Isaac Wilburn Cox

8 December 1814–6 February 1894 (Age 79)
Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

The Life Summary of Isaac Wilburn

Isaac Wilburn Cox was born on 8 December 1814, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. He married Frances Manerva Caheley in 1836, in Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Pine Flat, Autauga, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 6 February 1894, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Wilburn Cox
1814–1894
Frances Manerva Caheley
1822–
Marriage: 1836
Eliza Jane Cox
1840–
Bettie Cox
1854–
Mary Ann Cox
1844–
James Hampton Cox
1847–1902
Sarah Elizabeth Cox
1849–
Thomas Jefferson Cox
1851–1915
Isaac Newton Cox
1852–1892
Martha Evelyn Cox
1856–1897
Margaret Emma Cox
1859–1936

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1836Columbus, Muscogee, Georgia, United States
    • Children

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    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 5
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1819
    Age 5
    Historical Boundaries: 1819: Jackson, Alabama, United States
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 22
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Cocke
    Coxe
    Cocks
    Cooks

    Sources (12)

    • Isaac Cox, "United States Census, 1830"
    • Isaac Cox in entry for Lewis E. Golsan and Emma E. Cox, "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950"
    • Wilburn Cox in entry for Margaret Emma Cox Golson, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

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