He was a son, and fifth born child of William Moses Fox and Morning (Ayers) Fox.

He was called "Old Mose" to differentiate him from his grandson who was named after him (Mose James Fox-called "Little Mose")

He was married 1st to- Elvira C. "Allie" McCourry, who was the daughter of Malcolm McCourry and Nancy Jane (Patterson) McCourry.
He married 2nd to- Nancy Robinson, who was the daughter of William Martin Robinson and Margaret "Lidda" Buchanan.

He was a Civil War Veteran - C.S.A., Company C, 58th NC Reg.

Civil War Veteran: Confederate States Army
Enlisted in the Confederacy at age 18, occupation- carpenter, as a Private on 29 May 1862
Enlisted in Company C, 58th Infantry Regiment North Carolina, with his brothers, Skelton "Kelly' Fox, and James Thomas Fox..
On rolls 15 January 1863
On rolls 15 June 1863
Furloughed on 25 September 1863 (sick for 30 days)
Detailed on 15 January 1864 at Asheville (estimated day)
Deserted on 15 August 1864.
(many men are shown as "deserted" when in fact, they usually went home to check on their families, because that area was notorious for for uprisings against union and confederacy sympathizers, they did in fact return to their units when they saw their family was safe.)
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE

58th Infantry Regiment was organized in Mitchell County, North Carolina, in July, 1862. Its twelve companies were recruited in the counties of Mitchell, Yancey, Watauga, Caldwell, McDowell, and Ashe. In September it moved to Cumberland Gap and spent the winter of 1862-1863 at Big Creek Gap, near Jacksboro, Tennessee. During the war it was assigned to Kelly's, Reynolds', Brown's and Reynolds' Consolidated, and Palmer's Brigade. The 58th participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Atlanta, guarded prisoners at Columbia, Tennessee, during Hood's operations, then moved to South Carolina and skirmished along the Edisto River. Later it returned to North Carolina and saw action at Bentonville. It lost 46 killed and 114 wounded at Chickamauga, totalled 327 men and 186 arms in December, 1863, and took about 300 effectives to Bentonville. The unit was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel John B. Palmer; Lieutenant Colonels Thomas J. Dula, John C. Keener, Edmund Kirby, William W. Proffitt, and Samuel M. Silver; and Major Alfred T. Stewart.

My 2nd Great Grandfather