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Position:Home>Genealogy> I need some help finding an ancestor?Question: I need some help finding an ancestor!? I am having a fit trying to find the parents of 2 of my ancestors if anyone could help that would be soooo wonderful!.
Jesse B Cox (1840-1909) and his wife Flora Jane Cox (Desper) (1841-1912) I just need the names of both of these people's parent's!. And if possible the birth and death dates!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This information is from rootsweb!.com: Jesse B Cox Birth: 1 Mar 1840 in Ridgway Gallatin Co IL Death: 19 Oct 1909 in Ridgway Gallatin Co IL Father: Benjamin Cox b: 13 Nov 1791 in Holly Springs Randolph Co NC d!. 10 Dec 1841 in Gallatin Co!., IL Mother: Nancy Bean b: 1800 in NC d!. abt 1855 in IL Married: 29 Nov 1857 in Gallatin Co IL Flora Jane Desper b!. Apr 1841 in TN d!. 27 Aug 1912 in Ridgway, IL Flora's Father: William P Desper Flora's Mother: Mary Rollman http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!. In 1870 & 1880 Jesse & Flora lived in New Market, Gallatin Co!., Ill!. 1900 census says Jesse born May 1841 age 59 married 40 yrs!. & lived in Ridgway ------------------------------------ BENJAMIN COX Birth: 13 NOV 1791 Holly Springs, , Orange, North Carolina Parents: Father: WILLIAM COX Mother: RUTH COX http://www!.familysearch!.org/Eng/search/f!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If you know the state they were in when they married you can go to that states genealogy files and see if you can find a marriage certificate or birth certificates for them!. Marriage licenses at that time usually had the husbands parents but not the wife's!. Sometimes there is a list of births for the state or county if you know the county!. These almost always list both parents with the mothers maiden name!. It was not a law to register births at that time and though there were some records kept in most places they were not always complete!. Just keep looking and don't give up!. There are a lot of other places to look but these are good starting places!. For the death dates, look for state death index or obituary!.Www@QuestionHome@Com UK answer!. It would really help the researcher if you gave a location for Jesse and his wife, as Cox is a fairly common surname!. This is the only Jesse B Cox that I could find, what do you think !? could this be him !? is it likely that you have the wrong birth year!.!? 1850 United States Federal Census about Jesse B Cox Name: Jesse B Cox Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848 Birth Place: Indiana Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): West River, Randolph, Indiana Household Members: Name Age Dulcina Cox 35 Jesse B Cox 2 John W Cox 7 Lewis Cox 31 Matilda E Cox 12 Thomas C Cox 10 William A Cox 4 So according to this census image his dad is Lewis Cox and his mum is Dulcina Cox, they had real estate valued at $700 and Lewis worked as a farmer!. I found only one Flora E Despar born in 1886!. THere were three Jane Despar's listed all born around 1840-1844, and there are less than 35 Despar's listed altogether!