An American Family History

Sarah Jane Ricketts Fox was born May 2, 1844 in Henry, Marshall County, Illinois. Her parents were Isaac Ricketts and Catherine Simpson.

She married John Newton Fox on January 6, 1863 when she was about nineteen. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on John and Sarah Fox.

Sarah died November 18, 1885 at age 41. At first she was buried in New York Cemetery in Wayne County and later moved to the Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa by her daughter Mae McKelvey.