Brief Life History of James Hampton
When James Hampton Cox was born on 3 March 1847, in Autauga, Alabama, United States, his father, Isaac Wilburn Cox, was 32 and his mother, Frances Manerva Caheley, was 24. He married Julia Ophelia Bell on 5 April 1882, in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States in 1880 and Morehouse, Louisiana, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1864. He died on 19 April 1902, in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, United States.
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- Hampton Cox in household of Isaac W Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Cox, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
- James Hamp Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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