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Try ancestry!.com You can do a free trial and try to track down a census from 1900 or 1905!. It will usually list a country or state that they are originally from along with an ethnicity!. Ancestry!.com may also lead you to their death certificates which lists the parents names of the deceased!.Www@QuestionHome@Com This was the very 1st listing on www!.rootsweb!.com's World Connect: Jesse B Cox Birth: 1 Mar 1840 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL Death: 19 Oct 1909 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL Burial: Gallatin Co ILL (Occupation: Farmer) Married: 29 Nov 1857 in Gallatin Co ILL to Flora Jane Desper Birth: Apr 1841 in Tennessee Death: 27 Aug 1912 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL Burial: Gallatin Co ILL Their Children: 1!.Martha "Sis" Patsy Cox-- b: Nov 1860 in Gallatin Co ILL 2!.James Benjamin Cox-- b: Jan 1865 in Gallatin Co ILL 3!.Sarah Catherine Cox-- b: 1866 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL 4!.Mary Emiline "Em" Cox-- b: 10 Jul 1868 in Gallatin Co ILL 5!.William "Bill" Henry Cox-- b: 24 Apr 1870 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL 6!.John Cox-- b: Mar 1872 in Gallatin Co ILL 7!.Kate Cox-- b: 1874 in Gallatin Co ILL 8!.Rhoda J Cox-- b: 8 Mar 1875 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL 9!.Jesse "Alfred" Cox-- b: 24 Sep 1876 in Ridgway Gallatin Co ILL Jesse's parents: Father: Benjamin Cox b: 13 Nov 1791 in Holly Springs Randolph Co NC ; d!. Oct 1841 in Gallatin Co ILL*** Married: 14 MAR 1816 in Lebanon, Wilson Co!. TN to: Mother: Nancy Bean-- b: 1800 in North Carolina; d!. 1855 in Gallatin Co ILL Jesse's siblings: 1!.Elizabeth COX-- b: ABT 1819 in KY 2!.Catherine COX-- b: ABT 1821 in KY 3!.Brice M COX --b: 14 MAY 1821 in TN 4!.Sarah COX --b: JUN 1823 in KY 5!.Jonathan COX-- b: 3 FEB 1826 in Washington Co!. TN 6!.Andrew J COX --b: ABT 1828 in Gallatin Co!. IL 7!.Joseph Noah COX-- b: 10 JAN 1832 in Gallatin Co!. IL 8!.John "Henry" COX-- b: ABT 1835 in KY 9!. Benjamin A COX-- b: ABT 1838 in KY (Nancy's parents: Father: William BEAN , Jr!. b: 8 FEB 1754 in Londonderry, Ireland ; d!. 25 SEP 1810 in Elkton, Christian Co!. KY ; Married 1st 1776 to: Mother: Celia WYATT b: ABT 1754) (NOTES on WILLIAM BEAN @ http://worldconnect!.rootsweb!.ancestry!.co!.!.!. Flora's parents: William P Desper Mary Rollman!. Flora's brother: Henry Desper b: ABT 1853; d!. AFT 1880 Jesse's grandparents: William Cox--b!. 20 Sep 1761 in Holly Springs Randolph Co NC; d!. 15 Jan 1845 in Holly Springs, Randolph Co ,NC Ruth Cox--b!. 17 Dec 1761 in Deep River Orange Co, NC, ,; d!. 22 Aug 1826!. Their children: 1!. AMY COX-- b: 16 Oct 1789 2!. BENJAMIN COX-- b: 13 Nov 1791 3!.MARTHA COX-- b: 15 Sep 1793 4!.RUTH COX --b: 29 Aug 1795 5!. MARY COX-- b: 7 Aug 1798 6!. KATHERINE COX-- b: 19 Sep 1799 7!. WILLIAM S!. COX-- b: 27 Aug 1801 in HOLLY SPRING, RANDOLPH CO!., NC 8!. REBECCA COX-- b: 2 Jun 1803 9!.SARAH COX-- b: 20 May 1805 10!. JOSEPH COX-- b: 4 Oct 1807 11!.SOLOMON COX-- b: 25 Nov 1809 12!. JANE COX-- b: 12 Jan 1813 13!. NANCY COX-- b: 12 Jan 1813 Jesse's paternal GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: **Benjamin Cox--b!. 1723; d!. 1817 Married: Oct 1751 in Huntington,Adams Co!. PA to First Cousin Martha Garretson--b!. 1724 ; d!. 1781 (Father: Casparus GARRETSON b: 1676 in Mill Creek,DE ; d!. 3 Dec 1726 in ,Chester,PA ; Married: 1713 to Mother: Ann COX b: 1694 in England; Martha's sisters-- Ann GARRETSON b: 1719/1720 in Hockessin,Newcastle,DE; d!. Jan 1801 in Cane Creek,Orange,NC ; & Naomi GARRETSON b: 1725) Children