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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
North Central Ohio Biographies
embracing Richland, Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties
by William A. Duff - 3
vols.
Published 1931
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HELEN
JEANETTE FOX is prominent in Mansfield, where she
has served as librarian of the Carnegie Public Library since
1914. She was born at Hayesville, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1882, the
daughter of Joseph B. and Christiana (Wallace) Fox.
Both Joseph B. Fox and his wife are deceased.
They were natives of Hayesville. Mr. Fox
was a well known merchant of Hayesville and in 1897 moved to
Mansfield, where he engaged in the insurance business until his
death in 1918. He was born in 1850. The following
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fox:
Fred H., lives at Ashland; Ralph D.,
deceased; George W., lives at Mansfield;
Homer E., lives at Akron; Leo R.,
lives at Akron; and Helen Jeanette,
the subject of thsi sketch.
Helen Jeanette Fox attended Vermillion Academy and
Mansfield High School. She is a graduate of Chautauqua
Library School and began her professional career as a tutor and
library assistant. She has been most successful in her
profession and has ably carried on the work of her predecessor,
Martha Mercer.74
Miss Fox is identified with the Ohio Library
Association, of which she has served as secretary and vice
president. She is also a member of the American Library
Association, and is a member of the Fortnightly Club, Business
and Professional Women's Club. She holds membership in teh
Presbyterian Church.
 Source#3:
North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland, Wayne, Medina,
Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff - 3 vols. 1931
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