The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-07-11
JOHN FOX, JR., NOVELIST, DEAD
AFTER ILLNESS OF PNEUMONIA


Mr.. John Fox, Jr, a native OF
Bourbon county, and noted as a
popular novelist, died at a hospital
in Knoxville, Tenn, Tuesday night,
after short illness of pneumonia.
Mr.. Fox was in Norton, Virginia.
when he was taken ill, pneumonia
developing, and he was sent to the
Knoxville hospital. where his death
followed Tuesday night.
kilograms announcing the event
were sent to Paris friends Wednesday
morning, and the news also become
known through the receipt Of tele-
grams in Lexington, where his
brother, Mr.. Everett Fox, has been
residing. Until he became ill Mr..
Fox had been actively at work
gathering material for a new novel.
He spent part of the winter in the
South, returning to his home in Vir-
ginia few months ago. There he
had been spending most of his time
with his mother, sisters and two
brothers, with the exception of a few
weeks when he visited in New York
and other Eastern cities.
Mr.. Fox was born near Stony
Point, in this county, in 1868. He
was the son of the late Prof John
Fox, who conducted a private school
in Paris for several years, and who
was regarded as one of the county's
foremost educators. He received the
rudiments of education at his ia
theirs school in this city and eentered
Pennsylvania University at Lexing-
ton, where he completed his educa-
ton.
About twenty years ago Mr.. Fox
attained marked distinction as a
writer and as a novelist. His first
work to gain public recognition was
a short story, "a Mountain Epropa,"
which ran serially in Scribner's Mag
azine. Then follow other works.
which, upon appearing, were read
widely by public interested in the
people of Eastern Kentucky, whom
he described as primitive in sense,
yet Of fineness Of stock and origin
not to remain undiscovered. Those
which gained him host of readers
and noted as an author were "The
Heart of the Hill" THE Little Shep-
hedr of Kingdom Come" 1.-THE Trail
ofThe Lonesome Pine" "Crittenden,"
Christmas On Lonesome" Follow
ing the Sun Flag" Bluegrass and
Rhododendron," "a knight Of The
Cumberlands," "Hell-Fer-Sartin" and
"a Cumberland Vendetta" Mr.. Fox
also gained distinction during the
RHsso-Japanese War, when he was
sent to the Old World as a special
correspondent for The New York
World, Golfers Weekly, and a num-
Der of other publications.
Mr.. Fox is survived by his mother,
Mrs. John Fox, ST., of Big Stone Gap,
Va, and two sisters, Miss Minnie
Fox, of Big Stone Gap, Va, and Mrs
Cabell Moore, of Washington, d. c.;
ton; Horace and Oliver Fox, of Big
Stone Gap, Va; Richard Fox, of
Chicago; and Rector Fox, of New
York. Besides these he is survived
by several distant relatives residing
in different parts of the Bluegrass
section of Kentucky. one of whom,
Mrs. ]. d. Burnaugh, a former resi-
dent of Paris, now lives in licking
ton.
During the Spanish-American War,
Mr.. Fox went to Cuba as war cor
respondent for one of the big New
York magazines and performed nota-
BILE service in this field of activity.
Mr.. Fox was married about Is
years ago to FRITZ Scheff, actress and
noted singer, but was divorced from
her a few years later.
He was beneficiary of the Garth
Fund, founded by VIM. Garth for
the education of poor, but worthy
young men of Bourbon county, and
who lost his life in the sinking Of
the ship Lady Elgin in Lake Erie
about fifty years ago. In an inter-
view with Mr.. Fox in Paris, at the
time of the death of his father, he
expressed surprise that the large
number of prominent men of Paris
who had received their education
through the generosity of Mr.. Garth
had not erected a monument on the
lawn of the Bourbon county court
house to his memory. He volun-
teered to head a fund for that pur-
pose.
The body was brought to Paris
this morning in a special car at
tached to the early Louisville &
Nashville train, and was taken to
the home of Miss Simms, on Mt.
Airy avenue. The body was accom-
panied from Big Stone Gap, Va, by
relatives and by Undertaken VIM. o.
Hinton, of Paris.
The funeral will be held from the
residence of Miss Lucy Simms, ser
vices being held at the grave in the
Paris Cemetery at five o'clock this
(Friday) afternoon, conducted by
Rev. w. e. Ellis, pastor of the Paris
hriStian church The Dall-bearery
will be Claude M. Thomas, Judge H
Clay Howard, William E. Simms,
Charles H. Bergman, Upshar Berry
man and Edward Bassett.