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John Wesley Fox 1764 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 February 1764

Birth Location: Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1 September 1840

Death Location: Concord, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: `Philip Fox

Mother: Maria Rosenbom

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Fox

Children(s): James Fox

1764 marked the beginning of John Wesley Fox Sr's life in Rowan County, North Carolina, USA, to parents `Philip Jacob ( Fuchs ) Fox and Maria Amelia Catherine Rosenbaum Rosenbom. Eventually, John Wesley Fox Sr married Elizabeth Prudence Loving Fox, and they welcomed James Fox. John Wesley Fox Sr passed in 1840 at Concord, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Parents

`Philip Fox
1725 – 1792
Birth Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Maria Rosenbom
1730 – 1797
Birth Location: Rotterdam, Reusel-de Mierden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Fox
1752 – 1804
Birth Location: Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia Colony
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Children(s)

James Fox
1783 – 1857
Birth Location: VERIFIED- Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina, America -A city in and county seat. Also the site of Fort San Juan, built in 1567 by the Spanish; the 1st European settlement in the interior of North America, 40 years before the settlement of Ja
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 February 1764
    Event Place: Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 19 July 1781
    Event Place: Wilkes Co., NC, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 30 October 1783
    Event Place: Rowan, NC

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: Nov 1804
    Event Place: Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 September 1840
    Event Place: Concord, Knox County, Tennessee, United States of America
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