by

Julie A. Gale

    Sheldon Fox was born on November 7, 1820, in Richmond, New York. He moved with his family to Ohio and then to Wisconsin. He married Amy Asenath on July 20, 1846, in Wayne County, Ohio. Fox and his family moved to Cedar Falls in 1855. Fox was the proprietor of a large stone mill at the foot of Second Street. [1] In 1863, he built a stylish brick home for his wife and three daughters at the corner of Second and Franklin Streets. [2] This building is now used as the meeting hall of the Odd Fellows. [3] Towards the end of his life, Fox invested in mills and land in Minnesota and elsewhere around the country, but usually wintered in Cedar Falls. He died on March 10, 1901, after suffering from an illness for most of the winter.

Footnotes

1. "Sheldon Fox," Semi-Weekly Cedar Falls Gazette, 12 March 1901, 7. 

2. Cedar Falls Historical Society: Series III (Sheldon Fox), Box 13, Folder 6 (Family Genealogy).

3. Special Collections, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa: Page, William C. Reconnaissance Historical and Architectural Survey of Black Hawk County: 1992. Dunbar/Jones Associates. 1992, Volume 2, F-10.

   Bibliography

Cedar Falls Historical Society: Series III (Sheldon Fox), Box 13, Folder 6 (Family Genealogy). 

Special Collections, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa: Page, William C. Reconnaissance Historical and Architectural Survey of Black Hawk and Bremer Counties: 1992. Dunbar/Jones Partnership. 1992, Volume 2, F-10.

"Sheldon Fox." Semi-Weekly Cedar Falls Gazette, March 12, 1901, 7.