John's parents were John Fuchs and Frances B Mueller Fuchs (both from Germany). Son John anglicized his last name from "Fuchs" to "Fox." John's younger brother was George Albrecht, and his younger sister, Wilhemina, kept their surnames "Fuchs."
The Civil War: John was offered $300 to take the place of a wealthy man's son in the Civil War, but he turned that offer down. He enlisted for the Union in the MD Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Co G-II, in 1864 at age 22 for one year (see photo). He served at Antietam as a private, driving a munitions wagon hauled by mules. It was said by John, that during a military retreat, he returned to retrieve a photo of his girlfriend, Christina Zeun, left behind in the mule wagon, and was shot in the leg for his efforts. When he was in middle age, his leg swelled up and they got a lot of shot out of it.
His grandson, Leonard M. Bahr [see memorial], wrote that his grandfather always hoped that he had never killed anyone in battle, that he had only fought to free slaves - not fight for blood money. Therefore, he refused his military pension (which Christina recouped after his death). John was also awarded 80-200 acres of ground in Alabama, which he never claimed.
On December 15, 1867, at age 25, he married Christina Zeun Fox at SS Stephen's and James Church in Baltimore.
John is listed as working for a trunk factory in 1890; also worked as a tobacconist. Before the erection of Lansdowne's first wooden frame Lutheran church in 1892, the German Lutheran congregation first met at a post office store located in John and Christina's home at 137 Clyde Ave. in 1891. Apparently John was also Lansdowne's postmaster until 1900. On the property, he also had maybe 2-3 greenhouses, which would have been for use by his wife Christina, a florist.
With these beginnings, the Lutheran Church grew to the present stone Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviors on Lavern Ave.
John is described again by his grandson Leonard, as a tall, lean, mustachioed man. He saw his grandfather most of the time breathing heavily in a coma induced by debilitating strokes. Leonard recalled his grandfather taking him to get a haircut and being scared that his grandfather might have a stroke on the way -- and then what would the child do?
John died of a cerebral apoplexy and Bright's Disease. NOTE: his death certificate lists him as born in 1841, and dying at age 70 in 1912. His obit lists him as "old age" at 69. So he was either 70 or 71 at death.
Their 9 children were: George F. Fox [see memorial], John August Fox, Jr., Eva Fox [see memorial], Minnie Fox [see memorial],Mary E. Fox Meyer-Miller, Elizabeth Caroline Fox Bahr, Pauline A. Fox [Lehner] [see memorial], William E. Fox [see memorial], and Harry Fox [see memorial].
The Civil War: John was offered $300 to take the place of a wealthy man's son in the Civil War, but he turned that offer down. He enlisted for the Union in the MD Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Co G-II, in 1864 at age 22 for one year (see photo). He served at Antietam as a private, driving a munitions wagon hauled by mules. It was said by John, that during a military retreat, he returned to retrieve a photo of his girlfriend, Christina Zeun, left behind in the mule wagon, and was shot in the leg for his efforts. When he was in middle age, his leg swelled up and they got a lot of shot out of it.
His grandson, Leonard M. Bahr [see memorial], wrote that his grandfather always hoped that he had never killed anyone in battle, that he had only fought to free slaves - not fight for blood money. Therefore, he refused his military pension (which Christina recouped after his death). John was also awarded 80-200 acres of ground in Alabama, which he never claimed.
On December 15, 1867, at age 25, he married Christina Zeun Fox at SS Stephen's and James Church in Baltimore.
John is listed as working for a trunk factory in 1890; also worked as a tobacconist. Before the erection of Lansdowne's first wooden frame Lutheran church in 1892, the German Lutheran congregation first met at a post office store located in John and Christina's home at 137 Clyde Ave. in 1891. Apparently John was also Lansdowne's postmaster until 1900. On the property, he also had maybe 2-3 greenhouses, which would have been for use by his wife Christina, a florist.
With these beginnings, the Lutheran Church grew to the present stone Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviors on Lavern Ave.
John is described again by his grandson Leonard, as a tall, lean, mustachioed man. He saw his grandfather most of the time breathing heavily in a coma induced by debilitating strokes. Leonard recalled his grandfather taking him to get a haircut and being scared that his grandfather might have a stroke on the way -- and then what would the child do?
John died of a cerebral apoplexy and Bright's Disease. NOTE: his death certificate lists him as born in 1841, and dying at age 70 in 1912. His obit lists him as "old age" at 69. So he was either 70 or 71 at death.
Their 9 children were: George F. Fox [see memorial], John August Fox, Jr., Eva Fox [see memorial], Minnie Fox [see memorial],Mary E. Fox Meyer-Miller, Elizabeth Caroline Fox Bahr, Pauline A. Fox [Lehner] [see memorial], William E. Fox [see memorial], and Harry Fox [see memorial].
