Brief Life History of Elizabeth Clay
When Elizabeth Clay Cox was born in 1852, in Jackson, Alabama, United States, her father, Stephen A Cox, was 44 and her mother, Rebecca Mahan, was 40. She married James Wiley Julian Jr. in 1874. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Benton Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Carter Township, Carter, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in 1899, in McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Oklahoma, United States.
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- Elizabeth Cox in household of Stepen Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elizabeth Julian in household of James Julian, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1859
Historical Boundaries 1859: Carter created from Ripley and Shannon counties
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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