Amy Cox

Femaleabout 1844–

Brief Life History of Amy

When Amy Cox was born about 1844, in Jackson, Alabama, United States, her father, Stephen A Cox, was 37 and her mother, Rebecca Mahan, was 33. She lived in Benton Township, Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Stephen A Cox
1809–1860
Rebecca Mahan
1813–1860
Mary Elizabeth Cox
1832–1878
Amy Cox
about 1844–
William Randolph Cox
1847–1887
Rebecca Cox
1857–
Jessie G Cox
1833–1913
Pheroby Feridonia Cox
1836–
Charlotte Cox
1842–
Ama Cox
1845–
Samuel Cox
1849–
Elizabeth Clay Cox
1852–1899

Sources (3)

  • Ama Cox in household of Stepen Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Amy Cox - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Amy Cox
  • Amy Cox in household of Stephen Cox, "United States Census, 1850"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (10)

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 2

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

1863

Age 19

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 31

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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