Elijah Andrew Fox
1829 - 1864 (34 years)-
Name Elijah Andrew Fox [1] Born 19 Oct 1829 Cocke County, Tennessee 
[1] Gender Male Census 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census 1860 Cocke County, Tennessee Died 26 Aug 1864 Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia [1] Buried Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Cob County, Georgia [1] Person ID I4407 Gritton Last Modified 19 Jan 2024
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 Caroline Boswell, b. 27 Jun 1837, South Carolina , d. 8 Mar 1907 (Age 69 years) Children 1. Guilford Fox, b. 3 Oct 1851, Tennessee , d. 23 Jul 1915, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 63 years)2. Ransom Fox, b. 12 May 1853, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 27 Jun 1921, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 68 years)3. Carter Benoni Fox, b. 12 Jul 1858, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 8 Aug 1926, Rankin, Cocke County, Tennessee (Age 68 years)4. Elijah Andrew Fox, b. 19 May 1860, Cocke County, Tennessee , d. 13 Feb 1949, Farmington, St. Francis County, Missouri (Age 88 years)Last Modified 18 Jan 2024 Family ID F1895 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 19 Oct 1829 - Cocke County, Tennessee 
Census - 1850 - Cocke County, Tennessee Census - 1860 - Cocke County, Tennessee = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Elijah Fox and two brothers, B. Carter Fox, and Robert M. Fox enlisted Jan 1, 1863 and fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. Elijah, ‘mustered in' May 13, 1863, into Tennessee's Eight Infantry Regiment, Company C. Fighting under Maj. General William T. Sherman, he was wounded at Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta on July 21, 1864. He died of wounds on August 26, 1864.
Source: "Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee of the Military Forces of the State from 1861 to 1866" [1] - Application for Civil War Pension
Elijah Fox, for his widow Caroline Fox
31 March 1865
Co. 8 Tennessee Infantry
- Civil War Roll of Honor
Name: Elijah Fox
Death Date: 26 Aug 1864
Burial Place: Marietta, Georgia, USA
Cemetery: Marietta and Atlanta National Cemetery
Rank: Private
Regiment: 8th Infantry
Relationship to Draftee: Tennessee
Company C
- Elijah Fox and two brothers, B. Carter Fox, and Robert M. Fox enlisted Jan 1, 1863 and fought for the Union Army during the Civil War. Elijah, ‘mustered in' May 13, 1863, into Tennessee's Eight Infantry Regiment, Company C. Fighting under Maj. General William T. Sherman, he was wounded at Peachtree Creek, near Atlanta on July 21, 1864. He died of wounds on August 26, 1864.
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Sources - [S2] Find a Grave.
- [S2] Find a Grave.