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COX FAMILY HISTORY
Form of COCK (little), -a term of endearment (i.e. WILLCOX, little Will), often used to denote a leader or chief man.
Possibly originated from the Welsh word coch, meaning "red."
Cox could also be a locality descriptive surname for heap, haycock, or hillcock.
SOLOMON COX
According to an unsourced family tree on Ancestry.com, Solomon Cox is the earliest ancestor in our Cox family.
I have found much incorrect information on these unsourced family trees, so I urge the reader to consider this information as merely a story until proven correct.
Solomon Cox was born in about 1730 in Delaware. He married Ruth Naomi Hussey, who was born 1742 in North Carolina. Solomon and Ruth had a son, John Michael Cox in about 1764 while living in North Carolina.
It can be assumed there were other children by Solomon Cox, if not with his wife, then with a second or even third wife.
Solomon died in about 1810 in Ohio and Ruth died eight years later.
JOHN MICHAEL COX
John Michael Cox, born 1764 in Randolph County, North Carolina, married Margaret McCrary (born 1765 in Maryland). Together they hadat least six children: Elizabeth, John, William, Andrew, Hannah and Samuel.
SAMUEL COX
My own personal, vouched-for research begins with Samuel Cox.
Samuel was born about 1790 in Pennsylvania. On July 28, 1816, Samuel married Henrietta Kitson. Henrietta was born in Ontario, Canada, in about 1795. Her father, John F. Kitson, was probably born in Germany in about 1756. Some think he is from Hanover, Germany and immigrated to Canada where he met and married Margaret Windecker and had some dozen children with her. Henrietta's mother, Margaret, was born in 1776 in Ontario, Canada.
Samuel and Henrietta were married in Dayton, Ohio, on July 28, 1816. They are listed in the 1830 census for Bartholomew County, Indiana, with six children.
This data coincides nicely with what we know about Samuel and Henrietta's family.
Six children between by 1830:
Margaret, born about 1817
Samuel Jr., born about 1818
Stephen, born about 1819
John Perry, born June 20, 1820
Charlotte, born about 1822
Ellizabeth, born about 1828
Ten years later, at the time of the 1840 Federal Census, Samuel and Henrietta are still living in Bartholomew County, Indiana. This time there are eleven others living with Samuel and Henrietta.
One female is between the ages of 20 to 30; first born Margaret would have been 23.
One female between the ages of 15 and 20; Charlotte would have been 18.
Two females 10 to 15 years; Elizabeth was age 12, but the other female is unknown to me.
Two females under the age of 5; Mary would have been 2 years old, but the other female is unknown.
One male age 15 to 20; John Perry would have been 20.
Two males age 10 to 15 years; unknown who these males would have been.
One male 5 to 10 years; William, born in about 1832 would have been 8 years old.
One male under the age of 5; unknonw who this would have been.
Of course, not everyone living with Samuel and Henrietta would have to have been children. Some could have been farm labor and some relatives.
Thank goodness for the 1850 census, coming ten years later, when all the names of those living in the household are reported.
In 1850, the family is living in the township of Hensley in Johnson County, Indiana. Household member are listed thusly:
Samuel Cox, age 60, farmer, b. PA
Henrietta Cox, age 50, b. W. Canada
Margaret Cox, age 33, b. Ohio
Elizabeth Cox, age 22, b. Indiana
William A. Cox, age 18, farmer, b. Indiana
Mary S. Cox, age 12, b. Indiana
Samuel Kizer, age 25, farmer, b. Ohio
Charlotte Kizer, age 24, b. Ohio
Marillo Jane Kizer, age 4, b. Indiana
Irena Bell* Kizer, age 3, b. Indiana
William L. Kizer, age 2, b. Indiana
*One of John Perry Cox's daughers has the middle name of Bell also.
It's not known right now exactly how these Kizer people are related, if they are, or why they are living with Samuel and Henrietta Cox. However, those of us familiar with the Cox family know that John Perry's first wife was named Phebe Jane Kyser and it's likely that there is a relationship between the Kizers and Phebe Kyser.
