Chauncey J. Fox
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Chauncey Johnston Fox (August 21, 1797 in Tolland County, Connecticut – February 11, 1883) was an American politician from New York.
Life
He was the son of Thomas Fox (1770–1811) and Chloe (Bradley) Fox (1777–1852). In August 1818, Chauncey and his brother Pliny went to
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Cattaraugus Co.) in 1833 and 1834.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (8th D.) from 1835 to 1839, sitting in the 58th, 59th, 60th, 61st and 62nd New York State Legislatures. In the Senate he advocated the construction of the Genesee Valley Canal which was authorized by the Legislature in 1836.
He retired from the bar in 1848, and pursued agricultural interests on a farm near Ellicottville.
He was buried at the Jefferson Street Cemetery in Ellicottville.
Sources
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 130ff, 141, 213, 215 and 274; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Bio and portrait in Old Pioneers and Congressmen of Cattaraugus County compiled by John Manley (Little Valley NY, 1857; pg. 74ff) [gives August 21 as birthday]
- Cemetery records at Painted Hills [gives August 17 as birthday]
- Bradley genealogy at Bradley Foundation