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COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES

S. W. F o x came from that Slate to Columbia county, Pennsylvania. Jam es A. F o x, Ihe grandfather, was to m Ocl. 2 1 . 1797. and died Aug. to. iKCig. He was a shoemaker and farm er by occupation, and a member of the Society o f Friends. On N ov. 2f>. 1820. he n urried Ruth, daughter o f M oses Starr, and thcir children w ere: Ilcn ry H aines, mentioned b elo w; Elizabeth, horn N ov. I. 1824, who married Samuel Keintold. and diet! .April 26. Rowland, t o m M ay 27. tSto. who died Sept. 10. 18 3 4 : Charlotte, born Jan. 16, 1834. who m arried Sam uel P. I^ v a n, and is deceased: and Jerem iah, torn M arch 19, 1840. who died March 17. 1850. Henr)- Haines F o x. father o f Charles S. V. F o x. w as bom Feb. 15 . 1822. and ditxl Feb. 28, 18(16. H e was a native o f Columbia coun­ ty. and attended the schools o f lhal section. H e entered the medical profession, graduat­ ing from Jefferson Medical College, Phibdclphia, and practiced in I.ocust township to the end o f his life. On M ay 13. 18 5 1. he m ar­ ried Eliza, daughter o f Rcuton and Rcl»ecca (K u n kle) Fahringcr. who had a fam ily of eight children, o f whom Isaac married (Thristinc D reisbach: Charles married Alice Honato rg c r: V ’illiam died at Scranton; Catherine V n urried Byron K e lle r; .Mary m a r r i^ Isau h H o w cr; Hannah marricil .Allen Fetcrm an; Herman married Mary- K cllcr. T o H enry Haines F o x and his w ife were to m six chil­ dren: Henrietta, to m Sept. to. 1852. died Ju ly 22. 1908; Matilda, to m M ay 28. 1854. died .May 15, 1 8 6 1 : Charlotte, bom Dec. 19. >855. nw rric'l I.ewts H . D aniel; David died when thirteen days o ld : Charles Sum ner W ayne was to m Jan . 25. 18 5 7 : John .Mar­ shall. bom Sept. 7. 18 6 1, married Elizatoth A'lam s. Charles Sum ner W,ayne F o x had nither limited educational advantages, attending public school and fo r a few months a select, or advanced, school In I.ocust tow nship; Later he was a student at the Bloomsburg State N om w l School fo r a jieriod o f nine weeks. When nearly fourteen years old he left his home at Numidi.a anil h ^ ari clerking in the store o f F. I Coho, at .Vshland. Pa. .After a periot>rtng o f 1878 he entered the emjilov o f Dr. J. H. Vastine. as clerk in his store at Numidia, renuining two years, and then engaged with K n o rr & Daniel, successors of the Doctor, fo r six

months. In the spring o f 1885 he took a pceition as clerk with Jaco b Y eager, o f Roaring Creek. Pa., and the follow ing spring was emidoycd in a sim ilar capacity by I., H. Daniel, later becoming manager and conducting the business successfully. H e remained with Mr. Daniel nearly nineteen years. .At that time Ihe mclhoils o f accounting in a country store were very crude and unsatisfactoiy, so Mr. F o x. with keen forcsig^ht, introduced the sys­ tem o f double entry bookkeeping and com­ pletely reorganized the meiho<ls o f accounting. -Vfr. F o x has been a Rcptiblican from the time he reachcsl his m ajority and was fre­ quently a delegate to the county conventions under the form er system o f nominating candiiLatcs. toing a l one time the party's candi­ date for prolhonolar)-. During a period of thirty-six years he never missed attending an election. Althoiigli living in a three-to-one stronghold of the Democrats, on account of his ability as an accountant he w as elected fo r seven consecutive terms, o f three year* each, an auditor of the township’s financial affairs, toin g unable lo serve, much to hU regret, the last two years, owing lo his re­ moval from the district. lie was mercantile appraiser o f Columbia county fo r the year of 1 8 ^ . F o r a number o f years he w as one of the Catawissa X ett’S-ltem correspondents, under the nom de plume o f " Jim Nasties." In 1004, when the Catawissa N.ational Bank w as organizcsl. he w as offereel the jiosition of cashier, and he has seen the de]msits o f lh.at institution rise steadily until in this year ( 19 1 4 ) they have reacheil the sum o f $yx>/xx>. a remarkable sum fo r the second hank in a small town. Mr. F o x married. Ja n. 5 .18 8 2 . Rcbie l^van. who w as bom Sept. 29. 1863. daughter of l>aniel P. and Sarah J. (O iristia n ) I.evan. T o this m arriage have c-ome four children; A son. t o m Feb. 9. 1883. who died soon after b irth : Ixila Lucretia. born M ay 19. 1884, who die<l Sept. 9. 1884; Claude M ardo. to m Oct 28. 18 8 5 : .and Ruth lola, to m O cl. 1. 1892, Mr. F o x became a m cm tor of the l ’ nit^l Brethren O iurch in 1876 and continued his mcmtorship a fte r his removal to Catawissa for several years. H e is still a firm totiever in Go<l and the aloiienient o f Jesu s Christ, and is exiiecling his return to earth (.Acts i1 1 1. H is endeavor has been to live an honor­ able life and to measure up to the standard declared o f him hy many o f his friends, that “ his word is as gocxl as his ton d ."