Rufus Morgan Fox
1826 - 1859 (33 years)-
Name Rufus Morgan Fox Born 4 Sep 1826 Tennessee 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Died 30 Oct 1859 Tennessee [1] Buried Slate Creek Cemetery, Centerview, Cocke County, Tennessee [1] Person ID I2033 Gritton Last Modified 18 Nov 2018
Father Ransom Fox, b. 18 Jul 1807, North Carolina , d. 4 Mar 1862, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 54 years) Mother Pernelope Talley, b. 1797, Tennessee , d. 1 Dec 1872, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 75 years) Family ID F854 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Levina "Vina" Kelly, b. 28 Nov 1827, Tennessee , d. 10 May 1903 (Age 75 years) Married 19 Jan 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee [1] Children 1. Nancy Penolope Fox, b. 25 Sep 1850, Tennessee , d. 23 Feb 1937, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 86 years)2. Josiah Jermiah Fox, b. 27 May 1852, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 12 Oct 1943, Stockland, Iroquois County, Illinois (Age 91 years)3. Mary Adaline Fox, b. 8 Jan 1854, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 1 Jun 1951, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 97 years)4. Susan Elizabeth Fox, b. 11 Apr 1857, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 22 Jun 1936, Indianola, Vermilion County, Illinois (Age 79 years)5. Rufus Morgan Fox, b. 21 Aug 1859, Tennessee , d. 7 Mar 1944, Paris, Lamar County, Texas (Age 84 years)Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F849 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 Sep 1826 - Tennessee 
Census - 1850 - Cocke County, Tennessee Married - 19 Jan 1850 - Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 30 Oct 1859 - Tennessee 
Buried - - Slate Creek Cemetery, Centerview, Cocke County, Tennessee = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - LKH Notes:
In the 1850 US census taken on 20 September, their household consists of Rufus, age 24, and Lavina, age 23. Rufus's occupation is listed as laborer. They lived next door to Rufus's parents, Ranson and Penelope Fox who still have a household of six children ranging in age from 9 to 18 years old.
When Rufus Fox died in 1859 he left Levina a widow with five children ranging in age from 10 months old to 9 years old.
US federal census mortality schedules, 1850-1885
Name: R M Fox
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married
Estimated birth year: abt 1826
Birth Place: Tennessee, USA
Age: 33
Death Date: Oct 1859
Cause of Death: Consumption
Census Year: 1860
Census Place: District 8, Cocke, Tennessee, USA
Line: 23
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