Abner Noah Cox

Brief Life History of Abner Noah

When Abner Noah Cox was born on 25 September 1809, in Logan, Ohio, United States, his father, Abner Cox Jr, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Eveline Fidler, was 22. He married Julia Elinsey Dunstan on 24 November 1831, in Lake, Wood, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Union Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 6 March 1883, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in La Porte Presbyterian Church Columbarium, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abner Noah Cox
1809–1883
Julia Elinsey Dunstan
1816–1890
Marriage: 24 November 1831
William S. Cox
1835–1926
Mary Cox
1842–1905
Noah Cox
1846–1927
Chloe F Cox
1851–1890
Eli Jones Cox
1853–1917
Julia Cox
1856–
Joseph B Cox
1859–1934

Sources (16)

  • Abner Cox, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Abner Cox, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Abner Cox, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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.

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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