ISAAC WILSON FOX

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Description of Isaac by Phyllis Whitman Lott (3:03)

Description of Isaac by Phyllis Whitman Lott (1:36)

Birth	28 June 1818	Hathersage, Derby, England
Christened	21 June 1818	Hathersage, Derby, England ??
Baptism	24 October 1848
Marriage	31 May 1869	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah		Catherine Simmons
	(Sealed 31 May 1869)
Others	29 June 1839			Margaret Ann Slinn (or Slynn)
	(Sealed 05 January 1861)
	01 January 1861			Eliza Ann Brain
	(Sealed 05 January 1861)
Endowment	05 January 1861	Endowment House
Sealed to Parents	26 January 1898	Salt Lake Temple
Death	11 June 1908	Lehi, Utah County, Utah
Buried		Lehi, Utah County, Utah

Children

PARENTS

1. Eli Fox

2. Margaret Ann Fox

-- Robert Fox

3. Mary Ellen Fox

Isaac Wilson Fox --

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4. Jesse Washington Fox

-- Martha Wilson

5. Lucy Fox

6. Sarah Fox

7. Joseph Roy Fox

Isaac Wilson Fox

Senior president of the 68th quorum of Seventy, is a son of Robert Fox and Martha Wilson, and was born June 28, 1818, at Hathersage, Derbyshire, England.

Bro. Fox writes:

"I married Margaret Ann Marshall Slinn, at Sheffield Old Church, Yorkshire, England, June 29, 1839. I was baptized Oct. 24, 1848, by Crandell Dunn, and confirmed at the same time; was ordained a Priest April 8, 1849, by Elder James Marsden, and ordained an Elder May l, 1853, by Elder Thomas F. Broderick. I was called to preside over the Leeds branch May 15, 1853; appointed president of the Bradford conference in December, 1856, and called to preside over the Glasgow conference in January, 1857. I was released to emigrate to America in May, 1860, and arrived in Utah Oct. 3, 1860. I married Eliza Brain Jan. 5, 1867, and was ordained a Seventy in the 68th quorum Dec. 2, 1862, by John Brown. I married Catherine S. Simmons May 31, 1869; was set apart as one of the seven presidents of the 68th quorum of Seventy Jan. 17, 1872, and was appointed senior president of the 68th quorum Jan. 12, 1880. I was called to preside over the acting Priesthood in the Lehi district March 13, 1881, by Bishop David Evans, and appointed a home missionary in Utah Stake, Oct. [p.506] 6, 1886, by Pres. Abraham O. Smoot."

Elder Fox served 35 days in the Utah penitentiary and paid a fine of $53 for unlawful cohabitation with his wives. He is the father of 17 children, and has at the present writing 77 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.

[Andrew Jensen. Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4 vols. A. Jenson History Company and Deseret News, 1901-36. V.I, p.505]

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