Thomas Levis Cox

Brief Life History of Thomas Levis

When Thomas Levis Cox was born on 6 April 1846, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Nathan Cox, was 30 and his mother, Jane Pretty, was 30. He married Hannah Louise Harris on 6 June 1865, in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. He died on 26 January 1912, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Levis Cox
1846–1912
Hannah Louise Harris
1845–1913
Marriage: 6 June 1865
Thomas Arthur Cox
1866–1866
Hannah Matilda Cox
1867–1935
Arthur Edwin Cox
1869–1870
Elisabeth Cox
1870–1893
Sam Cox
1871–1967
Alice Louise Cox
1874–1929
John William Cox
1876–1898
Frederick Harris Cox
1878–1959
William Cox
1880–1943
Jim Cox
1882–1882
Tom Cox
1882–1882
Phillip Moroni Cox
1883–1884
Clarence Nephi Cox
1883–1951

Sources (73)

  • Thomas Cox, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Thomas Lewis Cox, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Thomas Levi Cox, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1858 · New Provinces Act

The New Provinces Act was established to help create new Provinces in the quickly growing region of New Zealand. This Act also helped kept laws in check as well as create Provincial Councils to help govern over the people within the areas.

1863

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

1864 · War in the Waikato ends

The Invasion of the Waikato was the most important campaign during the 19th century Wars in New Zealand. It was fought in the North Island between the Kingitanga Movement, a group of Maori Tribes, and the colonial government. The hostility lasted for nine months, where 14,000 Imperial and colonial troops and 4,000 Māori warriors fought and was the costliest confrontation during the New Zealand Wars. In 1995, the government conceded that the 1863 invasion and confiscation was wrongful and apologized for its actions and later that year Queen Elizabeth II personally signed the Waikato Raupatu Claims Settlement Act.

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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Short History of Thomas Levis Cox by his son, Samuel Cox

THOMAS LEVIS COX Thomas Levis Cox has the distinction of being the first in this Cox family to become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He joined the church in Auckland, N …

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