Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Fox, Jacob A. July 22, 1857 - ????
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Source: Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair Co, PA: Philadelphia, 1892.
Author: Samuel T. Wiley

JACOB A. FOX, 
a resident of Altoona, and who owns and operates the largest marble cutting
establishment and the largest marble yards in the county, is a son of 
Jacob and Lydia (Matters) Fox, and was born at Annville, North Annville
township, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1857.  The Fox family,
although of German lineage, yet is by residence one of the old families of
the Keystone State.  George Fox, the paternal grandfather of the subject of
this sketch, was a life-long resident of Lebanon county, where he married and
reared a family.  His son, Jacob fox (father), was born in 1825, at East
Hanover, and now resides at Annville, that county.  He received his education
in the old subscription schools when they were about to be succeeded by the
present free school system, and then learned the trade of shoemaker, which he
followed during the winter seasons until about 1872.  His time, during the
summer months, he gave to brick making, but some years ago he retired from
active life.  He is a member of the United Brethren church, and a republican
in politics, and in 1892 was elected road supervisor of his township.  He
married Lydia Matters, who was born in Lebanon county in 1832, and is a
member of the United Brethren church.  Mr. and Mrs. Fox reared a family of
children. 
      Jacob A. Fox grew to manhood at Annville, and received his education in
the common schools.  He earned the trade of marble cutter at his native
village, and in 1878 came to Altoona, where he served for two years as
foreman of Dr. Pierce's marble yard, on Seventeenth street.  At the end of
that time, in 1880, he went to the marble yard of Demetrius Bradley, where he
worked until the death of Mr. Bradley, in 1883.  In September of that year he
opened a marble shop for himself, and has continued successfully in the
marble business until the present time.  His shop, yards, and office are at
No. 1,127 Seventh avenue, where he is well prepared to fill any order in his
line of business.  He has the largest and most heavily stocked marble yards
in the county, and makes a specialty of fine monuments of granite and Italian
and all other leading or desirable kinds of marble. He employs first-class
workmen, personally supervises his business in all of its details, and
furnishes his patrons with the best of work. 
      In 1878 Jacob A. Fox was wedded to Sallie, daughter of Abraham Berry,
of Lebanon county, Pennsylvania.  To Mr. and Mrs. Fox has been born a family of 
four children, three sons and one daughter:  Ervin, Clarence, Earl, and 
Viola. 
      In politics Mr. Fox is a republican, and while no politician, yet gives
his party a whole-hearted support.  He is a member of the United Brethren
church of Altoona, which was organized in 1869, and a member and past officer
in the Patriotic Order Sons of America.  Mr. Fox is a very pleasant and
courteous gentleman, a good neighbor and useful citizen, and an honest,
reliable man, who has carved out by his own unaided efforts a successful
career in business life. 

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