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Rebecca Fox Dearth

In the War of 1812 (1812-1815) the United States declared war on England because of trade restrictions, impressment, and British support for Indian attacks. They signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814 after reaching a stalemate.

Rebecca Fox Dearth was born in 1781 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Absalom Fox and Christian Bonham.

She married Basil Dearth on June 5, 1799 in Washington County.

Their children included:
Harvey Dearth (1802, married Mary Gaskill),
Charles Fox Dearth (1804, married Elizabeth Kerr),
Edward Dearth (1806, married Marie Elma Cregg),
Asael Dearth (1808, married Louisa Cushman and Phoebe McCowan),
Mary Dearth Lightfoot (1810, married William Lightfoot),
Sarah B. Dearth Strouder (1812),
Absalom Fox Dearth (died young),
Elizabeth (Eliza) Dearth Hall,
Anker F. Dearth Loy (1818, married Jacob Loy),
Rebecca Dearth Long (1820),
and Ivy S. Dearth Robertson (1822).

Basil died in September, 1822. She died on September 14, 1848 in Warren County, Ohio. They are buried in Springboro Cemetery, Warren County, Ohio with other family members.
Children of Absalom Fox
and Christian Bonham
  • Captain Charles Fox
  • Bonham Fox
  • Mary Fox Frazee
  • David Fox
  • Anchor Fox Sutton
  • Iva Fox Sargeant
  • Jonathan Fox
  • Rebecca Fox Dearth
  • The Foxes are Mayflower descendants: Samuel Fuller, Hannah Fuller Bonham, Hezekiah Bonham , Amariah Bonham, Christian Bonham Fox, Bonham Fox, Levi Fox, John Newton Fox
     

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