Primary Name: Fox, Jennie

Filed as: Fox, Jennie

Also known as: Jennie Fox

Occupation / Association: Early Juneau resident

Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Douglas, Alaska

Keywords: Jennie Fox, Taku Jack Keen family, Jimmie Fox family, Juneau Alaska Native families, Juneau Indian Cemetery, 1918 influenza pandemic Alaska

Biography

Jennie Fox was an early resident of the Juneau area and a member of a family connected with the Native communities of Southeast Alaska. She is reported to have been the daughter of “Taku Jack” Keen, a well-known Native figure associated with the Juneau and Taku areas.

Jennie married Jimmie Fox, and together they had a daughter, Helen Fox. The family lived in the Juneau region during a period when Native and non-Native communities were closely connected through work, trade, and family ties.

Jennie Fox died on December 28, 1918, during the devastating influenza pandemic that swept through Alaska and many parts of the world that year. The epidemic had a particularly severe impact on Alaska Native communities.

She was buried in the Juneau Indian Cemetery, one of the historic burial grounds associated with the Native community of the Juneau area.

Sources

Inventory and Survey of Historic Cemeteries in Douglas, Alaska