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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Fox, John

Fox, John , Farmer and Stock Dealer, Fairfax. Mr Fox was born in August, 1857, near Oxford, England, and was brought up to farming. He came to New Zealand by the ship “Waimate,” in 1875, and worked as page 959 a contractor in the Kaiapoi and Ashburton districts for about five years. In 1882 he removed to Southland, and settled at Grasmere, near Invercargill, where he carried on cattle dealing till July, 1900, when he purchased his present property at Fairfax. The property consists of 300 acres of land, which is devoted to mixed farming, and Mr Fox still continues to do a large business as a dealer in stock. While he was at Ashburton, he was a member of the Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows. Mr Fox was married, in December, 1881, to a daughter of Mr Daniel Evans, of Dipton, and has three sons and five daughters.