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Family Note:   Selom Fox, son of Seth and Emeline Fox, at present is residing on a farm of 110 acres on section 27, Orion township. The family origionally came from England to Vermont, where Seth was a veternary surgeon and also a thoroughbred stock raiser. He came west about the year 1837, and after a few years spent in Ohio, he located at Belvidere, boone County, Illinois where he finaly died at the age of about fifty years, his widow following him to the grave a week later. They were well-to-do people and lived useful and industrious lives. They had a family of eight sons and two daughters.

(From the "History of Olmsted County", pg 316)

From the 1880 United States Census.

Selom Fox Age 29, Birthplace: IL, Occupation: Farmer Fathers Birthplace: VT Mothers Birthplace: VT

Ida Fox Wife Age 24 Birthplace: MN Occupation: Keeping House Fathers Birthplace: PA Mothers Birthplace: NY

Frank Fox Son Age: 6 Birthplace: MN Fathers Birthplace: IL Mothers Birthplace: MN

Emma Fox Dau Age: 4 Birthplace: MN Fathers Birthplace: IL Mothers Birthplace: MN

    Minnie Fox Dau Age: 11M Birthplace: MN Fathers Birthplace: IL Mothers Birthplace: MN

Marriage Note:    

50th Wedding anniversary noted marriage date of April 21, 1873 in Heron Lake, Minnesota

Marriage Note:    Olmsted County Historical Society

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