The Franklin and Polly Fox Family at Flynn’s Creek

Nine boys and one girl. Front Row: L to R: John Fox, Arthur Fox, Sarah Ann "Polly" (Rash) Fox, Benjamin Franklin Fox, and Thomas Fox. Back Row: L to R: Amon Fox, Rusell Fox, Luther Asia Fox, Noah Fox, Lillie Fox, and Jeff Fox. Picture: A Pictorial History of Jackson County, Tennessee: A Bicentennial Pictorial History 1801-2001, by the Jackson County Historical Society, pg. 165.

Franklin Pierce Fox

b. 3 July 1853, Jackson Co., TN
d. 28 May 1924, Jackson Co., TN
Wife: Sarah Ann "Polly" Rash
Father: John Kendrick Fox (1802 - 1878)
Mother: Margaret Jane Carter (1812 - 1875)
Buried: Rob Draper Memorial Cemetery, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., TN.

For 12 years Franklin P. Fox served as a member of the County Court in Jackson Co. TN. In 1911 the people of Jackson Co asked him to make the race for representative. He did, and was elected to the House of Representatives of the 58th Tenn General Assembly from 1913 to 1915.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.