Dorus Morton Fox
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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