Due to the June 1867 fire that destroyed the Probate Office, early marriages in Monroe County, Ohio are difficult to locate. This book is an attempt to reconstruct the early records to fill in the information from those missing years. The author extracted marriage dates and information from marriage notices, family research, pension records, and county histories.

Joseph Fox, son of Isaac Fox and Rebecca, was born in June 1758 in Morris County, New Jersey. He served for 6 years in the Revolutionary War. Joseph was married to three women in his life and had 12 children. Joseph died 13 Dec 1847 in Greene County, Pennsylvania. His descendants have lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kansas, and other areas throughout the United States.