Benjamin J. COX Born in VA 23 Dec 1773 Died in IN? 8 Jan 1846
m. Mary HUGHES Born VA 10 Oct 1778. Died IN 13 June 1850
Mary Hughes COX was a daughter of Thomas HUGHES Jr (1753-1837)
and Mary
(?) (b 1750). She was afraid of the Indians having lost some of
her family
to them. Her father, Thomas HUGHES, Jr. was a brother of Jesse and
Ellis
HUGHES who were noted Indian fighters.
Benjamin J COX is mentioned in early county histories. He is first
positively
found at his marriage to Mary HUGHES in Harrison Co VA 19 Feb
1795. He
was
an early settler approximately 1796 in what would someday become
Jackson
Co WVA, probably moving his family by flatboat along the Ohio
River.
Other
early settlers there were William Hannaman, James McDade who all
established
homes on Warth's Bottom. Perhaps the first five children of
Benjamin
and
Mary Cox were born in VA as they made their eventual way along the
Ohio
River to Greene Co OH near Yellow Springs where daughter Elizabeth
was
born.
The family was in Logan Co OH by 1808 where the next 4 of children
were
born. Disqualified for military service because he had lost an
eye,
Benjamin
COX served as a scout with Hull's army during the War of 1812, and
in
the
course of his service visited Fort Findlay serveral times. I
believe he
was a private in Captain William Miller's Co. from Feb 16- Aug 15
1814
and
he may have been active before that. At the end of the war, he
moved
his
family to an abandoned one and a half story cabin that was vacated
at
the
fort. He was a typical backwoodsman who spent his days clearing
and
cultivating
some land, and hunting. He kept a small frontier tavern serving
stray
travelers.
He lived in peace with the Indians of the area, in fact they
offered
him
a farm, if he would move with them to Big Springs when the Indians
were
resettled by the United States in an 1818 treaty. He declined. He
moved
to "the Maumee" around 1823 and to Center Township Wood Co OH
in late 1827 or early 28, moving his family there in 1828. It is
said
in
the old histories that he sold out in 1832 and he and his wife
moved to
Indiana where they died at an advanced age. I think he and Mary
are in
Wood
County at the home of Jacob and Elizabeth Eberly in the 1840
census.
Also
find him in court records in 1834 and 1841 in Wood county. A book
has
been written about Benjamin Cox and his family from about 1750 to
1850.
If you are interested, contact me for it is available in several
libraries in Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia.
CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN COX
1. Susanna COX b 14 Sep 1796. She probably died young.
2. Deborah COX b 9 Jul 1799 (VA?). She died before 1875. She married John GALATIN (GALLENTINE) 9 Jan 1823 Logan Co OH. They were in Wood Co OH in 1830 and 1837. Deborah Galentine is age 50, the head of household in Elkhart Co IN in the 1850 census. She has with her Abram age 21, David age 18, and John Galentine age 16 all listed as farmers. Also in the household is Henry 14, Joseph 9, Ruanna 23, and Mary 12. This census can be found on the internet. Vicky Stozich (a descendant of the following Thomas Cox) has found a Polly Galletin household in Logan County Ohio in the 1820 census and there is a young male who could be John .(1 male 16-18, 2 males 16-26, 1 female under 10, 1 female 10-16 and 1 female age 26-45). I have seen on the internet that Deborah died in 1859. One person shares the previous person as the source but I have not been able to find any place or proof, if you know of either, please let me know.
3. Thomas COX b 6 May 1801 (VA) Died 28 Sep 1882
Charlotte, Eaton
Co MI. He m Alice HAYNES 25 Nov 1824 in Wood Co OH. Alice was born
in VA
in 1805/7. She survived Thomas. A farmer, he and his family lived
in Wood
Co OH for many years.
Children of Thomas and Alice COX
. . . . a.Catherine COX born Nov 1827. She died after 1900
. . . . Spouses: George L ROCKEY, Philo ORDWAY, Horace BEACH
. . . . b.Unknown COX born about 1830
. . . . c. John COX born ca 1834. Died 1877 Eaton Co MI, spouse
Lavina HILL.
. . . . . John was a deserter in the Civil War.
