Jul-28-2018
Husband: Daniel V. Cox
Born: Mar-10-1809 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1,2 Died: Feb-22-1862 3 Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: (settled, 1845) at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: 1835-1845 at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Resided: until 1835 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 1 Occupation: merchant and tailor 1 Military: Colonel of the Virginia Militia 4,5 Father: Philip Cox (1760 - 1854) Mother: Christiana Stille (1764 - 1856)
Wife: Mahala Ward 1,6 Married: ca 1831 2
Born: Jul-12-1812 3 Died: Apr- 4-1899 3 Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Father: William Ward Mother: Sarah Shobe
M Child 1: William Floyd Cox 3 Also known as: Floyd W. Cox 8 Born: Feb-22-1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 9,10,11 (see note 1) Died: Feb-28-1910 9,11 Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Eliza Jane Fox b. Oct- 8-1836 d. Jul-30-1915 Also known as: Liza Jane Fox 8 Married: Dec-13-1855 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 13,9
M Child 2: Alvin W. Cox Born: Jun- 5-1834 14 Died: Sep- 7-1857 3
M Child 3: Don W. E. Cox Also known as: W. E. Cox 12 Died: Apr-14-18__ 4 (see note 2) Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4
F Child 4: Maria Louisa Cox Also known as: Louisa Cox 15,5 Born: 1837 16 Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 3 Resided: at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Husband: Thomas William Bayne b. ca 1824 d. Sep- 6-1880 Also known as: William T. Bane 15,5
M Child 5: Philip H. Cox Born: Mar-14-1839 14 Died: Jan-22-1856 3 Buried: in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 4
M Child 6: John M. Cox Born: 1839 in Lewis Co, (W)VA 10,9 (see note 3) Died: Jul-31-1906 17 Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 17 Resided: at Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1880 in Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Military: Union Army, Civil War 1 Wife: Margaret Luvinia Summers b. 1840 d. Aug-19-1906 Married: Jun-30-1864 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 7: Daniel Sedwick Cox Census name: Daniel C. Cox 7 Born: Nov-23-1840 18,3,9 Died: Jan-31-1929 in Ritchie Co, WV 18,3,9 Buried: in Chevauxdefrise/Kendall Cemetery, CR 24, east of Washburn, Ritchie Co, WV 4,9,18 Resided: at Chevauxdefrise, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Occupation: farmer 18 Military: Home Guard, Civil War 9 Wife: Anarie Kendall b. Apr- 9-1843 d. Jun- 1-1923 Also known as: Anara Kendall 4 Married: Dec-26-1861 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 10,9
M Child 8: Hiram Clarke Cox Also known as: Clarke Cox 5 Born: 1844 11,10,7 Died: 1901 11 Buried: in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, near Pullman (Co Rds 9 & 7/4), Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Martha A. Harris b. 1849 d. 1908 Married: Apr-23-1868 in Ritchie Co, WV 10
M Child 9: Winfield Taylor Cox Also known as: Taylor Cox 19,1 Born: Feb-11-1847 16,10 Died: Apr-14-1919 in Wirt Co, WV 16 Buried: in K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV 16 Resided: in Wirt Co, WV 16 Resided: formerly in Calhoun Co, WV 12 Military: Union Army, Civil War 1 Wife: Mary Ellen Zinn b. Feb-15-1848 d. Mar-23-1926 Married: May- 2-1867 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
M Child 10: J. E. Cox
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 331. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 296. (3) Headstone. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 297. (6) Marriage record of son. (7) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (8) Death record of son. (9) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 298. (10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (11) Headstone (year only) (12) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 332. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William F. Cox, 21, of Harrison Co, son of Daniel & Mahala; and Eliza J. Fox, 20, of Augusta Co VA, dau of John & Sarah. Married Dec 13 1855. (14) Headstone - Birth date not specified, but calculated from stated age at death. (15) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 341. (16) Findagrave.com. (17) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 299. (18) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (19) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 239. (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as W. T. Cox, 21, of Ritchie Co, son of Daniel V. & Mahala; and Mary E. Zinn, 19, of Ritchie Co, dau of John W. & Eliza. Married May 2 1867. Event Notes Note (1) Marriage record indicates birthplace as Harrison County, but Minnie Kendall Lowther's "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 298, states that he "was born on February 22, 1832 in this wilderness, and spent his entire life here." Elsewhere, however, she stated that his father had moved from Harrison to Ritchie County in about 1835. Note (2) Age 3y 6m Note (3) age 37 given in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1843Name Index