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Dr Lorenzo Smith Fox

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Dr Lorenzo Smith Fox

Birth
Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
23 Jun 1891 (aged 51)
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Cushing Ave., Lot 2206
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He was first married to Vianna M. Bowers. They wed in Medford, MA, on Oct. 2, 1867. She died May 16, 1873. He then married Harriet Ames. They wed in Dracut, MA, on June 4, 1874. And finally he married Lizzie S. Swan. They wed in Lowell, MA, on May 19, 1880.

Served as Assistance Surgeon in the 26th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry from March 16 1863 to July 30 1865.

Obituary:
Dr. Lorenzo S. Fox of Lowell died this morning. He was a son of Ralph and Sophia (Webster) Fox and was born in Dracut, Feb. 7, 1840. He received his degree of M.D. at Harvard, 1863, and afterward entered the service as Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment. He served with this regiment until July, 1864, when his time expired and he re-entered the service with the Army of the Potomac serving in front of Petersburg and Richmond. He began practice in Lowell in 1863, and gave particular attention to gynacology. Dr. Fox had been connected with the staff of the Lowell Hospital since the foundation of the staff in 1881. He was Councilor of the Middlesex North Medical Society, and President of it in 1876-77. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association and the Boston Gynaecological Society. He served on the Lowell School Board in 1876-77. Dr. Fox was three times married, several children by his first wife surviving him. (Published in the Boston Journal, June 23, 1891)
He was first married to Vianna M. Bowers. They wed in Medford, MA, on Oct. 2, 1867. She died May 16, 1873. He then married Harriet Ames. They wed in Dracut, MA, on June 4, 1874. And finally he married Lizzie S. Swan. They wed in Lowell, MA, on May 19, 1880.

Served as Assistance Surgeon in the 26th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry from March 16 1863 to July 30 1865.

Obituary:
Dr. Lorenzo S. Fox of Lowell died this morning. He was a son of Ralph and Sophia (Webster) Fox and was born in Dracut, Feb. 7, 1840. He received his degree of M.D. at Harvard, 1863, and afterward entered the service as Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment. He served with this regiment until July, 1864, when his time expired and he re-entered the service with the Army of the Potomac serving in front of Petersburg and Richmond. He began practice in Lowell in 1863, and gave particular attention to gynacology. Dr. Fox had been connected with the staff of the Lowell Hospital since the foundation of the staff in 1881. He was Councilor of the Middlesex North Medical Society, and President of it in 1876-77. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, the British Medical Association and the Boston Gynaecological Society. He served on the Lowell School Board in 1876-77. Dr. Fox was three times married, several children by his first wife surviving him. (Published in the Boston Journal, June 23, 1891)


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14403566/lorenzo_smith-fox: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Lorenzo Smith Fox (7 Feb 1840–23 Jun 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14403566, citing Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).