Brief Life History of Hannah Melissa
When Hannah Melissa Cox was born on 19 December 1852, in Richland Township, Adair, Iowa, United States, her father, P Isaac Cox, was 34 and her mother, Rachel Isobel Kivett, was 23. She married Jordan Linzy Wise on 16 February 1875. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Kansas, United States in 1870 and Neosho Township, Coffey, Kansas, United States for about 50 years. She died on 10 June 1923, in Neosho, Kansas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Hannah Cox in entry for Jordan Or Jay Isaac Or I Wise, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Hannah M Wise, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Hanna M Wise, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
Spouse and Children
1848–1915 Male
1852–1923 Female
Children (4)
1877–1951 Male
1882–1960 Male
1884–1957 Male
1893–1972 Female
Parents and Siblings
1818–1888 Male
1829–1907 Female
Siblings (7)
1848–1927 Female
1851– Female
1852–1923 Female
1857–1913 Female
1859–1897 Female
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World Events (8)
1855
Age 3
1863
Age 11
1872 · The First National Park
Age 20
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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