Lucetta Cox

Brief Life History of Lucetta

When Lucetta Cox was born on 14 January 1848, in Macon, Illinois, United States, her father, William Cox, was 43 and her mother, Martha Muirheid, was 41. She married J. Harvey Epling on 3 October 1867, in Macon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in South Wheatland Township, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Mount Zion, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 27 August 1907, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Mount Zion Township, Macon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

J. Harvey Epling
1838–1902
Lucetta Cox
1848–1907
Marriage: 3 October 1867
William Henly Epling
1870–1935
Almeda Virginia Epling
1872–1958
Charles Edgar Epling
1874–1948
Ada Elnora Epling
1876–1952
Mary A Epling
1878–1963
Jessie Epling
1882–1899

Sources (15)

  • Lucetta Cox in household of William Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucette Cox, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Lucetta Cox Epling, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Macon, Illinois, United States

1863

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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