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| George and Hannah Fox |
The Abra Fox Farm is located at the
top of the hill at the end of Pine Street in Kezar Falls Village near the Porter/Hiram
town line. This home which sheltered
three generations of the Fox Family, stands near the location of the original
home of their ancestor, Bartholomew Gould (1774-1855). After his marriage to Mary Goodwin in 1798,
they settled on this farm and raised a family of nine children. Their oldest child, Abigail (1799-1852),
married Calvin Fox (1798-1872) in 1822.
She was the grandmother of Miss Abra E. Fox.
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| Abra Fox |
Abra E. Fox, the last of the family to
live here, died in 1945. Her father was
George W. Fox (1822-1911). He married Hannah Gould (1831-1920) and they had 4
children: Noyes R. Fox (1854-1857), Francis Albert Fox (1858-1916) who married
Gertrude Watson and was a lawyer who practiced in Kezar Falls Village, Abra (1860-1945)
never married, and Preston G. Fox (1863-1931) also never married.
Robert and Margorie Thorne were the
next owners of the farm and named it “Pick a Rock or Two Farm”. They sold it in 1963. The most recent owner was the late Mark Hull,
Jr.
The house still stands but all the
out buildings are now gone. Until recent
years there were no other homes nearby.
George & Hannah in front of the Fox
farm – circa 1890. It is shown on the
1858 Porter Map as G. Fox.
The farm was the scene of the 40th
Stanley-Gould family reunion Aug. 29, 1936.
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