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William Pierce Fox was born on July 28, 1833 in St. Clair Township, Butler County, Ohio. He was the oldest son of Levi Fox and Eliza Yerkes. William and Julia's children were: They remained in Butler County, Ohio when the rest of his father's family moved to Iowa. They appeared in the 1860 census in St. Clair Township. The household at that time consisted of William P. age 26 who was a farmer, Julia A. age 25, Mary J. age 2, and Ann L. Bealer (Beeler) age 14. They moved to Carroll County, Indiana at the beginning of the Civil War in November, 1862 to be near William's maternal grandfather, Josiah Yerkes. His father, Levi sold him sixty acres on February 2, 1867 in Lucas County, Iowa. The formal description of the tract transferred was the E ¾ of the S½ of the NW¼ of Section 35. They appeared in the 1870 census of Washington Township, Carroll County, Indiana. The household consisted of William age 36, Julia age 35, Mary age 11, John age 9, Michael age 5, Rebecca age 3, and Delila age 1. William sold the first of his lots in Lucas County to John Hickle on February 24, 1872. That lot was described as the N 1/6 of the E ¾ of the N½ of the NW¼ of Section 35. He sold another of the lots the same day. He sold a third lot on October 23, 1872 and a fourth, on April 28, 1873. There seem to have been five lots total, and the 1895 plat suggests that he kept the fifth for himself. At the time of the 1880 census, he was living in Washington Township, Carroll County, Indiana. The family consisted of William, Julia, Rebecca, John W., Michael, Ella, Daniel and Maud. There is a notation that the ages were written in later and they appear to be in error. Mary and Julia do not appear in the 1880 census. His wife Julia died on February 11, 1887. At the time of the 1900 census, he was farming in Washington Township, Carroll County had four children living with him. The household consisted of William who was born in July, 1833, Rebecca born in April 1868, Julia E. born in February 1872, David L. (probably Daniel) born in February, 1874, and Ida M. born in June, 1879. These children were all born in Indiana. Maud was no longer listed. He died on December 14, 1907 of "extension of paralysis" in Carroll County, Indiana and was buried on December 16, 1907 in Paint Creek Cemetery with his maternal grandparents.
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