John Cox

Brief Life History of John

When John Cox was born on 8 August 1810, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Cox, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Turner, was 28. He married Eliza Margaret Roberts on 1 March 1836, in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 10 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 1 April 1878, in Oxford, Oneida, Idaho, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Oxford, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Cox
1810–1878
Eliza Margaret Roberts
1817–1890
Marriage: 1 March 1836
Elizabeth Cox
1837–1878
John Cox
1865–1880
Ann Cox
1839–1842
Mary Ann Cox
1842–1878
Mariah Cox
1844–1847
Sarah Cox
1846–
Eliza Jane Cox
1850–1866
Margaret Ellen Cox
1855–1907
Martha Marinda Cox
1855–1941
Comfort Ann Cox
1857–1910
Jeanette Adelia Cox
1860–1903

Sources (25)

  • John Cox, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John Cox, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • John Cox, "United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923"

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    World Events (8)

    1812

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

    1815

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1830

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    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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    John and Eliza Roberts Cox

    Compiled by Scott Hepworth John Cox was born 8 Aug 1810, in Deerhurst, Gloucester, England, the second of nine children born to William Cox (1777-20 Mar 1828) and Elizabeth Turner (1780-28 Feb 1848). …

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