Husband of Emeline Fox
Obituary from
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Ill.
5 Sep 1883, page 6
(Text provided include errors in typing of his marriage year, which should be 1852 and not 1826):
Harry Fox, of Chicago.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sep. 4. - [Special.] - Harry Fox, of the firm of Harry Fox & Co., bridge-builders and lumber dealers, of Chicago, died suddenly of apoplexy at the Walker House in this city this morning. Friends have been telegraphed as to the disposition of the body.
Mr. Fox came to Chicago twenty-six years ago, and very soon thereafter began operations on the river with a steam-dredge. He cleared out the channel, opened a passage through the bar, and contributed to many of the improvements which have made the docks of Chicago. He associate himself with Mr. Howard, and the firm continued the business he had begun, and afterwards built the bridges at Rush, State, Clark, Lake, Van Buren, Halsted, and Kinzie streets, and Chicago and Claybourn avenues. Their work is in other sections of the country as well. He was an earnest man in his work and his friendships. He was companionable and generous. He was born in Westfield, Mass., September, 1826, and was married to Miss Chamberlain, of Newbury, Vt., in 1826, by whom he had two children. Recently he has been connected with the firm of Fitz-Simons & Connell.
Obituary from
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Ill.
5 Sep 1883, page 6
(Text provided include errors in typing of his marriage year, which should be 1852 and not 1826):
Harry Fox, of Chicago.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sep. 4. - [Special.] - Harry Fox, of the firm of Harry Fox & Co., bridge-builders and lumber dealers, of Chicago, died suddenly of apoplexy at the Walker House in this city this morning. Friends have been telegraphed as to the disposition of the body.
Mr. Fox came to Chicago twenty-six years ago, and very soon thereafter began operations on the river with a steam-dredge. He cleared out the channel, opened a passage through the bar, and contributed to many of the improvements which have made the docks of Chicago. He associate himself with Mr. Howard, and the firm continued the business he had begun, and afterwards built the bridges at Rush, State, Clark, Lake, Van Buren, Halsted, and Kinzie streets, and Chicago and Claybourn avenues. Their work is in other sections of the country as well. He was an earnest man in his work and his friendships. He was companionable and generous. He was born in Westfield, Mass., September, 1826, and was married to Miss Chamberlain, of Newbury, Vt., in 1826, by whom he had two children. Recently he has been connected with the firm of Fitz-Simons & Connell.
Husband of Emeline Fox
Obituary from
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Ill.
5 Sep 1883, page 6
(Text provided include errors in typing of his marriage year, which should be 1852 and not 1826):
Harry Fox, of Chicago.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sep. 4. - [Special.] - Harry Fox, of the firm of Harry Fox & Co., bridge-builders and lumber dealers, of Chicago, died suddenly of apoplexy at the Walker House in this city this morning. Friends have been telegraphed as to the disposition of the body.
Mr. Fox came to Chicago twenty-six years ago, and very soon thereafter began operations on the river with a steam-dredge. He cleared out the channel, opened a passage through the bar, and contributed to many of the improvements which have made the docks of Chicago. He associate himself with Mr. Howard, and the firm continued the business he had begun, and afterwards built the bridges at Rush, State, Clark, Lake, Van Buren, Halsted, and Kinzie streets, and Chicago and Claybourn avenues. Their work is in other sections of the country as well. He was an earnest man in his work and his friendships. He was companionable and generous. He was born in Westfield, Mass., September, 1826, and was married to Miss Chamberlain, of Newbury, Vt., in 1826, by whom he had two children. Recently he has been connected with the firm of Fitz-Simons & Connell.
Obituary from
Chicago Tribune
Chicago, Ill.
5 Sep 1883, page 6
(Text provided include errors in typing of his marriage year, which should be 1852 and not 1826):
Harry Fox, of Chicago.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Sep. 4. - [Special.] - Harry Fox, of the firm of Harry Fox & Co., bridge-builders and lumber dealers, of Chicago, died suddenly of apoplexy at the Walker House in this city this morning. Friends have been telegraphed as to the disposition of the body.
Mr. Fox came to Chicago twenty-six years ago, and very soon thereafter began operations on the river with a steam-dredge. He cleared out the channel, opened a passage through the bar, and contributed to many of the improvements which have made the docks of Chicago. He associate himself with Mr. Howard, and the firm continued the business he had begun, and afterwards built the bridges at Rush, State, Clark, Lake, Van Buren, Halsted, and Kinzie streets, and Chicago and Claybourn avenues. Their work is in other sections of the country as well. He was an earnest man in his work and his friendships. He was companionable and generous. He was born in Westfield, Mass., September, 1826, and was married to Miss Chamberlain, of Newbury, Vt., in 1826, by whom he had two children. Recently he has been connected with the firm of Fitz-Simons & Connell.
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