of Martha & Benjamin 1!. Amy COX 2!. Benjamin COX b: 1752 in PA 3!.Ruth COX b: 26 May 1755 4!.John COX b: 22 Dec 1756 in Roan Co!. NC 5!. William COX b: 2 Sep 1761 6!.Jeremiah COX b: 22 Mar 1763 in ,Orange,NC Jesse's paternal 2nd GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: John Cox--b!. 1699 , New Castle, Delaware ; d!. 1755, NC Married 1st: 5 Nov 1720 Hannah Jenkins--b!. 1690 ; d!. 1740; Parents: Unknown Children 1!.Samuel COX-- b: 1723 in London Grove,Chester,PA 2!.Sarah COX-- b: 1724 in London Grove,Chester,PA ** 3!. Benjamin COX-- b: 1725 in London Grove,Chester Co!. PA 4!.William COX-- b: 1727 in London Grove,Chester,PA (NOTE--married his 1st cousin, NAOMI GARRETSON, Dec 1748 in Huntington,Adams,PA; daughter Ruth COX b: 1756) 5!.Ann COX-- b: 1727 in London Grove,Chester,PA 6!. John COX-- b: 1731 in London Grove,Chester,PA 7!.Thomas COX-- b: 1733 in London Grove,Chester,PA 8!.Hannah B!. COX-- b: 1734 in London Grove,Chester Co!. PA Married 2nd: 1735 in PA Mary HARLAN-- b: 1714 in Chester,PA; d!. 1745 in ,Adams,PA (her Father: Moses HARLAN b: 20 Dec 1683 in Ireland ; d!. Feb 1749; Married: 17 Jan 1713 to Mother: Margaret RAY-- b: in Ireland) Mary & John's children: 1!.Joseph COX b: Apr 1736 in London Grove,Chester,PA 2!.Jacob COX b: 1737 in London Grove,Chester Co!. PA 3!. Dinah COX b: 1738 in ,Adams,PA 4!. Naomi COX b: 27 Nov 1739 in ,Adams,PA 5!. Rebecca COX b: 1741 in ,Adams,PA 6!. Mary COX b: 1743 in ,Adams,PA 7!.Ruth COX b: 1744 8!. Solomon COX b: 1745 in Warrington,Adams (Lancaster,York) PA Jesse's paternal 3rd GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: **John Cox, Sr--b!. 24 Sep 1675 ,Drayton, Berkshire, England ; d!. 1711 ,Kennett, Chester, Pennsylvania Married: abt!. 4 Jul 1708 Rachel Embree Carr--b!. 1679 ; d!. 1736; Parents: Unknown Their Children: 1!.Richard COX b: 1690 in England 2!.Sarah COX b: 1692 in England 3!.Ann COX b: 1694 in England 4!.Joseph COX b: 1695 in England 5!.Amy COX b: 1697 in England 6!.John COX b: 1699 in England 7!.Thomas COX b: 1702 in England Jesse's paternal 4th GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Thomas Cox--b!. 1641 ,London, England ; d!. 15 Jan 1711 ,London, England Married:10 Apr 1672 in Devonshire House ,England to Christian Matthews--b!. 1649; d!. 1679; Parents: Unknown Their Children: 1!.Christian COX b: 27 Feb 1673/1674 in England 2!.Thomas COX b: 1674 in England ** 3!.John COX b: 24 Sep 1675 in Drayton,Berkshire,Eng!. c: 4 Jul 1708 4!.Mary COX 5!. Richard COX 6!. William COX Jesse's paternal 5th GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Thomas Cox,Sr--b!. 1626; d!. 1711; Parents: Unknown Married: Ann Hind--b!. 1625; d!. 1664; Parents: Unknown www!.ancestry!.com-- 1850 United States Federal Census Name: Nancy Cox Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1800 Birth Place: North Carolina Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): North Fork, Gallatin, Illinois Household Members: Name-- Age Benjamin Cox --12 Henry Cox --14 Jesse Cox-- 10 Joseph N Cox --16 Nancy Cox-- 50 (NOTE:Widowed by then; see above--***) Polly Cox-- 6 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Name: Jesse Cox Birth Date: 1840 Birthplace: Illinois Volume: 35 Page Number: 359 Reference: Genealogical recds, v!.2!. Port Byron, Il!. Recds!. By Mary little Deere Chapter, DAR!. Moline, ILL, 1951!. (16,119p!.):90Www@QuestionHome@Com |