James Washington Cox (1825–1910) • FamilySearch

James Washington Cox

24 June 1825–10 March 1910 (Age 84)
Tennessee, United States

The Life of James Washington

When James Washington Cox was born on 24 June 1825, in Tennessee, United States, his father, John Harvey Cox II, was 32 and his mother, Ruth Gray, was 30. He married Hannah Hale on 24 February 1846, in Washington, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and No. 13 Kindricks Creek District, Washington, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 10 March 1910, in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

James Washington Cox

1825–1910

Hannah Hale

1829–1874

Marriage: 24 February 1846

Nathaniel George Cox

1845–1923

Calvin Cox

1849–

Clary C. Cox

1850–

Delcena Cox

1857–

Mary Cox

1861–

John W. Cox

1865–1941

George W. Cox

1867–1939

Landon L. C. Cox

1874–

Sarah Ann Cox

1848–

Calvin C. Cox

1849–

Sarah H. Cox

1852–1890

Martha Jane Cox

1854–1923

Ruth E. Cox

1856–1896

William M. Cox

1860–

Robert E. Lee Cox

1871–1949

Spouse and Children

James Washington Cox

Male1825–1910Male

Hannah Hale

Female1829–1874Female

MARRIAGE
24 February 1846
Washington, Tennessee, United States

children

(15)

Nathaniel George Cox

Male1845–1923Male

Sarah Ann Cox

Female1848–Female

Calvin Cox

Male1849–Male

Calvin C. Cox

Male1849–Male

Clary C. Cox

Female1850–Female

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Parents and Siblings

John Harvey Cox II

Male1793–1863Male

Ruth Gray

Female1795–1860Female

siblings

(6)

Sarah Ann Cox

Female1819–1884Female

Hannah A. Cox

Female1822–Female

John Harvey COX III

Male1824–1906Male

James Washington Cox

Male1825–1910Male

Mary Ann Cox

Female1830–1911Female

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 5

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

Age 10

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Age 37

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

Cox

James

Washington

1 English: from Cocke in any the senses described + the suffix -s denoting ‘son of’ or ‘servant of’.2 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’.

Possible Related Names

Cocke

Adcox

Cocks

Coxe

Woods

Sources (3)

James Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
James Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
James W Cox, "United States Census, 1880"

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