Family Files - Fox, Marshall & Malinda (Hunt)

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Submitted by Karen Bills

Marshall Fox was the son of Samuel and Rutha (Barnes) Fox.  He was born 01 May 1860.  On 11 May 1882 at the age of 22, he married Malinda Jane Hunt, age 18.  She was the daughter of William and Nannie (Farthing) Hunt.  Malinda was born 06 May 1867 on Crooked Creek in Estill County.  They were married at the home of her father by A. R. Bryant.

Marshall and Malinda had ten children:

  1. William, born 22 Aug 1884.  He married at that age of 21 to Rosa Belle McIntosh on 10 Mar 1905.  She was born 06 Oct 1885.  She was the daughter of William and Rachel (Haddix) McIntosh.  He died at the age of 84 on 04 May 1969.  Rosa Belle died 09 Mar 1971 in Echo Hill Nursing Home in Franklin Co., IN.  
  2. Emmaline, born 23 May 1887.  She married Mart Reece at the age of 19 on 13 Apr 1907.  Mart was 20.  Mart was born 11 Mar 1887.  His father's name was Hall Reece.
  3. Nancy Margaret, born 02 Dec 1899.  She married Jonas Arvin on 13 Apr 1907.  Nancy and her sister, Emmaline, married on the same day.  She was the first of Marshall and Malinda's children to die.  She died at about age 30.  After she died, Jonas married Nannie Chaney, sister to Jesse Chaney.  Jonas and three children died in a house fire.  When Jonas was burned up in the house fire in 1935, his bones were picked up and put in a casket.  At the grave yard when Jonas' casket was being lowered into the ground, Carter Wilder took out his  hanky and dropped it on the casket. It was buried with him. Carter Arvin had a big long tombstone made for his father and the three children - Effie Marie, Wilson  and Nannie Francis. They are buried in the Hoover Cemetery on Barnes Mt. (Estill Co., KY)  After Nancy Margaret died , Jonas and Carter Wilder volunteered to go into the service. They went  through the service together and came home together. When Jonas and Nannie Chaney Arvin had their son Carter , they named him after Carter Wilder, Jonas' friend. 
  4. Mary Katherine, born 04 Apr 1893.  She married around 1909 to Nathaniel Arvin.  They had four children: Ella, Alice, Martin Andrew, Elmer.  Elmer died when he was 5-6 months old. He had the whopping cough and pneumonia. His grandfather  Marshall Boone Fox went to over to hold him, When Marshall went back home, he  had brought the back the sickness and his daughter Elizabeth Ann Fox caught it.  Katherine died at the age of 25 on Sept. 23,1918.  After Katherine died, Nathaniel married Bertha Richardson, the daughter of Merretta Johnson Reece. They had Miller, Edna, Paul, Beverly, Carl, and Harrison. Nathaniel was born May 20,1889. He died at the age of 85 on Feb. 24,1974. Bertha was born June 13,1898 and died at the age of 73, on Dec.29,1971.
  5. Charles, born 13 Jul 1895.  He married Ida Wells.   Ida Wells Fox was b. Dec.4,1897.  She died at the age of 79 on April 4, 1977.  Charles died at the age of 82 on April 28,1978
  6. Amanda Jane, born 16 Mar 1898.  She married Arthur Berkley Pursifull.  Amanda Jane Fox Pursifull died Dec.1970.  Arthur Pursifull died Dec.31,1970
  7. Elizabeth Ann, born 17 Dec 1900.  She married at the age of 18 on 24 Apr 1919 to Jesse Chaney,  age 19. Jesse was born on 02 Apr 1900.  They were married at the home of Elizabeth's parents Malinda Jane Hunt Fox and Marshall Boone Fox.  Charlie Crow performed the ceremony. Elizabeth wore a white dress and black shoes.  Jesse's parents were Elias and Louanna Plowman Chaney.  Jesse Chaney died Nov.19,1959 at the age of 59 - he is buried in the Hoover Cemetery   on Barnes Mt, in Estill Co. Ky.  Elizabeth Ann Fox Chaney remarried in 1968 to Noah Wells on Valentines Day, Feb.14,1968 Noah Wells was born Oct.7,1898.  He died Nov. 7, 1983.  Noah's first wife was Margaret Arvine -she died a short time after they were married, he t hen married Fanny Young.  Elizabeth Ann Fox Chaney Wells died on Mother's Day on May 9,1993. She was 92 yrs old.  She is buried at the Hoover Cemetery on Barnes Mt. in Estill Co. Ky.
  8. Dillard, born 01 Jan 1904.  He married at the age of 21 to Ella Wells age 17, on July 14,1925. Ella  was born April 9,1908.  Dillard Fox died at the age of 71 on Feb.6,1976  Ella Wells Fox died at the age of 73 on Jan.11,1981.
  9. Minnie Frances, born 05 Dec 1906.  She married at the age of 18 on her birthday to Dewey Flynn in 1924.  Dewey Flynn was b. Aug.25,1898 and he died at the age of 65 on March 24,1964  Minnie Fox Flynn died at the age of 89, on Nov.15,1996.
  10. Riley, born 10 Jul 1910.  She married Cordelia Cox on Oct.2,1930 ,by Rev. William Fox.  Riley Fox died July 16,1991 and is buried in Gross Cemetery in Owen Co. Ind.  Cordelia Cox Fox died July 10,1995 , she is also buried there.

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