Neither Samuel nor Henrietta were found in the 1860 Census. It is believed that Samuel had died, but that Henrietta was still alive, perhaps living with one of her children. But many searches still have not found her. Henrietta and Samuel were both buried in the Atterbury Cemetery, in Johnson County, Indiana, but there are no gravestones for either of them.
Eldest daughter Margaret, born in about 1817, was still a single woman in 1850 at the age of 33. She was living next door to brother Stephen with the Davenport family in Henley Township, Johnson County, Indiana, along with other family members.
Ambrose Davenport, 25, farmer, b. Indiana
Wife Mary Jane, age 24, b. Indiana
Son William J., age 4, b. Indiana
Margaret Cox, age 33, b. Ohio
Elizabeth Cox, age 22, b. IN
William A. Cox, age 18, b. IN, Farmer
Mary S. Cox, age 12, b. IN
Samuel Kizer, age 25, farmer, b. Ohio
Charlotte Kizer, age 24, b. Ohio (dau of Samuel and Henrietta)
Manilla* Jane Kizer, age 4, b. IN
Irene Bell Kizer, age 3, b. IN
William L. Kizer, age 2, b. IN
*Marietta
Next child of Samuel and Henrietta is Samuel Cox, Jr. I do not have any data supporting this child and he is not listed on any census with the family, but "George Kitson Family-From Ontario to Preble Ohio to Elkart County IN," June 1989 by Linda Lundblad lists him with the following family: wife Sarah Ann Spohn; children: Jacob, Robert, and John.
Next son, Stephen, is found in many census and other records. He was born about 1819 in Ohio. He married Mary (last name unknown) in about 1844 in Indiana. They had at least these children: Samuel, William, David, John, Henrietta, and Thomas.
Charlotte Cox, born 1822 in Ohio, married Samuel Kiser on May 4, 1844 in Bartholomew County, Indiana. They had several children, including: Marietta Jane, Irene Bell, William T., Sarah H., Alpha, Elizabeth, Mary Frances, Henry P., Dody, and Samuel Jacob.
In 1850, Charlotte and Samuel Kiser are living with the Davenport family, along with other Cox family members.
Samuel Kiser died in May 1896 and Charlotte died January 1901. The following newspaper notice was printed upon her death: January 5, 1901, Saturday - Logansport Daily Reporter - The funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Kiser who died yesterday at her home in Tipton Township, age 78 years, was held this morning from the residence. She was living with her daughter, Mary Frances Kiser Bean.
It appears that daughter Elizabeth Cox married David Baker some time in 1850. The two of them are listed in the census with John Perry Cox and wife Phebe.
William A. Cox was born in about 1832 in Indiana. That is, so far, the extent of what I have collected on William. And the same for the last born, Mary S. Cox, born about 1838.
JOHN PERRY COX
John Perry Cox was born on June 6, 1820 in Marietta (Washington County), Ohio per one source. Census records indicate he was born in Indiana. He was the third son and fourth child of Samuel Cox and Henrietta Kitsen.
On 30 December 1845, John was married to Phebe Jane Kysar (father Solomon; mother Sarah). John and Phebe had four daughters (Luvica (?), Sarah, Henrietta and Phebe.
In the 1850 census for Bartholomew County, Indiana, John and Phebe are living with David Baker (22 years) and his wife (22 years), Elizabeth Cox Baker. This Elizabeth is undoubtedly John's sister. One-year-old Sarah and two-year-old "Quimby" are living with them. This Quimby is probably Luvica Mariby, who would have been 2 years old at that time. Elizabeth and David Baker had gotten married the year before (1849) and there were no [living] children for them yet.
Phebe Jane died 5 April 1852 (her last child, named for her, was born about two weeks earlier and also died later that same year--1852).
John then married the 20-year old Louisa (pronounced Lu-EYE-za) Jane KIDWELL on 7 November 1860. Louisa's family information is detailed on the Kidwell Family History page of this website.
John Perry Cox and Louisa Jane Kidwell Cox had children: Lucus Perry, Judith Bell, Samuel McCrary, Eliza Eunice, Alice, George Washington, William Cornelies, Amanda Helen, Mary Frances, Benjamin Jackson, and Freelove. Mary Frances, Freelove, Judith, and Samuel all died young.
