Born in Portland, Maine, on June 10, 1815, Edward Fox graduated from Harvard College in 1834, and from Harvard Law School in 1837. He practiced in Portland, and in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was city solicitor for Portland. He was the county attorney of the County of Cumberland. He was then an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Court from 1862 to 1863. He married Lucy Ellen Winslow in 1838.
On May 28, 1866, Fox was nominated by President Andrew Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by Ashur Ware. Fox was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 30, 1866, and received his commission the next day. Fox served in this position until he died in Portland on December 14, 1881.
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Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 15 Dec 1881 p3: "Judge Edward Fox, of the United States District court, died suddenly shortly after midnight Tuesday, at Portland. He was about 66 years of age."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
On May 28, 1866, Fox was nominated by President Andrew Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by Ashur Ware. Fox was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 30, 1866, and received his commission the next day. Fox served in this position until he died in Portland on December 14, 1881.
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Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 15 Dec 1881 p3: "Judge Edward Fox, of the United States District court, died suddenly shortly after midnight Tuesday, at Portland. He was about 66 years of age."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
Born in Portland, Maine, on June 10, 1815, Edward Fox graduated from Harvard College in 1834, and from Harvard Law School in 1837. He practiced in Portland, and in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was city solicitor for Portland. He was the county attorney of the County of Cumberland. He was then an associate justice of the Maine Supreme Court from 1862 to 1863. He married Lucy Ellen Winslow in 1838.
On May 28, 1866, Fox was nominated by President Andrew Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by Ashur Ware. Fox was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 30, 1866, and received his commission the next day. Fox served in this position until he died in Portland on December 14, 1881.
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Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 15 Dec 1881 p3: "Judge Edward Fox, of the United States District court, died suddenly shortly after midnight Tuesday, at Portland. He was about 66 years of age."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
On May 28, 1866, Fox was nominated by President Andrew Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Maine vacated by Ashur Ware. Fox was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 30, 1866, and received his commission the next day. Fox served in this position until he died in Portland on December 14, 1881.
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Published in the Piscataquis (ME) Observer 15 Dec 1881 p3: "Judge Edward Fox, of the United States District court, died suddenly shortly after midnight Tuesday, at Portland. He was about 66 years of age."
Contributor: Cemetery Hopper (46953331)
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