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Joseph Edwards

Alpheus Edwards

Norman Ulysses Edwards (Sr.)

Mary Malinda (Edwards) Swaim

Lucy Helen Swaim

John Leo Fox and Lucy (Swaim) Fox [1963]

Lucy Helen Swaim is the daughter of Mary Malinda Edwards and Andrew Jackson Swaim. She was born 4 March 1897 in Sabetha, Brown, Kansas. She died 18 July 1984 at age 87 in Hill City, Graham, Kansas. She is buried at the Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, Graham, Kansas.

On 30 September 1914, she married John Leo Fox. He is the son of John Fox and Laura A. Hardman. He was born 10 June 1892 in Lenora, Norton, Kansas. He died 2 September 1977 at age 85 in Hill City, Graham, Kansas. He is buried at the Hill City Cemetery, Hill City, Graham, Kansas.

Children of Lucy Helen Swaim and John Leo Fox:

1. Elwyn Leo Fox was born 29 January 1916 in Hill City, Graham, Kansas.
2. Lloyd Charles Fox was born 19 October 1917 in Hill City, Graham, Kansas.
3. Lela Helen Fox was born 16 September 1919 in Hill City, Graham, Kansas. She died 14 April 1979 at age 59 in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma. On 18 On 18 April 1979, she was buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Oklahoma.
   • On 8 August 1946, she married Kenneth Paul Hess. He was born 5 February 1914. He died in October 1976 at age 62 in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma. They had no children.
4. Allison Bernard Fox was stillborn in Prairie Dell, Graham, Kansas.

Sources

Lucy:

• Birth and Death are from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 512-26-5114). The last residence is assumed to be the deathplace.
• Birth, Death and Burial from Lucy's own gravemarker at the Hill City Cemetery.

John:

• Birth from his WWI draft card (which lists year of birth as 1893) [Name: John Leo Fox; Home: Lenora, Norton Co., Kans; County: Graham; State: Kansas; Birthplace: Lenora, Kansas; Birth Date: 10 Jun 1893; Race: Caucasian (White); FHL Roll Number: 1643518; Marital Status: Married, wife and child].
• Birth and Death are from the Social Security Death Index (SSN 514-07-7594). The last residence ia assumed to be the deathplace.
• Birth, Death and Burial from John's own gravemarker at the Hill City Cemetery.

Lela:

• Birth and Death are from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Lela Hess; SSN: 515-07-8069; Last Residence: 74601 Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma; Born: 16 Sep 1919; Last Benefit: 74601 Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma; Died: Apr 1979; SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)].

Kenneth:

• Birth and Death from the Social Security Death Index [Name: Kenneth Hess; SSN: 446-10-6437; Last Residence: 74601 Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma; Born: 5 Feb 1914; Died: Oct 1976; SSN issued: Oklahoma (Before 1951)].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Lucy: 1900 census. Gettysburg, Graham, Kansas. Page 2.
• John: 1900 census. Indiana, Graham, Kansas. Page 8.
• Lucy: 1910 census. Indiana, Graham, Kansas. Page 3.
• John: 1910 census. Indiana, Graham, Kansas. Page 1.
• 1920 census. Indiana, Graham, Kansas. Page 6.