Born in Detroit on March 2, 1883, Maurice Winslow Fox was the son of Charles and Emma A. Fox. Mr. Fox graduated from the University of Michigan in 1906 with an engineering degree. From 1907 to 1915 he served as a draftsman on the construction of the Panama Canal. Maurice Fox married Esther Gehrke in 1913. They had three children. In 1917, Mr. Fox founded Maurice W. Fox & Company, a Ford dealership, which he operated until 1930, when he founded the Maurice W. Fox Brokerage Company. As a real estate broker, Mr. Fox owned the Machinery Building on East Grand Blvd. A former historian for the Society of Mayflower Descendants in Michigan, Mr. Fox was an honorary life member of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research (DSGR), past president and Legion of Honor member of Kiwanis Club of Central Detroit, and life deacon of North Congregational Church. Maurice W. Fox died in Oak Park, Michigan in February, 1970.
From the description of Maurice W. Fox papers, 1883-1969. (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 429905128
