remnant of the 14th Army Corps,
Never shall be here again,
We are all passing the 80th mile post,
We will soon be with those gone before,
Never to return any more.
.........................By Cyrus A. B. Fox
Cyrus A. B. Fox died at the age of 79 on Apr. 19, 1926 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota. His earthly remains were laid to rest in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Sarah H. (Alvey) Fox died on November 4, 1939 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Her earthly remains must have been laid to rest in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
by Baxter B. Fite III and Beth Hunter (FAG Contributor #47666742), a great grand niece of Sarah (Alvey) Fox. Beth's email address is [email protected]
(Baxter and Beth would enjoy hearing from anyone, especially descendants of the Fox family, who might be able to add to the biographical material that we have on Cyrus A. B. Fox and the Fox family. Baxter would also love to see other pictures of Cyrus A. B. Fox that may have survived the years, especially any showing him in uniform from his days in the service, added to his Find A Grave site for all to see.) |
