The Salem plat shows "Bomer" Fox as the owner of Lot No. 41, but that's only because everyone other than Bonham Fox seems to have had trouble with his given name. It's been rendered Bomer, Bohny, even Bonaparte. Bonham was called "Bow-mee" by his family and friends, and that probably accounts for the confusion when others tried to figure out just what his full name was.
The lot appears to be entirely empty, but it is almost beyond a doubt the resting place of Ira Dell Fox, one of twins, who was born and died on 28 July 1891. His twin sister, Iva Belle Fox, lived a long life. She married Jeremiah Everts Foreman on 1 January 1913 in Oklahoma and died during July of 1977 in Roswell, New Mexico.
Bonham Fox, shown here, was a son of John N. Fox, buried in Salem Lot No. 24, and John's first wife, Sarah Jane (Rickets) Fox.
Bonham married Eliza Jane White, daughter of Paris M. and Mary Elizabeth (Breckenridge) White (Buried in Salem Lot No. 26), and they had nine more children after the birth of Ira and Iva. Eliza died 30 April 1944 in Rogers, Okla., and Bonham, on 31 January 1950, also in Rogers.
Since Ira doesn't have a tombstone, we can create a virtual one for him here. The inscription on it might read:
Son of Bonham and Eliza Jane Fox
Born and Died July 28, 1891
A majority of the information here, as well as the photo of Bonham, is courtesy of Roberta Tuller.
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