SAM H. FOX
McKinney Courier Gazette July 1921
To Hon. Wallace
Hughston, president, and officers and board of directors of the Collin County
Ex-Confederate and Old Settlers Picnic and Reunion Association: We your
committee appointed to present resolutions of respect to the memory of the late
Sam H. Fox, former vice president of this Association, beg leave to report as
follows:
WHEREAS, it has pleased our all-wise and omnipotent creator to remove from our
midst our esteemed friend, comrade and official of this Association who died at
his home in this city on the 24th day of April 1921, and
WHEREAS, Sam H. Fox, who was a native of Missouri, became a citizen of Collin
County in the year 1850, settling in the western portion of Collin county where
he continued to reside until his removal to McKinney thirty-two years ago, And
WHEREAS, in 1861, when the drum beat was sweet music to the patriotic ear, Sam
H. Fox heard the call of the Southern Confederacy, joining a company of soldiers
recruited for Alexander’s Regiment. He was later made a sergeant of his company
and saw hard services in several states in behalf of the southern cause,
receiving severe wounds the marks of which he bore to his grave, And
WHEREAS, Mr. Fox was an influential citizen who was always deeply interested in
the progress and welfare of his community, taking a leading interest in the
solution of public questions affecting the moral, religious and educational life
of our city and county, having served this county as a faithful public official,
and at the time of his death was an honored official of this Association, being
a vice president for many years, in which capacity he was active and efficient
to the last: there, be it
RESOLVED, That in the death of Sam Hockaday Fox, this Association has lost one
of its most useful officials, the community one of its most esteemed Christian
gentlemen, the county, state and nation one of its most loyal and patriotic
citizens. Be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of
Association, a copy furnished to the press, and a coy forwarded to the family of
the deceased.
Respectfully submitted,
E. W. Merritt, Martin Kindle, Cal Gallagher, committee.
Surname Index
Recommended Citation:
"Sam H. Fox,
EARLY SETTLERS OF COLLIN COUNTY." Collin County, Texas History
and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13, 2004 ].
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