. . . . d. Elizabeth COX b 29 Jul 1837 Wood Co. OH spouse Wm
NORTHRUP
. . . . e. William COX born about 1845/6
. . . . f. Wealthy Ann b Nov 1851, m George PORTER Jan 1869 Eaton
Co. MI
. . . . g. Antha Jane b about 1856 (dau of John??, with Thomas in
1860 census)
4. Joseph S. COX b 30 Sep 1802 in VA. died 7 Dec 1878
Wood Co,
OH He married Jane Rebecca UNDERWOOD
3 Sep 1838 in Wood Co. OH. She was born
11 Mar 1818 in
OH of unknown parents who were born in PA. She died 13 Jun 1887 in
Wood
Co, OH. Jane and Joseph COX are buried in Dowling Cemetery, Wood Co, OH.
Joseph COX moved with his family to OH, "whence, in 1816, he moved
with his parents to Findlay, OH which at that time was but an
Indian village"-(Leeson,
Wood Co history 1897). continuing (he) "was a pioneer of Wood Co,
and
his life was one of hardships: but he was always upright and
honest in all
his dealings. was equally patriotic, and ever zealous for the
right."
Joseph made the first land entry in Center township (Wood Co OH)
Jan 13,
1831. Recollection of grandson Jesse: "He would go away for a week
at a time on his horse and stop and make shoes for a whole family.
When
he'd run out of materials he'd come home for more. They would
prepare the
leather at home."
Children of Joseph S. COX
........ a. Noah
W COX
b 17 Jun 1839 Hancock Co, OH. Lost vision in battle of Kennesaw
...........(GA) Mt in the Civil War in 1864. He married 4 times.
Spouses:
Rhoda STICKNEY,
........... Nina COUNTERMAN, Mrs. Sarah L. CRAMNER, Francis (Rose)
AUSTIN.
Noah COX
............died 21 May 1910 in Wood Co. OH. He was the father of
12 children.
I WOULD SURE LOVE TO HEAR FROM WESLEYS DESCENDANTS. THIS IS THE ONLY
BRANCH THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH IN RECENT TIMES!!
........ c. Benjamin F COX b 26 May 1842. d 27 Nov 1900 Wood Co,
OH. Civil
War vet.
...........Married Mary A. WALLACE in Wood Co OH 20 May 1866.
Parents of
4 children.
........ d. Joseph U Cox b 25 Nov 1843. He died 15 Jan 1863 of
wounds from
the Battle of
...........Stone River TN, in the Civil War. Never married.
.........e. Thomas
Jefferson
COX b 16 Sep 1845 Elkhart Co, IN. d 3 Jun 1934 in Flushing,
...........Genesee Co, MI. He was a Church of God minister. He m
Cecilia
KNAUSE 13 May
...........1863 in Wood Co., OH. She lived from 1842-1923.They
were the
parents of 9
...........children. Thomas remarried Mrs. Carrie Goodell DAVIS
Mar 1926.
........ f. Hester Ann COX b 20 Jan 1848 Wood, OH. d 13 Sep 1848
.........g. Deborah COX b 3 Jan 185 inWood, OH. d 8 Aug 1850
.........h. Samantha Ann COX b 19 Jun 1851 Wood, OH. d 23 Jun 1876
in Wood
Co., OH.
...........She left a daughter Lottie PIXLEY. Lottie married
Benjamin Ries
and they had many children.
..........i. John Hughes COX b 2 Jun 1853 Wood, OH. d 11 Dec 1936
in Toledo,
OH and is
............buried in Union Hill Cem in Wood Co. He married Naomi
Esther
DESELMS
...........(1855--1838) 27 Apr 1879 in
Wood Co.
OH. (I have copies of Naomi's diaries
...........which detail the lives of this farming family
mentioning also
their neighbors in the
...........Wood Co. OH area from 1911-1938. These were my great
grandparents.)
John and
...........Naomi COX were the parents of, Ethel Grace, Jessie May,
Lucretia
Leone, John
...........Wesley, Ralph Emerson, Clyde Harrison, Jason DeSelms
and Dwight
Lenwood.
........ j. Charles William COX b 18 Mar 1855 in Wood Co, OH. d 12
Jul 1941
in Lyons, OH.
...........A farmer, he married Annie HARRIMAN. They were the
parents of
six children.