Some time between 1878 and 1880, the family moved to Independence, Kansas. They are there in time for the 1880 census (John, Louisa, Lucus, Eliza, Alice, Amanda, William and Freelove ... older son Samuel was not living with the household, and George and Benjamin had not yet been born ... Benjamin would die before his 1st birthday.
John died March 29, 1893 of "paralysis" (stroke?) in Independence (Montgomery County), Kansas.
John and Louisa Jane Cox
After the death of John Perry Cox in 1893, Louisa Jane married James B. Talbert. According to Verna McDaniel Pratt, "Bert" was younger, handsome, and a fancy dresser. He had some money and was able to give Louisa some of the nicer things she had later on in life, according to granddaughter, Clara.
James Talbert was about ten years younger than Louisa. He was born in West Virginia to John and Nancy Talbert. He had siblings: Josiah, John, George, Margaret, Lucy, and Nancy. James was the oldest. Some time between 1880 and 1885, James moved from West Virgina to Kansas. His brother, George, was already living there.
In the 1900 census, James (Bart) is living with the Slater family and is employed as their servant. At the same time, Louisa is functioning also as a house servant in the home of Joseph Huston. In that census, Louisa reports to having had thirteen children total. Of those thirteen, only five survived to the year 1900. I have record of only (only?) eleven children.
After their marriage on September 29, 1901, Louisa and James lived in Montgomery County, Kansas. In the 1910 census, they are living in Liberty Township and James is working as a laborer.
Just five years later, the state of Kansas took its own census and we find the following:
1915 Kansas State Census, Independence, Montgomery Co., KS
J.B. Talbert, age 60, white male, b. W VA, laborer
L. J. Talbert*, age 71, white female, b. KY, housewife, came to KS from Indiana
John Talbert, age 50, white male, b. KY, came to KS from KY, laborer
John is James' younger brother.
Some time between this 1915 state census and the federal census of 1920, Louisa Cox died. I am still searching for some record of her death or burial, but have found nothing so far. Oral family history relates that she died while in a nursing home.
James and Louisa
In "Clara's Book," Clara Louisa Stone says: Grandma Cox would come down with her little trunk. Boy, what sweet smelling it was, with all her fancy soap and perfume. The till in the trunk had little compartments in it, they have little lids. Hankies, lace collars, gloves, all kinds of jewelry, perfume and sweet smelling soap, and her silks and satins, all had their place in the trunk. Boy, we thought she was a rich lady. She had her little black satin Dunker bonnet, trimmed in white lace, and a big bow tie, for church. Of course she had her everyday clothes. She was a very prissy gal. My Mama was so glad she had all these nice things. It was so long she didn't. After Grandad Cox died, she married again, then she got all these nice things.
Louisa Jane had cousins Antwine and Bill Rogers. Bill Rogers was the first postmaster at Skiatook, Oklahoma, and the last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1903) for nearly 70 years. This is where Louisa and John Perry Cox's daughter, Amanda, probably met Russell Stone, her future husband. (See Stone Family History page) Also, see Kidwell Family History page for Louisa Jane's family.
In the 1920 Federal Census of Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas, we find:
"Bart" Talbert, Head, owns home, free of mortgage (Louisa's house?), 65 years old, married, can read/write, b. Virginia, both parents b. VA, a common laborer, working for wages
Maggie Talbert, wife, 44 years old, married, can read/write, b. Indiana, both parents b. W. VA, laundress working for wages.
James has remarried to Maggie (surname unknown) who was born in Missouri in about 1870 (she is some 16 years younger than James). The two are also listed in the next census, 1930, where they are living in the Brethern Home, which investigation has shown to be an "old folks home" sponsored by the local Brethern Church in Reno County, Kansas.
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JOHN PERRY COX
On 30 December 1845, John was married to Phebe Jane Kysar (father Solomon; mother Sarah). John and Phebe had four daughters (Luvica (?), Sarah, Henrietta and Phebe.
In the 1850 census for Bartholomew County, Indiana, John and Phebe are living with David Baker (22 years) and his wife (22 years), Elizabeth Cox Baker. This Elizabeth is undoubtedly John's sister. One-year-old Sarah and two-year-old "Quimby" are living with them. This Quimby is probably Luvica Mariby, who would have been 2 years old at that time. Elizabeth and David Baker had gotten married the year before (1849) and there were no [living] children for them yet.
