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CABELL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: FOX, David
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Valerie & Tommy Crook
vfcrook@trellis.net
September 24, 1999
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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 263-264
Cabell County
DAVID FOX. The entire absence of competition in his
special line of business endeavor at Huntington cannot
account for the worthwhile success that has attended the
career of David Fox, proprietor of the Branchland Supply
Company, jobbers in oil and gas well supplies. This enter-
prise is entirely of Mr. Fox's own development, and in its
building up he has displayed all the characteristics included
in the make-up of a successful business man, including
perseverance, aggressiveness tempered by practical con-
servatism, and an integrity that has become proverbial.
Mr. Fox was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 27, 1888,
a son of Sam and Henrietta (Adler) Fox. Sam Fox, now a
resident of Huntington, was born February 26, 1863, in
Bavaria, and was a youth of seventeen years when he immi-
grated to the United States. In his native land he had
received a common school education and learned the trade of
tailoring, and on his arrival at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1880,
applied himself to his trade and subsequently established
himself in business as a merchant tailor. He was married
in that city, where he continued to make his home until
1899, in that year removing to Huntington, West Virginia,
where he opened a tailoring establishment. He has enjoyed
constantly increasing success, and is now one of the leaders
of the city in his line of business. Mr. Fox is a republican
in his political sympathies, and belongs to Oheb-Sholom
Temple, Huntington. He is fraternally affiliated with the
Masons and with Huntington Lodge No. 313, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Fox married Miss Henrietta
Adler, who was born in 1863, in Baden, Germany, and died
at Huntington in 1911, a woman of many excellencies of
heart and mind. Mr. and Mrs. Fox became the parents
of the following children: David, of this review; Hilda, a
graduate nurse of New York City, who saw much active
service as a nurse in France during the World war; Leo,
who is engaged in the insurance business at Huntington;
Erwin, proprietor of the Fox Dry Cleaning Company of
Huntington; and James, who is attending the Huntington
High School.
David Fox attended the graded schools of Huntington
and the high school through the sophomore year, and, leav-
ing school in 1904, joined his father in the merchant tailor-
ing business. He remained with the elder man for four
years, and in 1908 joined the Guyan Oil Company, as chief
clerk at Huntington, continuing with that concern until
1913. At that time he became the founder of the Branch-
land Supply Company, jobbers in oil and gas well supplies,
and has built up a prosperous and flourishing business, the
only one of its kind at Huntington, where he maintains
well-appointed offices at 201-2 Day and Night Building.
Mr. Fox has won success entirely through his own ability
and progressiveness, and at the same time has maintained
a high standing in the esteem and confidence of those with
whom he has been associated. He is a stockholder in the
Huntington National Bank and the Ohio Valley Bank of
Huntington. His political views make him a republican, and
he is a member of Oheb-Sholom Temple of Huntington. As
a fraternalist he holds membership in Huntington Lodge
No. 313, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the
B'nai B'rith. He is likewise a member of the Guyan
Country Club of Huntington and the Huntington Rotary
Club. He owns a comfortable, modern residence at No.
1115 Tenth Avenue.
In 1915, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Fox was united in mar-
riage with Miss Blanche Goodman, daughter of Abram and
Nessie (VanCleef) Goodman, the latter of whom is de-
ceased, while the former still resides at Cincinnati, where
he is the proprietor of a sales stable. Two children have
come to Mr. and Mrs. Fox: Betty Jane, born August 19,
1916; and David, Jr., born February 19, 1921.
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