Iowa
Old Press
Maquoketa Excelsior
Maquoketa, Jackson co. Iowa
August 24, 1899
Wm. Fox Marries At Age 93
Wm. Fox of Monmouth, he of great age and many marriages, has
embarked on the sea of matrimony. He was united in marriage
yesterday to Mrs. Martha Stutting by Justice Ralston at his
office in Maquoketa. This is Mr. Fox's fifth marriage and Mrs.
Stutting's second marriage. Mr. Fox is 93 years of age and Mrs.
Stutting is forty-five.
Mr. Fox served in Company C, 4th United States Infantry in the
Mexican War and Company F, 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry in the
Civil War.
[transcribed by K.W., February 2013]