........ k. Manson I COX b 28 Jun 1857 in Wood, OH. d 19 Apr 1941
in Toledo,
, OH. Buried
...........in Wood Co OH. He was a farmer. He married Emma Rosetta
WARD
(1860-1938)
...........19 Sep 1878. They were the parents of eight children.
........ l. Elizabeth E COX b 24 Jun 1859 Wood, OH. d 23 Sep 1877
Wood,
OH unmarried.
5. Mary (Polly) COX b 18 Aug 1804 in VA. d 18 Mar 1882 in
Warsaw,
Kosciusko County, IN. She married John Morris JAQUES of NJ
on 28
Aug 1825 in Wood Co OH. John Morris JAQUES was a son of John Moses
JAQUES.
Mary and John JAQUES and their family moved to IN in 1849. They
may have
had 8 children, three of whom died young.
Children of Mary Cox JAQUES:
.... a. Mary Jane JAQUES.
.... b. Oliver Perry JAQUES b 1834, m 1) Lamy Jane LEPPER and 2)
Lucretia
Jane LONEY.
.... c. Ziprah E. JAQUES who married Lot MABIE and A.T.S. KIST
.... d. Susan E JAQUES who married Reuban JAMES
.... d. Francis M JAQUES b 8 Mar 1846 Goshen Elkart IN. m Phoebe E
McCLURE.
They
........lived for awhile in KS and moved back to IN.
6. Elizabeth COX was born 20 Sep 1806 near Yellow Springs, Greene Co, OH. d 17 Nov 1894 Wood Co, OH. She acted as an interpreter for whites with Ottawa and Wyandot Indians. Came to Findley in 1815, then to Wood Co, OH. Lived for sometime in family of Squire Carlin. She married Jacob EBERLY 28 October 1827 in Waterville (was Wood, now Lucas Co) OH. Jacob EBERLY was born 14 July 1804 in Huntington Co, PA and he died 31 Oct 1894 Wood Co, OH. He was a blacksmith and also was listed as a farmer the 1880 census. Elizabeth and Jacob had eleven children many of whom lived and died in the Wood Co area: Jane, John, Mary, Martha, Joseph C, Matilda, William Sells, Elliott, Harriet B, Benjamin C. and Lucy.
7. Ruanna COX born 21 Sep 1808 in Logan Co., OH (died young?)
8. Jemima COX born 17 Apr 1812 in Logan Co., OH (died young?). A teenage female is found with Benjamin's family in the 1830 census. Could this be Jemima? Was she a victim of the Black Swamp?
9. Benjamin COX born 26 Feb 1814 in Logan Co., OH. (died young?)
10. John COX born 20 Nov 1815 in Logan Co., OH. It appears that he died before 16 Jan 1837 when his land was sold by his parents and brothers and sisters after his death.
11. Lydia COX born 23 July 1816/1818 Fort Findlay, Hancock Co, OH. died 1 Jun 1892. Spouse George WICKHAM. George Wickham's parents were Asher and Meopy/Neopy or Hope Howland Wickham. He had several brothers as well. George and Lydia Wickham had about nine children: Nancy, Philander, Mary, John C., Albert, Elizabeth (Libbey), William, Lorenzo and Jennie, some of whom are mentioned in Naomi Cox's diaries. We have been gathering more info on this branch of the family, so drop a line if you feel there may be some connection, to be put in touch with some closer relatives than I am. George WICKHAM's family seems to have come from New York by way of Ross County Ohio. Many of the WIckham family were living in Michigan in 1886.
My mother, Mrs. Clyde (Helen) COX spent at least three decades gathering information about our family. How she loved doing that! I could not appreciate her hobby (passion? obsession?) at the time, though it was interesting to hear the stories that she would tell. Years later I finally have some idea of how she enjoyed this pursuit of the past. Mother passed away in 1989 and I often wish I could share some new bit of information with her, or ask her advice about how to proceed. Before she left, she had gathered pictures, papers, address books, and records. She also interviewed some of the older folks who have now passed on. At the time she died, she had probably never heard of the internet, nor did she consider that a personal computer could be a helpful "everyday" tool that was used in the home. While it is beneficial to make use of the new tools that we have, don't forget to make use of the very real sources that so many people are trying to transcribe to the internet, and that is starting with the treasures of your own family.
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