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The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
Hugh Porter Cox
1820 - 1879 (58 years)1. Hugh Porter Cox was born on 06 Apr 1820 in Rutherford County, Tennessee (son of Arthur Willison Cox and Susannah M Laughlin); died on 03 Apr 1879 in Mercer County, Missouri; was buried in Duree/Pickett Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri . Notes:
Hugh is a twin with Elizabeth Jane Cox.
Tombstone notes: COX Hugh Apr 6, 1820 - Apr 3, 1879, Husband of Sarah (Duree) Cox
Son of Willison & Susannah (Laughlin) Cox,
Born in Tennessee.Family/Spouse: Sarah Ann Duree. Sarah (daughter of Peter W Duree and Rebecca Goodin) was born on 18 Nov 1820 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died on 13 Jan 1896; was buried in Duree/Pickett Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Arthur Willison Cox was born on 25 Nov 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland (son of Abram Cox and Cassandra Tipton); died on 24 Jul 1865 in Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri ; was buried in South Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Missouri. Notes:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about Willison Cox
Name: Willison Cox
Spouse: Susannah Mclaughlin
Parents: Abram Cox, Casandra Tipton
Birth Place: Baltimore, MD
Birth Date: 25 Nov 1784
Marriage Place: Washington, VA
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1807
Death Place: Mercer Co, MO
Death Date: 24 Jul 1865Arthur married Susannah M Laughlin on 17 Dec 1807 in Washington, Virginia. Susannah (daughter of James Laughlin and Mary Jane Dunkin) was born on 10 Jan 1787 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia; died on 29 Jul 1862 in Mercer County, Missouri ; was buried in South Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Susannah M Laughlin was born on 10 Jan 1787 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia (daughter of James Laughlin and Mary Jane Dunkin); died on 29 Jul 1862 in Mercer County, Missouri ; was buried in South Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Missouri. Notes:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records about Susannah Laughlin
Name: Susannah Laughlin
Spouse: Arthur William Cox
Parents: James Laughlin, Mary Jane Polly Dunkin
Birth Place: Washington County, VA
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1787
Marriage Place: Washington County, VA
Marriage Date: 15 Jan 1807
Death Place: Mercer, Mercer County, MO
Death Date: 20 Jul 1862
1860 Census says Susannah was born in Virginia in 1787.
Also seen Born 10 Apr 1787 in Maryland.Notes:
Married:
Also seen marriage date as 15 Jan 1807Children:
- James Laughlin Cox was born on 02 Jan 1808 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia; died on 18 May 1896 in Lake County, California.
- Sarah Casandra Cox was born in 1809; died in 1897.
- Jarret Tipton Cox was born on 08 Dec 1810 in Washington County, Virginia; died on 20 Sep 1881.
- Mary Ann Cox was born on 17 Jun 1817 in Tennessee; died on 18 Apr 1878.
- 1. Hugh Porter Cox was born on 06 Apr 1820 in Rutherford County, Tennessee; died on 03 Apr 1879 in Mercer County, Missouri; was buried in Duree/Pickett Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri .
- Elizabeth Jane Cox was born on 06 Apr 1820 in Rutherford County, Tennessee; died on 20 Sep 1896.
- Minister John Willis Burton Cox was born on 19 Dec 1825 in Rutherford County, Tennessee; died on 24 Apr 1899 in Mercer County, Missouri; was buried in Laughlin Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri.
- Margaret E. Cox was born on 20 Sep 1828 in Rutherford County, Tennessee; died in 1899.
Generation: 3
4. Abram Cox was born about 1749 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 18 Feb 1838 in Virginia. Notes:
Maryland Census, 1772-1890 about Abram Cox
Name: Abram Cox
State: MD
County: Charles County
Township: Oath of Fidelity
Year: 1778
Record Type: Fidelity Oath
Page: 120
Database: MD Early Census Index
Birth:
Have seen 06 Feb 1749 as Birthdate.Abram married Cassandra Tipton on 30 Sep 1779 in Baltimore County, Maryland. Cassandra (daughter of Samuel Tipton and Sarah Sparrows Gott) was born about 1751 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 31 Aug 1835 in Washington, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Cassandra Tipton was born about 1751 in Baltimore County, Maryland (daughter of Samuel Tipton and Sarah Sparrows Gott); died on 31 Aug 1835 in Washington, Virginia. Notes:
Married:
Family Data Collection - Marriages about Casandra Tipton
Name: Casandra Tipton
Spouse: Abram Cox
Marriage Date (Day, Month, Year): 30 Sep 1779
City: Baltimore County
State: MD
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Abram Cox
Name: Abram Cox
Gender: Male
Birth Place: MD
Birth Year: 1749
Spouse Name: Casandra Tipton
Spouse Birth Place: MD
Spouse Birth Year: 1751
Marriage Year: 1779
Marriage State: MD
Number Pages: 1Children:
- Sarah Cox was born about 1780 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died about 1822.
- 2. Arthur Willison Cox was born on 25 Nov 1784 in Baltimore, Maryland; died on 24 Jul 1865 in Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri ; was buried in South Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Missouri.
- Jarrett Cox was born about 1786.
- James Cox was born about 1787.
- Margaret Cox was born in 1790.
- Elizabeth Cox
6. James Laughlin was born on 20 Jan 1736 in near Belfast Ireland (son of John Laughlin and Jane Matthews). Notes:
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about James Laughlin
Name: James Laughlin
Year: 1742
Place: America
Source Publication Code: 4971
Primary Immigrant: Laughlin, James
Annotation: Date transportation ordered and intended destination. Includes crime and county where order was enacted. Extracted from Journal of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland, vol. 7 (1796).
Source Bibliography: McDONNELL, FRANCES. Emigrants from Ireland to America, 1735-1743: A Transcription of the Report of the Irish House of Commons into Enforced Emigration to America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. 134p.
Page: 95James married Mary Jane Dunkin on 20 Jun 1756 in Virginia. Mary was born in 1740 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died in 1787 in Spring Creek, Washington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Mary Jane Dunkin was born in 1740 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died in 1787 in Spring Creek, Washington County, Virginia. Notes:
Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about James Laughlin
Name: James Laughlin
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Ir
Birth Year: 1736
Spouse Name: Mary Jane Duncan
Spouse
Birth Place: PA
Spouse Birth Year: 1740
Marriage
Year: 1756
Marriage State: VA
Number Pages: 1Children:
- 3. Susannah M Laughlin was born on 10 Jan 1787 in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia; died on 29 Jul 1862 in Mercer County, Missouri ; was buried in South Lineville Cemetery, Lineville, Missouri.
Generation: 4
10. Samuel Tipton was born on 13 May 1721 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died before 14 Nov 1804 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Samuel married Sarah Sparrows Gott. Sarah was born on 19 Jan 1722 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 30 Oct 1799 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Sarah Sparrows Gott was born on 19 Jan 1722 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 30 Oct 1799 in Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland. Children:
- 5. Cassandra Tipton was born about 1751 in Baltimore County, Maryland; died on 31 Aug 1835 in Washington, Virginia.
12. John Laughlin was born in 1710 in Belfast,County Down, Ireland; died in Abingdon, Virginia. John married Jane Matthews. Jane (daughter of John Matthews and ?) was born in 1714 in Belfast, Ireland; died in Holston, Washington County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Jane Matthews was born in 1714 in Belfast, Ireland (daughter of John Matthews and ?); died in Holston, Washington County, Virginia. Children:
- 6. James Laughlin was born on 20 Jan 1736 in near Belfast Ireland.