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HON. JOHN FOX.
MR. SPEAKER—Your committee, appointed to present resolutions with respect to the life and service of John Fox, late of Dallas county, Iowa, begs leave to submit the following:
John Fox, late of Dallas county, Iowa, was born in Yorkshire, England, January 24 1841. He was one of that great company that have come to America from the old world seeking here the opportunity that is the crowning gift of a democracy. He grew to young manhood among the hills of Pennsylvania. In his twenty-first year, when about to enter upon full American citizenship, he gave proof of his appreciation of the land of his adoption by volunteering for its defense. He enlisted as a member of Company G 20th Ohio Volunteers in September 1861, and was honorably discharged in 1864. He came to Iowa in 1869 as a part of that wonderful home-loving and home-seeking movement of the fifties and sixties. He was seeking and found a home upon the virgin soil of Dallas county, where he long lived, contributing his full share in the development of the state. He represented Dallas county as a member of the House of Representatives in the 32nd (regular and special sessions) and 33rd general assemblies, serving with credit upon many important committees. On all moral questions especially he was a strong champion of the right. He was a faithful member of the Methodist church, an active worker in the Grand Army of the Republic and a prominent member of the Masonic order for forty years. He died in Dallas Center, May 27, 1916.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the 37th General Assembly:
That in the death of John Fox there passed from the life of the state an adopted son of the nation, one of that great company that has made America indeed the melting-pot of the world; that in the offer of his youth upon the altar of the Nation’s need he proved his right to all that she could in turn offer him in American citizenship; that in his service to the state in the halls of legislation and his later honorable life we recognize but another justification of the claims of democracy, and we hereby offer to those who survive him this expression of the appreciation and sympathy of the state.
And Be It Further Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be printed in the journal of the House and that the Chief Clerk of the House be directed to forward an engrossed copy of the same to the family of the deceased.
JAMES PETERS,
JAMES B. WEAVER,
REUBEN A. LENOCKER,
Committee.
Adopted January 30, 1917.