Surnames: Cole, Eno, Paine

Source: Genealogical and Family History of Central New York
A Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making
of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation
Compiled under the editorial supervision of
William Richard Cutter, A.M.; Illustrated; c1912; Page 1431

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(II) William (2) Fox, son of William (I) Fox (q.v.). was born at Palatine, Montgomery County, New York. He was one of the subscribers to the building fund of the Palatine Church in 1770. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Among his children was Henry, mentioned below: (III) Henry, son of William (2) Fox, was born at Palatine, New York and lived there and in the adjacent town of St. Johnsville. Thence he removed when a young man to Sullivan, Madison County, New York. Among his children was John, mentioned below: See Note below. (IV) John, son of Henry Fox, was born in the town of Sullivan, Madison County, New York, in 1818. He was educated there in the district schools and followed farming for an occupation. He also learned the trade of carpenter and followed it for some years. In 1851 he came to the town of Clay, New York, and engaged in boating, working at the carpenter's trade in winter. He married Ester Cole. Children: Hiram D., mentioned below: David A.; Martha. (V) Hiram D., son of John Fox, was born at Clay, Onondaga County, August 23, 1843 and was educated in the public schools, the select school of that town, and Falley Seminary. For eleven years afterward he was employed in boating on the Erie Canal and for seven years he owned and operated a passenger and freight steamboat plying between Syracuse and Fulton, New York. After the railroad was built he sold his boat, and in 1886 he bought the Windsor Hotel at Phoenix, New York, conducting it with abundant success for a period of nineteen years. For seven year he was in partnership with his brother-in-law, Ira L. Eno, in the coal business at Phoenix. He has been active and influential in public affairs and has been justice of the peace and supervisor of the town. In 1911 he was elected president of the incorporated village of Phoenix. He is a member of Callimachus Lodge, No. 369, Free Masons; of Oswego Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Lake Ontario Commandery, Knights Templar, and Media Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Watertown, New York. He has been junior and senior warden of the lodge, for six years was worshipful master, and is now high priest of Oswego River Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He married (first), in 1867, Mary Eno, born 1845, died in March, 1872, daughter of Mucin Eno. He married (second) Carrie Payne, daughter of John B. Payne. Children of first wife: John A., mail clerk on the Great Northern Railroad, was killed while on duty, March 1, 1910; Hortense. Child of second wife, Ira P., now president of a bank in Verdi, Minnesota

(III) Henry, son of William was married on 7 Feb 1804
to Elizabeth Ehle (daughter of Peter I and Catherine Nellis Ehle)
in Palatine, Montgomery Co., NY. Source: Family contribution (Duett).