Francis Cox

Brief Life History of Francis

When Francis Cox was born on 28 January 1845, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Granville Henderson Cox, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Cornelia Choate, was 17. He lived in Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1850. He died on 27 March 1865, at the age of 20.

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Family Time Line

Granville Henderson Cox
1822–1888
Nancy Cornelia Choate
1827–1879
Francis Cox
1845–1865
William Cox
1845–1864
John C Cox
1849–1879
Martha Jane Cox
1851–1925
Joshua Carter Cox
1853–1908
Sarah A Cox
1855–1945
Sowell Cox
1857–1857
Charity Lucida Cox
1858–1916
Susan Caroline Cox
1860–1948
Samuel Cox
1863–1939
Cox
1865–1865
Mary Frances Cox
1866–1947
Pheobe Margaret Cox
1869–1946

Sources (1)

  • Frances Cox in household of Granville Cox, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (4)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island

On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.

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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