Brief Life History of Jehu
When Jehu Cox, Sr. was born on 5 September 1803, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Isaac Cox, was 27 and his mother, Rachel Carr, was 32. He married Sarah Riddle Pyle on 13 January 1824, in Salt Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 24 December 1893, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- John Cox, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Cox, 'Idaho, Deaths and Stillbirths' on MyHeritage
- Jehu Cox & Ann Katherine Kofford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940" (1891) (this record is likely incorrect when compared to Jehu's diary and the church "sealing to spouse" record.)
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World Events (8)
1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1819
Historical Boundaries 1819: Cooper County created from Howard County
1829
Historical Boundaries 1829: Crawford created from Non-County Area 8
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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Cox Family Members in the Heber Chase Kimball Wagon Train of 7 Jun 1848-24 Sep 1848
Type: Wagon. Category: Church Train. Direction: Westbound. Departed from: Winters Quarters, Nebraska, 7 June 1848. Arrival: Utah, 24 September 1848. Number in Company: 697. Days Traveled: 109 days. Je …
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