Brief Life History of Adoniram Judson H.
When Adoniram Judson H. Cox was born on 15 March 1839, in Marion, Mississippi, United States, his father, Lewis B Cox, was 33 and his mother, Nancy Hennesy, was 20. He married Elizabeth Ellen Lea on 22 December 1859, in Franklinton, Washington, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Washington, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years and Ascension, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 22 December 1907, in Myrtle Grove Plantation, Iberville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana, United States.
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- Adormarism Cox, "United States Census, 1880"
- Adoniram Judson Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
- Judson A Cox in entry for Sarah Cox Poche, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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