COL Fox, Dorus Morton

Dorus Morton Fox

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Born: November 29, 1817

Birthplace: Adams, New York

Father: Truman Freeman Fox 1795 – 1883
(Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan)​

Mother: Lydia Morton Fox

Wife: Lorinda Haskill 1818 – 1896
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​

Children:

Charles Truman Fox 1838 – 1862​
(Buried: Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Michigan)​
Lt. Oscar F. Fox 1841 – 1863​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​
Ellen H. Fox Stone 1844 – 1925​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Muir, Michigan)​
Emory Curtis Fox 1848 – 1916​
(Buried: Portland Cemetery, Portland, Michigan)​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 9th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 9th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​
1863 – 1864: Colonel of 27th​ Michigan Infantry Regiment​
1863: Served in the Vicksburg, Mississippi Campaign​
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia​
1864: Resigned as Colonel on October 3rd​

Occupation after War:

Publisher of religious and political books in Des Moines, Iowa​

Died:
November 19, 1901

Place of Death: Des Moines, Iowa

Age at time of Death: 83 years old

Burial Place: Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
 
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I see were Lt. Oscar Fox died from disease while serving with Co. G, 27th Michigan in Mississippi. And his other son Charles (also a Lt.) from wounds recieved at Tyree Springs, Tennessee and his father accompanied the body back to Michigan.
 
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