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He married Miss Marie Debold of New York City in 

 1867. One daughter was born to them, but she died at the 

 age of nine years. 



In 1872 Mr. Fuchs founded the Brooklyn Entomological 

 Society with Professor Schaupp and others, and in the early 

 3^ears of that society he was connected with the publication of 

 the first volume of a Bulletin that was important and of the 

 greatest value to the society. From Mr. Fuchs's own account, 

 it was evident that the pathway of the Bulletin was not of the 

 easiest. But Mr. Leng states that it was the man's enthu- 

 siasm and business capacity that supplied much of its suc- 

 cessful inception and vigorous growth, for they who worked 

 together in that undertaking were ''pushed forward by the 

 buoyant nature of Mr. Fuchs." 



In 1875 Mr. Fuchs returned to Germany for a visit to 

 Frankfurt-am-Main, where he remained one year. He took 

 his collection with him and made many friends among the 

 entomologists. There he made the acquaintance of Professor 

 Dr. von Hyden and of Professors Geminger and Harold, con- 

 nected with the Lenkenburg Museum in Vienna. Another 

 year he spent in Paris, France, where he was a daily visitor 

 of Mr. Salle's and many collectors of fame, who enjoyed see- 

 ing- a collection made in the United States of America. Mr. 

 Fuchs was very liberal in distributing his duplicates and 

 always ready to exchange. 



In 1876 he first became acquainted with Mr. Charles Leng, 

 who states that at that time Mr. Fuchs was in his prime, 

 massive in figure, heavily bearded, strong and alert, German 

 in his speech by preference, and well known locally for his 

 large collection of Coleoptera, especially in the families Scara- 

 baeidse and Lucanidae. 



Mr. Fuchs already had a beautiful collection, but he was 

 very anxious to enlarge it, and was looking for new hunting 

 grounds; so, in 1884. he made up his mind to go to Java. 



He sold his home and business, but an earthquake occurring 

 in Java at that time caused him to cliange his plans and he 

 came to California. 



He left New York on May 20, 1884, by way of Panama, 

 with a fine recommendation to the captain of the ship in 

 regard to his hobby. The captain let him off at many points 



