James Augustus Fox

For other people named James Fox, see James Fox (disambiguation).
James Augustus Fox
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 1881  January 1885
Preceded by James Morris Whiton Hall
Succeeded by William Russell
Member of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen
Member of the
Massachusetts State Senate
In office
1870–1871
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1867–1868
Member of the
Boston, Massachusetts
School Committee
Personal details
Born August 11, 1827[1]
Boston, Massachusetts[1]
Resting place Mount Auburn Cemetery[2]
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Spouse(s) Julia Elizabeth Valentine, m. 1848,[1] d. 1872.[1]
Children Henrietta Fox; Julia Fox; and Lillian Fox.[1]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Union[1]
Service/branch Union Army[1]
Rank Captain[1]
Unit Boston City Guard,
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
Thirteenth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers[1]
Battles/wars American Civil War
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James Augustus Fox (August 11, 1827-September 1901) was a Massachusetts lawyer and politician who served on the Board of Aldermen and as the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Fox was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 11, 1827 to George Howe Fox and Emily (Wyatt) Fox.[1] In 1848 Fox married Julia Elizabeth Valentine, Julia died in 1872.[1] They had three children Henrietta, Julia and Lillian.[1] His older brother was the stage star and clown George "G.L." Fox.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Eliot, Samuel Atkins (1913), A History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1913, Cambridge, MA: 'The Cambridge Tribune', p. 200.
  2. http://www.mountauburn.org/map/
Political offices
Preceded by
James Morris Whiton Hall
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 1881 – January 1885
Succeeded by
William Russell