Phebe Jane died 5 April 1852 (her last child, named for her, was born about two weeks earlier and also died later that same year--1852).
John then married the 20-year old Louisa (pronounced Lu-EYE-za) Jane KIDWELL on 7 November 1860. Louisa's family information is detailed on the Kidwell Family History page of this website.
John Perry Cox and Louisa Jane Kidwell Cox had children: Lucus Perry, Judith Bell, Samuel McCrary, Eliza Eunice, Alice, George Washington, William Cornelies, Amanda Helen, Mary Frances, Benjamin Jackson, and Freelove. Mary Frances, Freelove, Judith, and Samuel all died young.
Some time between 1878 and 1880, the family moved to Independence, Kansas. They are there in time for the 1880 census (John, Louisa, Lucus, Eliza, Alice, Amanda, William and Freelove ... older son Samuel was not living with the household, and George and Benjamin had not yet been born ... Benjamin would die before his 1st birthday.
John died March 29, 1893 of "paralysis" (stroke?) in Independence (Montgomery County), Kansas.
James Talbert was about ten years younger than Louisa. He was born in West Virginia to John and Nancy Talbert. He had siblings: Josiah, John, George, Margaret, Lucy, and Nancy. James was the oldest. Some time between 1880 and 1885, James moved from West Virgina to Kansas. His brother, George, was already living there.
In the 1900 census, James (Bart) is living with the Slater family and is employed as their servant. At the same time, Louisa is functioning also as a house servant in the home of Joseph Huston. In that census, Louisa reports to having had thirteen children total. Of those thirteen, only five survived to the year 1900. I have record of only (only?) eleven children.
After their marriage on September 29, 1901, Louisa and James lived in Montgomery County, Kansas. In the 1910 census, they are living in Liberty Township and James is working as a laborer.
Just five years later, the state of Kansas took its own census and we find the following:
1915 Kansas State Census, Independence, Montgomery Co., KS
J.B. Talbert, age 60, white male, b. W VA, laborer
L. J. Talbert*, age 71, white female, b. KY, housewife, came to KS from Indiana
John Talbert, age 50, white male, b. KY, came to KS from KY, laborer
John is James' younger brother.
Some time between this 1915 state census and the federal census of 1920, Louisa Cox died. I am still searching for some record of her death or burial, but have found nothing so far. Oral family history relates that she died while in a nursing home.
In "Clara's Book," Clara Louisa Stone says: Grandma Cox would come down with her little trunk. Boy, what sweet smelling it was, with all her fancy soap and perfume. The till in the trunk had little compartments in it, they have little lids. Hankies, lace collars, gloves, all kinds of jewelry, perfume and sweet smelling soap, and her silks and satins, all had their place in the trunk. Boy, we thought she was a rich lady. She had her little black satin Dunker bonnet, trimmed in white lace, and a big bow tie, for church. Of course she had her everyday clothes. She was a very prissy gal. My Mama was so glad she had all these nice things. It was so long she didn't. After Grandad Cox died, she married again, then she got all these nice things.
Louisa Jane had cousins Antwine and Bill Rogers. Bill Rogers was the first postmaster at Skiatook, Oklahoma, and the last elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1903) for nearly 70 years. This is where Louisa and John Perry Cox's daughter, Amanda, probably met Russell Stone, her future husband. (See Stone Family History page) Also, see Kidwell Family History page for Louisa Jane's family.
In the 1920 Federal Census of Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas, we find:
"Bart" Talbert, Head, owns home, free of mortgage (Louisa's house?), 65 years old, married, can read/write, b. Virginia, both parents b. VA, a common laborer, working for wages
Maggie Talbert, wife, 44 years old, married, can read/write, b. Indiana, both parents b. W. VA, laundress working for wages.
James has remarried to Maggie (surname unknown) who was born in Missouri in about 1870 (she is some 16 years younger than James). The two are also listed in the next census, 1930, where they are living in the Brethern Home, which investigation has shown to be an "old folks home" sponsored by the local Brethern Church in Reno County, Kansas.
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