Of Preble county Ohio
Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE C.1 COX was born 14 October 1820 in Ohio1, and died 31 January
1898 in Ohio. He married (1) SARAH JONES 16 January 1840 in Preble Co.
Ohio, daughter of JOHN JONES and SARAH MCKEE. She was born 27 October 1817
in Miami, Ohio, and died December 1859. He married (2) JULIETT COOMBS 06
December 1860.
Children of GEORGE COX and SARAH JONES are:
2. i. WILLIAM J.2 COX, b. March 1841, Ohio; d. 1926, West Elkton OH.
ii. ANN COX, b. 1843.
iii. SAMUEL COX, b. 1845.
iv. AMANDA COX, b. 1847.
v. MARY E. COX, b. 1849.
vi. LAURA COX, b. 1855.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM J.2 COX (GEORGE C.1) was born March 1841 in Ohio, and died 1926
in West Elkton OH. He married MARTHA J CONARROE 16 February 1861 in Butler
Co, Ohio by Rev N. Hornaday2, daughter of JOHN CONARROE and HARRIET SWAIN.
She was born 28 December 1841 in Wayne Twnsp Butler Co, Oh, and died 09
April 1907 in West Elkton OH.
More About WILLIAM J. COX:
Burial: Fairmound Cem, Gratis TWP
More About MARTHA J CONARROE:
Burial: Fairmound Cem, Gratis TWP
Children of WILLIAM COX and MARTHA CONARROE are:
i. GABRIEL CLINTON3 COX, b. 03 March 1864, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; d.
02 December 1933, San Diego, CA; m. MARY ELLA REBECCA MOORE, 17 November
1885, Home of Amos & Lizzie Branson; b. 15 April 1862, St. Mary's, Ohio; d.
19 February 1924, San Diego, CA.
ii. SARAH ELIZABETH COX, b. 15 June 1866, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; m.
(1) LEE BLOSSOM; m. (2) GRANT SCHAUER.
iii. MELVA AMY COX, b. 19 January 1868, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; m.
STEPHEN BERK, Preble Co..
iv. JOHN H G SHERMAN COX, b. 10 February 1870, Gratis twp, Preble, Co, OH;
m. ADA ESTELLA SAMUELS.
v. MARY E COX, b. 09 December 1871, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH.
vi. FANNIE LUISA COX, b. 11 January 1874, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH.
vii. CERILDA BEATRICE COX, b. 09 June 1876, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; d.
25 May 1883, West Elkton oh.
More About CERILDA BEATRICE COX:
Age: 6 Yr 11 M 25 D
Burial: Fairmound Cem, Gratis TWP
Died of: Scarlet Fever
viii. DELMONT ORMOND COX, b. 19 September 1878, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH;
d. 26 May 1883, West Elkton oh.
More About DELMONT ORMOND COX:
Age: 4 Yr 8M 7D
Burial: Fairmound Cem, Gratis TWP
Died of: Scarlet Fever
ix. GEORGE ALBERT COX, b. 09 December 1880, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; d.
21 May 1883, West Elkton oh.
More About GEORGE ALBERT COX:
Age: 2 Yr 6M 11 D
Burial: Fairmound Cem, Gratis TWP
Died of: Scarlet Fever
x. ELDRIDGE AMOS COX, b. 17 June 1883, Gratis TWP, Preble, Co, OH; d. 1959,
West Elkton, Ohio; m. LULU WISE.
xi. CARL MANDERSON COX, b. 12 June 1887, West Elkton oh; d. 12 June 1938,
Hickory Flats Lot 53 Sec 2 1E; m. MAMIE PHILLIPS, 19 October 1910, Butler
Co, Ohio; b. 22 May 1894, Clay City Ky; d. 15 December 1929, Woodside Cem in
Middletown.
Endnotes
1. Preble Co 1850 Census, Pg 344.
2. Butler Co Marriage Record, Vol 3 Page 295, Date of filing Jan 27, 1862
#3613 married Feb 16, 1861 by Rev N. Hornaday.
The report about George Cox who got married in Preble county Ohio has been contributed by Carl Cox. Carl notes that in 1820, David Cox was the only Cox family living in Gratis twp. of Preble county. David is a possible candidate to be the father of George C Cox.
Carl would like to hear from interested researchers.
His email address is (or I should say, was, you may need to do
some hunting for Carl with the passage of years)
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