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Show FOX FAMILY EFFECTS ORGANIZATION . Ooscontlonts of tho Into Isaac Wilson f Fox, who camo to Utah In I860, organized tho now largo family this f week and 'hold tholr 11 ret rounlon Tuesday. Tho direct doscondonts ot Mr. Pox now numbers 385 consisting ... ' ot fourteen children, grand children and groat-grcat-grand-chlldrcn, Jtw A delightful program and lap lunch it"; followed by dancing hclpod mako tho E. social tho big success It was. Smuln yl f Academy was tho scono of tho fosti '' X vltlos. ' ,5. I Tho following program, Including it tho reading of tho sketch bolow, was tii carried out: LAju Mandolin and Qultar Seloctlon Pjal Clark Urothors. EJJfl Oponlng Address Alfred M. Fox. BT Speech of Wolcomo Hobort Fox. Ktf.J; nesponso Isaac Fox. Bjr Biographical sketch ot Isaac W lilt li-lt "4 son Fox and prosontatlon ot tho con E , stttutlon and by-laws of tho Fox WZ1, " J family association. ,A Trio Molba Fox, Loota Peterson m 1 and Lola Cutler. wki&A Solo-rMIss Lola Cutler. IB' Solo Miss Catharine Hales. HJKH Piano 8olcctl6n Miss Norma n& Whitman. Bf . Sl Isaac Fox, QL Biographical Sketch of the Llfo and K-, - Worka of Isaac Wilson Fox. BpT , Isaac Wilson Fox was born at Rs'Sf HoatherBago In Dorbyshlro near Shot-Iv Shot-Iv t field, Eugland, Juno 28, 1818, bolng K&&f tho son of Hobort Fox and Martha Pi WlUon Fox. K' jf IIo wns baptizod a mombor ot the HJT J church of Jesus Christ ot Latterday m&itf Saints on Octobor 24, 1848, at Shot ; Hold, England, by Eldor Crandal Dunn B' who also confirmed him tho sumo Hrw day being U10 first 0110 of tho Fox flayf family to Jpln tho church. HLJi was ordalnod a Priest on tho HJL t 8th day of April 1849 by Eldor James HH 1 Marsdon. Was ordalnod an Eldor fffl May 1( 18G3 by E,dor Tll0mna Broad if rako nnd K,dor Honry Jarvls. ItS?! On Mny 1C, 1863, ho was appointed iIk to prosldo over tho Leeds brunch ot KMEt i tho church which position ho hold un Iff1- I til Docombor 1, 186G, at which tlmo If". .ho was appointed I'roildcnt of the If, Dradford Conferonco. Theso appoint It 'J monta ho, flllod with ildollty and If f trust. i' V His FalUifuilnoss and intqgrlty wus (' ' ncknowlodged by tho Authorities of ? I J tho British Mission and on January 7, V i 18C7, was appoolntod ns Proslderit ot - wt tho Glasgow Conforonco In Scotland, Bi which position ho hold until March mi ji 18G0 when ho was reloasod in order t fl that ho and his family might movo Id X to tho land ot Zlon whoro thoy could Mf Sp mingle with the Saints and holp build rar ly uo new omP'ro ot the wost. During if n" tu'B l'mo no nn(- llls fatn'r oPt Bjnl , conforonco houso for tho Eldors. JJM Thoy arrived in Utah on tho Oth day pT 1 of Octobor, 18G0, and ono wook lator IjL 1 movod to Lohl, and horo Isaac W. F ( Fox spent tho romalndor of his life IK actively engagod In U10 building up Bp l and dovelopmont ot this city, whoro ho has always boon honored and ro HP i Bpected. J Ho was ordalnod a Sovonty In tho F Csth quorum on Docombor 2, 1802, ho H( was choson as a presldont of tho V 1 quorum In Januury 17, 1872, becoming I Senior Pros. Jnnuary 12, 1880, Jl I On March 13, 1881. ho was choson Hi J1 ns ouo of throo to prosldo ovor tho KI3 Saints in tho Lohl District. Lator ho HjQftg ' became an activo mombor in tho Hffftw High Priosts quorum. Ho was also HjlRSf. loador ot tho choir for many yours. HEK In tho early days ot Lohl Isaac W. HE i Fox wns called upon to act ns doctor Hj3t4 tor tho pooplo living horo. Ills HJBw mothods of treating casos woro simple HHjfEL and probably would now bo consider- HJftjj od cmdo, but many ot tho older In HM habitants of Lohl now toll ot tho HjHjf splendid results obtained through tho HJnJ troutmonts which ho gavo and during HjKt tho recent epldomio of inlluonza some HJIj of his old romodles and treatments K woro used with wonderful results by HHj mombors of his fnmlly and many of HHB tho pooplo of Lohl who woro sick HHB with tho Flu, now testify of tho splon- HJHB did results of theso tronttnents and Hjl tho untiring work of thoso who ad Hf f , mlnlstorod thorn. JL Tho llfo ot Isaac W. Fox was spont HJL In tho sorvico ot his God and his fol HlKt lowmon nnd his lifo can bo hold up HBlilf oh an oxamplo boforo tho world and Hji as an Incontlvo to bettor lives and HHJR higher Ideals. Tho Scriptures says: HH "Qreator Iovo hath no man than ho that givclh his llfo In tho sorvico of IiIb follows." Such wns tho llfo and works of Isnac W. Fox. Ho died Juno 19, 1908, at tho ago ot 90 years lacking nlno dnys. Ills children and grand children today numbor ovor 38S. |