John's parents were John Fuchs and Frances B Mueller Fuchs (both from Germany). Son John anglicized his last name from "Fuchs" to "Fox." John's younger brother was George Albrecht, and his younger sister, Wilhemina, kept their surnames "Fuchs."
The Civil War: John was offered $300 to take the place of a wealthy man's son in the Civil War, but he turned that offer down. He enlisted for the Union in the MD Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Co G-II, in 1864 at age 22 for one year (see photo). He served at Antietam as a private, driving a munitions wagon hauled by mules. It was said by John, that during a military retreat, he returned to retrieve a photo of his girlfriend, Christina Zeun, left behind in the mule wagon, and was shot in the leg for his efforts. When he was in middle age, his leg swelled up and they got a lot of shot out of it.
His grandson, Leonard M. Bahr [see memorial], wrote that his grandfather always hoped that he had never killed anyone in battle, that he had only fought to free slaves - not fight for blood money. Therefore, he refused his military pension (which Christina recouped after his death). John was also awarded 80-200 acres of ground in Alabama, which he never claimed.
On December 15, 1867, at age 25, he married Christina Zeun Fox at SS Stephen's and James Church in Baltimore.
John is listed as working for a trunk factory in 1890; also worked as a tobacconist. Before the erection of Lansdowne's first wooden frame Lutheran church in 1892, the German Lutheran congregation first met at a post office store located in John and Christina's home at 137 Clyde Ave. in 1891. Apparently John was also Lansdowne's postmaster until 1900. On the property, he also had maybe 2-3 greenhouses, which would have been for use by his wife Christina, a florist.
With these beginnings, the Lutheran Church grew to the present stone Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviors on Lavern Ave.
John is described again by his grandson Leonard, as a tall, lean, mustachioed man. He saw his grandfather most of the time breathing heavily in a coma induced by debilitating strokes. Leonard recalled his grandfather taking him to get a haircut and being scared that his grandfather might have a stroke on the way -- and then what would the child do?
John died of a cerebral apoplexy and Bright's Disease. NOTE: his death certificate lists him as born in 1841, and dying at age 70 in 1912. His obit lists him as "old age" at 69. So he was either 70 or 71 at death.
Their 9 children were: George F. Fox [see memorial], John August Fox, Jr., Eva Fox [see memorial], Minnie Fox [see memorial],Mary E. Fox Meyer-Miller, Elizabeth Caroline Fox Bahr, Pauline A. Fox [Lehner] [see memorial], William E. Fox [see memorial], and Harry Fox [see memorial].
The Civil War: John was offered $300 to take the place of a wealthy man's son in the Civil War, but he turned that offer down. He enlisted for the Union in the MD Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Co G-II, in 1864 at age 22 for one year (see photo). He served at Antietam as a private, driving a munitions wagon hauled by mules. It was said by John, that during a military retreat, he returned to retrieve a photo of his girlfriend, Christina Zeun, left behind in the mule wagon, and was shot in the leg for his efforts. When he was in middle age, his leg swelled up and they got a lot of shot out of it.
His grandson, Leonard M. Bahr [see memorial], wrote that his grandfather always hoped that he had never killed anyone in battle, that he had only fought to free slaves - not fight for blood money. Therefore, he refused his military pension (which Christina recouped after his death). John was also awarded 80-200 acres of ground in Alabama, which he never claimed.
On December 15, 1867, at age 25, he married Christina Zeun Fox at SS Stephen's and James Church in Baltimore.
John is listed as working for a trunk factory in 1890; also worked as a tobacconist. Before the erection of Lansdowne's first wooden frame Lutheran church in 1892, the German Lutheran congregation first met at a post office store located in John and Christina's home at 137 Clyde Ave. in 1891. Apparently John was also Lansdowne's postmaster until 1900. On the property, he also had maybe 2-3 greenhouses, which would have been for use by his wife Christina, a florist.
With these beginnings, the Lutheran Church grew to the present stone Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviors on Lavern Ave.
John is described again by his grandson Leonard, as a tall, lean, mustachioed man. He saw his grandfather most of the time breathing heavily in a coma induced by debilitating strokes. Leonard recalled his grandfather taking him to get a haircut and being scared that his grandfather might have a stroke on the way -- and then what would the child do?
John died of a cerebral apoplexy and Bright's Disease. NOTE: his death certificate lists him as born in 1841, and dying at age 70 in 1912. His obit lists him as "old age" at 69. So he was either 70 or 71 at death.
Their 9 children were: George F. Fox [see memorial], John August Fox, Jr., Eva Fox [see memorial], Minnie Fox [see memorial],Mary E. Fox Meyer-Miller, Elizabeth Caroline Fox Bahr, Pauline A. Fox [Lehner] [see memorial], William E. Fox [see memorial], and Harry Fox [see memorial].
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