Biography

07/02/1847 - 01/26/1935

FOX, James Turner, a Representative from Columbia County; born, July 2, 1847 in Greenwood Township, Columbia County, Pa.; attended, Millville Academy; teacher; dentist; elected, justice of the peace, tax collector, assessor and auditor, Beaver Township; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1886 and 1888; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1890); school director, Catawissa (9 years); elected, associate judge, Columbia County (1897-1907); elected, president, First National Bank of Catawissa; engaged, real estate business; died, January 26, 1935 in Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.