Family
On May 8, 1873, Ruth married Jesse W. Fox, Jr. In 1888 Jesse Fox married Rosemary Johnson as a plural wife. Around the same time, a nationwide economic depression wiped out the family's wealth and Jesse fell into debt. The Foxes ultimately lost their home. Ruth had to find paid work in order to support her children. Ruth eventually became the mother of twelve children, of whom ten lived to adulthood, marriage, and parenthood. At the time of her 100th birthday in 1953, she had 256 living direct descendants.
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“Realizing that his time was nearly spent, he gave full oral instructions about his burial and the manner in which he wished to be remembered.... A few minutes later, feeling very tired, he left the room, remarking, ‘I have no disposition to leave this precious circle. I love to be here surrounded by my family and friends.’ Then he gave them his blessing and said, ‘I am ready to go and I wish you goodnight.’”
—For the State of New Hampshire, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
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“I am the family face;
Flesh perishes, I live on,
Projecting trait and trace
Through time to times anon,
And leaping from place to place
Over oblivion.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)