Abigail Cox

Brief Life History of Abigail

When Abigail Cox was born on 24 November 1847, in Fairmount, Fairmount Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, her father, John William Cox, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Wilson, was 20. She married Jonathan Bogue on 14 December 1865. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Liberty Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Jackson Township, Blackford, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 20 January 1927, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Bogue
1844–1885
Abigail Cox
1847–1927
Marriage: 14 December 1865
William Sheridan Bogue
1866–1940
Child Bogue
1868–1869
Eli Grant Bogue
1868–1869
Leontine Cora Bogue
1870–1939
John Livingston Bogue
1872–1934
Larel Cleve Bogue
1874–
Otto Glen "Roxy" Bogue
1876–1958
Milton Cameron Bogue
1879–1965
Jonathan Burrell Bogue
1883–1948

Sources (27)

  • Abigail Winslow in household of Josiah Winslow, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Abigal Cap, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Abigail Cox in entry for Farel C Bogue, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Grant, Indiana, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.

Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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