. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. E. & F. Fox, havingtheir offices at the head of Union street, onMiddlesex street. After some years continu-ance the partnership was dissolved on accountof the necessity that took Edward Fox awayto accompany his wife, whose health was badat that time. Frederick Fox and ColonelCharles B. Merrill then became partners underthe firm name of Merrill & This partner-ship continued until just before the return ofEdward Fox. Then the Fox brothers resumedpractice under the old firm name and con-tinued till 1866, when Edward Fox, who hadmeant
. Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine;. E. & F. Fox, havingtheir offices at the head of Union street, onMiddlesex street. After some years continu-ance the partnership was dissolved on accountof the necessity that took Edward Fox awayto accompany his wife, whose health was badat that time. Frederick Fox and ColonelCharles B. Merrill then became partners underthe firm name of Merrill & This partner-ship continued until just before the return ofEdward Fox. Then the Fox brothers resumedpractice under the old firm name and con-tinued till 1866, when Edward Fox, who hadmeantime been appointed and filled the office ofjudge of the superior court of Maine, was ap-pointed judge of the Lnited States districtcourt, .\fter that time Frederick Fox devotedhimself almost entirely to business before theprobate court and the care of estates, havingthe reputation of a man of the highest probityand especially skillful in the management oftrust funds. It is impossible to estimate thenumber of estates in his charge, but the amount. O^^yneJy^y^xy. \ STATE OF MAINE. no: of property involved must have ainonnted to alarge sum. He was the surviving legatee ofthe great Walker estate, and by virtue of hisoffice built the elegant structure in Westbrookthat was passed over to the city of Westbrookin December, 1893, for the purposes of a li-brary. Frederick Fox, together with AlbertB. Stevens, was appointed executor of thelarge estate of Joseph Walker, of Portland,who died June 6. 1891, leaving property valuedat $700,000 or $800,000. Mr. Stevens died thenext September, and Mr. , assuming thewhole burden of executorship, paid the debtsof the estate and the several legacies providedfor by the will and then had in his hands aresidue of about $225,000, which he claimedwas to be distributed under the provisions ofthe 37th Clause of the will. This clause pro-vided that such residue of the estate shouldbe used, as the trustees saw fit, for the causesof education and benevolen
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