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Jasper Alexander Cox

Jasper Alexander Cox

Male 1864 - 1919  (54 years)

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  • Name Jasper Alexander Cox 
    Nickname Alex 
    Birth 17 Oct 1864  Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jan 1919 
    Burial South Lineville Cemetary, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I623  Thompson
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2023 

    Father Minister John Willis Burton Cox,   b. 19 Dec 1825, Rutherford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1899, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Jane Rockhold,   b. 26 May 1838, Carroll, Carroll County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1925, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 23 Oct 1856  Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Soon after they were married Burt and Mary took a baby boy by the name of Sam B. Baker to rear. Son of Sarah C. Cox Baker, to raise. He was a few years older than Jarrett Cox, who was born July 27, 1857.
    • Burt and Mary also took to rear Tom Qualls and Tobe Molen.
      Tom Qualls became a very rich man as riches were reckoned in his day, $75,000 or more.
      Tobe Molen moved to Oklahoma about 1900. He worked on a farm for awhile then went to the oil wells or fields to work. He studied the oil business, learned how to find and map oil fields. He worked in both the United States and Canada. The last we heard of Tobe he was on an oil exploring trip in western Canada.

    Married:
    • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Mary Jane Rockhold
      Name: Mary Jane Rockhold
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: MO
      Birth Year: 1838
      Spouse Name: John Willis Cox
      Spouse
      Birth Place: TN
      Spouse Birth Year: 1825
      Marriage
      Year: 1856
      Marriage State: MO
      Number Pages: 1
    Family ID F214  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Augusta Duncan,   b. 01 Aug 1868, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Mar 1924, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 14 Apr 1890  Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Married by Preston Hampton, Justice of the peace for Mercer County.

      Witnesses for the wedding were William Brown and Jimmy Duncan, Auda's brother.

      Dora and Maggie were twins.
    Children 
    +1. Wyona Ivan Cox,   b. 15 Nov 1890, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1972, Glendale, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    +2. Iona May Cox,   b. 01 Jul 1895, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Apr 1982, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +3. James Alexander Cox,   b. 14 Dec 1898, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1959 (Age 60 years)
    +4. John Burton Cox,   b. 14 Nov 1900, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jun 1975 (Age 74 years)
    +5. Albert Porter Cox,   b. 01 Feb 1903, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1983, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
    +6. Dora Eleanor Cox
     7. Maggie Susan Cox,   b. 05 Jan 1910, Mercer County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Aug 1982, Bozman, Gallatin County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F237  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Sep 2003 

  • Photos
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Family.
    Front: Maggie, Alex, Auda, and Dora, Back: Jimmie, Wyona, Ina, Dot, Bob Gibson, Albert and Johnnie Cox. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Cox Family Dinner
    Abt 1913 (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Cox Family Dinner
    Abt 1913
    With some names added (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox
    Jasper Alexander Wyona Ivan and Eliza Augusta Duncan Cox
    Jasper Alexander Wyona Ivan and Eliza Augusta Duncan Cox
    Jasper Alexander Wyona Ivan and Eliza Augusta Duncan Cox

    Documents
    1880 United States Federal Census Record - Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 15
    1880 United States Federal Census Record - Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 15
    1870 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 11
    1870 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 11

    Headstones
    Jasper and Eliza Cox Tombstone
    Jasper and Eliza Cox Tombstone
    Cox
    Jasper A. Cox
    Oct 17, 1864 - Jan 28, 1918
    Eliza Augusta
    His Wife
    Aug 1, 1868 - Mar 4, 1924

    Histories
    Jasper Alexander Cox Family
    Jasper Alexander Cox Family
    Mercer County Pioneer Traces Vol I, Page 209, Submitted by Beverly (Coffelt) Cox
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan
    Our Cox Cousins by Trudy (Mostert) Wiltbank
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan
    Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan
    From "Our Cox Cousins" by Trudy (Mostert) Wiltbank

  • Notes 
    • From Andre Mostert about the Jasper Alexander Cox and Eliza Augusta Duncan History:
      My sister Trudy wrote this short article about our Cox/Duncan grandparents. Our mother Dora Cox had told us this story often. Also Uncle Ona wrote his own story of his father and mother which is almost identical to mother's. There is a verbal quirk in northern Missouri that pronounces an ending "a" as "i or "y". So Auda, Ona, Ina would all be pronounced as Audy, Ony, Iny. I can verify this having heard my mother and her brothers and sisters saying this often. They called her (Dora) Dory. Continuing along this line, natives of the northern border with Iowa also called the state Missoura, not Missoury.


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