Brief Life History of John
When John Cox was born on 1 March 1816, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States, his father, Benjamin Cox, was 29 and his mother, Sarah H. Noe, was 16. He married Louisa E Bull on 11 December 1833, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Elevenpoint, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1880. He died on 26 February 1892, in Jefferson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Campbell, Tennessee, United States.
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- John Cox, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Cox, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
- John Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819
Historical Boundaries: 1819: Jefferson, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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