Saphronia Evaline Cox

Brief Life History of Saphronia Evaline

When Saphronia Evaline Cox was born on 3 September 1827, in Gibson, Gibson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Moses "The Hatter" Cox, was 25 and her mother, Mary Porter, was 17. She married Needham Moore on 29 July 1843, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and James, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 10 May 1905, in Crockett, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Cox's Chapel Church Of Christ Cemetery, Coxville, Crockett, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Needham Moore
1822–1884
Saphronia Evaline Cox
1827–1905
Marriage: 29 July 1843
James Marshall Moore
1844–1876
Needham Winfield Scott Key Moore
1852–1889
Martha Lou Moore
1857–1937
Moses Travis Moore
1858–1940
William Leonard Moore
1865–1886
John B. Moore
1867–1867

Sources (19)

  • Sophronia Moore, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Saphrona Cox, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Sophronia Evilene Cox Moore, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1854

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

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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Moore Family Bible

MADISON COUNTY, TN - BIBLES - Moore Family Bible Moore Family Bible Contributor's Note: This family migrated from Lenoir Co., NC to Madison Co., TN about 1833. The descendants mostly resided in …

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