Fox, Nicholas

Place: Oldcastle

Born: 1844

Death: 1929

Biography:

Nicholas Fox was born in Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland in November 1844. He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1855 and settled in Greenwich, Connecticut. He enlisted in the 28th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and fought in the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Siege of Port Hudson in Louisiana on 14 June 1863. He was married to Catherine Simcox and had twelve children. He worked for the R.B. & W. Bolt Works all his life, eventually becoming a superintendent. He died on 2 October 1929 and his remains are interred at Saint Mary's Cemetery in Rye Brook, New York.