fred g. fox presentation
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Frederick G. Fox
Friendsville Area Builder & Merchant
Sunday, August 24, 2014 Friend Family Museum Storytelling Great-grandson, Fred G. Fox
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Family/Background
• Born : January 21, 1864 in Accident, MD
• Died: March 4, 1937 - “73 years one month and 13 days”
• Son of Godfrey & Magdalena Fox (Fuch)
• Wife – Married Sara Alberta Forsythe March 18, 1883 in Accident; she
passed February 14, 1935
• Children – Ira Ellsworth, Laura May, Effie Helena, Nellie Pearl, Arnold
Ellis, Macie Izetta, Theresa Elizabeth
• “United” (baptized) with the Accident Lutheran Church
• Charter member of the Grace Lutheran Church – organized Nov 13, 1898 –
where he was a member of the Joint Council for 40 years, the council the
honorary pall bearers at his March 7, 1937 funeral at the church
• Leader in civic affairs and community welfare:
Member of Town Council & Mayor
Representative of the Friendsville district in the Maryland House of
Delegates
Member of Garrett County Old Age Relief Committee
• Leader of the Friendsville Band
• Merchant – F. G. Fox & Sons Hardware Store; Feed Store; Planing Mill
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Report of the
Bureau of Statistics & Information of Maryland , Vol 17,
1908
Garrett County, p. 124
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Report of the
Bureau of Statistics & Information of Maryland , Vol 17,
1908
Garrett County, p. 125
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Report of the
Bureau of Statistics & Information of Maryland , Vol 17,
1908
Garrett County, p. 126
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F.G. Fox - Builder
• Friendsville Grace Lutheran Church altar • Friendsville United Methodist Church • Leslie Friend Building • Accident School • Speicher Horse Barn (Accident)
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Friendsville Grace Lutheran Church
“This church will remain as one of the monuments of his ability as a builder and “a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.””
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Accident High School
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Friendsville United Methodist Church
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Leslie Friend Building
Built in 1897 by George Kolb and F.G. Fox. Was claimed to possess the “finest store façade in Garrett County.”
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Speicher Horse Barn
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F.G. Fox - Merchant
• F. G. Fox & Sons Hardware Store • F.G. Fox Planing Mill • Feed Store
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F.G. Fox Hardware Store
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Fox Planing Mill
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F.G. Fox - Postmaster
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Postmaster – Nov 21, 1908 Apptmt
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Postmaster Apptmt (cont’)
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F.G. Fox - Musician
“His talent along these lines have been an inspiration to many in this community as well as to his family.”
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F.G. Fox - Musician
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F.G. Fox - Musician
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F.G. Fox - Musician
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F.G. Fox – Politician
• Friendsville Town Councilman &
Mayor Served on the first Friendsville City Council: Arthur Chisholm John W. McCullough George J. Kolb Dr. Allen Mason First Friendsville Mayor was W.W. Savage (??) • Delegate, Maryland State House of Representatives, 1916 & 1917
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F.G. Fox - Politician
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F.G. Fox - Politician
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Thank you!
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F.G. Fox – State Delegate
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F.G. Fox – State Delegate
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F.G. Fox – State Delegate