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Bonham Fox was
born on April 30, 1868 in Benton Township, Lucas County, Iowa. He
was the son of John Newton Fox and Sarah Jane Ricketts. His name was pronounced
Bow-mee by the family. It has
been spelled as Bonaparte, Bornie, Bonum, Bowman Boehme, Bomy and Barney
Fox. He was a
farmer.
He married Eliza Jane White about 1890. Eliza Jane was born on March 5, 1876. She was the daughter of Paris M. White and Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge. She was also Walter White's sister. Walter White married Grace Smith. Their
oldest nine children were born in Iowa and the youngest two in Nebraska.
Iva Belle Fox Foreman was born July 28, 1891. Mary Dessie Fox Jordan was born
September 10, 1892. Roy Orville Fox was born February 3, 1894. Lester
Willard Fox was born July 1895. Lura May Fox was born September 25,
1897. Ethel D. Fox was born January 14 1901. Lola Irene Fox
was born October 31, 1903. Luther Irian Fox was born October 31
1903. Mabel Gertrude Fox was born July 16, 1906. Greta Marie
Fox was born on September 9, 1908. The family had moved to Rogers County, Oklahoma by the time of the 1910 census and remained there during the 1920 and 1930 censuses. Eliza died on April 30, 1944 and Bonham died on January 31, 1950 in Rogers County, Oklahoma. They are buried there together at Woodlawn Cemetery. |
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