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JAMES served three years in the secret service during the Civil War and was
involved in several undercover activities until his capture late in the war. He was
decorated by the South for his achievements.

In 1870 he moved his family to Mexia, Texas (Limestone County) where his first
wife, SUSANNAH died. On May 13, 1875 he married MARTHA FRANCES
BETHEL and in 1881 moved to Sweetwater, Texas when the railroads moved
West.

On May 14, 1884 they had twin boys, JAMES MADISON FOY, JR and JOSEPH
HENRY FOY.

JAMES MADISON FOY, SR owned a sheetmetal and hardware store in
Sweetwater and served as Justice of the Peace of Precinct #1 from 1894 to 1900.

JAMES MADISON FOY, JR married LORA CHINA ROGERS on May 23,

1906 in Sweetwater. They had four children:

WILLIAM DAYTON FOY (who married MILDRED EDNA RUSSELL)
WINSTON ROBERT FOY (who married ALVA LEE FORBUS)
JAMES MADISON FOY, JR (the second JR in this line.)
LORA MAE FOY (who married CHARLES E. CROW, a FOY
researcher.)

JAMES MADISON FOY, JR was a barber in Sweetwater from 1898 until his
death in 1954. He and his family were members of the Highland Heights
Methodist Church.

His twin, JOSEPH HENRY FOY, who worked most of his life for the Texas and
Pacific Railroad, married DIANA MARY STARR at Sweetwater in 1906. They
had four children:

WILBURN
MAURINE MARIE (who married HERBERT LEWIS)
FRANCES LENORA (who married CHARLES FISHER)
MARY JOE (who married ROBERT JOHNSON)

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