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New Albany Daily Ledger
May 12, 1910
Page 4 column 5

Former Resident of New Albany Dies in Oklahoma City.

Mrs. Ruth A. FOX, widow of Christopher FOX, for many years a resident of New Albany, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Helen ROBBINS, Oklahoma City, Okla. 

She was buried at Caotse, Kansas, her home after leaving New Albany, where her son George W. FOX now resides. Mrs. FOX, whose maiden name was Ruth LAMB, was born near Galena in 1826, but after her marriage resided in New Albany until the removal of the family to Kansas, thirty-three years ago. Mrs. FOX will be remembered by old friends in New Albany as a sweet. Gentle and generous woman and a sincere and noble Christian. She made many friends in her new home, where her fine character won her wide esteem.

Note: Her parents were Joseph and Nancy (BAIRD) LAMB

SOURCE: Ancestry Message Board [Dec 2001]