Union Cemetery

Fox, Chester P

BORN: 1840
BORN IN: Michigan
DIED: 4/24/1885
AGED: 44
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City


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  • 1845 Texas annexed into U.S.
  • 1846 Mexican-American War
  • 1849 California Gold Rush
  • 1850 California became the 31st State
  • 1860 The Pony Express
  • 1861 Abraham Lincoln elected President
  • 1861 American Civil War
  • 1865 Abraham Lincoln assassinated
  • 1866 Ku Klux Klan
  • 1869 National Woman Suffrage Assoc.
  • 1871 The Great Chicago Fire
  • 1876 Telephones (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • 1876 Baseball's National League
  • 1877 Phonograph (Thomas Edison)
  • 1879 Light Bulb (Thomas Edison)
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CHESTER P. FOX

At two o’clock yesterday morning, Chester P. Fox breathed his last at the residence of his brother, George W. Fox in this place. He was born in Redford, Mich., September 11, 1840. He was the youngest son of the late Judge Benjamin F. Fox. Mr. Fox arrived in this state in 1853 and was engaged in farming until 1860, at which time he went to Nevada and was engaged in driving for the Overland Stage Company. Afterwards he was appointed guard at San Quentin under Warden Ames. Since leaving there, he has been in the employ of the Northern Pacific Express Co. Mr. Fox has for nearly twenty years been a member of Bay View Lodge No 109, I00F. and for several years of Hope Encampment No. 60. He was an exempt member of Redwood City Fire Company and was at one time foreman of the company.

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