Minister John Willis Burton Cox

1825 - 1899  (73 years)

• Name	John Willis Burton Cox
  Title	Minister
  Nickname	Burt
  Birth	19 Dec 1825	Rutherford County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Apr 1899	Mercer County, Missouri
  Burial	Laughlin Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri
  Person ID	I616	Thompson
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Arthur Willison Cox,   b. 25 Nov 1784, Baltimore, Maryland d. 24 Jul 1865, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Susannah M Laughlin,   b. 10 Jan 1787, Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia d. 29 Jul 1862, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1807	Washington County, Virginia
  Notes	Married: Married by Stephen Bovell U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Record details Name: Willison Cox Gender: Male Birth Place: MD Birth Year: 1784 Spouse Name: Susannah Laughlin Spouse Birth Place: VA Spouse Birth Year: 1787 Marriage Year: 1807 Marriage State: VA Number Pages: 1
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane Rockhold,   b. 26 May 1838, Carroll, Carroll County, Missouri d. 30 May 1925, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1856	Mercer County, Missouri
  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
  Children	1. Jarett Madison Cox,   b. 27 Jul 1857, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri d. 31 Jul 1938 (Age 81 years) + 2. Nancy Ann Cox,   b. 05 Jan 1859, Mercer County, Missouri d. 03 Feb 1937, Rawlins County, Kansas (Age 78 years)   3. Elwysey Eleanor Cox,   b. 21 Nov 1860, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri d. 30 Aug 1913 (Age 52 years)   4. Lloyd Porter Cox,   b. 03 Sep 1862, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri d. 17 Oct 1932 (Age 69 years) + 5. Jasper Alexander Cox,   b. 17 Oct 1864, Mercer County, Missouri d. 29 Jan 1919 (Age 54 years) + 6. Elizabeth Jane Cox,   b. 20 Apr 1866, Mercer County, Missouri d. 20 Nov 1898 (Age 32 years) + 7. Mary Viola Madora Cox,   b. 18 Mar 1869, Mercer County, Missouri d. 16 Jul 1934, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 65 years) + 8. Thomas Willis Cox,   b. 02 Mar 1872, Missouri d. 04 Sep 1960, Imperial, Missouri (Age 88 years)   9. Tipton Burton Cox,   b. 30 Oct 1876, Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri d. 12 Jan 1880 (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2023

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		John Willis Burton Cox John Willis Burton Cox
  		John Willis Burton Cox Family Front: Reverend John Willis Burton Cox, Virgil Brown and Mary Jane (Rockhold) Cox. Back: Mary Viola Madora Cox, Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Brown and Elwysey Eleanor Cox.
  		John Willis Burton Cox John Willis Burton Cox
  		John Willis Burton Cox John Willis Burton Cox
  		John Willis Burton Cox and Family Back: Mary Viola Madora Cox, Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Brown and Elwysey Eleanor Cox. Front: Reverend John Willis Burton Cox, Virgil Monroe Brown and Mary Jane (Rockhold) Cox.
  		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.)

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census Record - Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 15
  		1860 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 102 Sarah Ewing - Unknown relationship John Ewing - Unknown relationship Willison Cox - 77 Susannah M Laughlin Cox - 73 John Willis Burton Cox - 35 Mary Jane Rockhold Cox - 26 Jarett Madison Cox - 3 On the next page (103) was: Nancy Ann Cox - 1 J. W Baker - 12 Unknown relationship J. B. Baker - 10 Unknown relationship
  		John W B Cox in the US Civil War Draft Registrations Records 1863 to 1865 John W B Cox in the US Civil War Draft Registrations Records 1863 to 1865 Listed second from the bottom
  		Arthur Willison Cox and family 1850 Census Arthur Willison Cox and family 1850 Census

  
  

  Headstones

  John Willis Burton Cox Tombstone J.W.B. Cox Died April 24, 1899 Aged 73Y. 4M. 5D. Husband of M.J. Cox

  
  

  Histories		John Willis Burton Cox Family Mercer County Pioneer Traces Vol I, Page 213, Wyona (Ivan) Cox
  		John Willis Burton Cox John Willis Burton Cox Information taken from "Our Ancestors" by Dora Cox Mostert and "Rambling Through the Life and Times" by Wyona Ivan Cox.

  
  

• Notes

  1860 Census on file. Tombstone reads "JWB Cox died Apr. 24 1899 aged 73y 4m 5d". Also found notes stating John W B Cox was born in Kentucky. He was licensed to preach in 1873 and ordained into the Baptist Church in 1875. Obit: Obituary J.W.B. Cox was born December 19th, 1826, and departed this life April 24 at 6 o'clock, 1899, aged 73 years, 4 month and 6 days. He was born in the state of Tennessee, and at the age of 11 years moved to Jackson Co., MO with his father and mother and seven brothers and sisters, he being the seventh. James the oldes, Jarret T. Mary Ann, Hugh P., Elisabeth Jane, Sarah C., Margaret E. and J.W.B. Cox are the names of the family of Wilson and Susannah Cox and they have all passed away except Margaret, who is only waiting for her lord to call her home. At the age of 17 J.W.B. Cox moved to Mercer Co., where he made his home until God called him away. He joined the Baptist Church in the year of 1871, was licensed to preach the gospel in 1873 and was ordained about 1875. He was married to Mary Jane Rockhold in the year of 1856. He has left his companion 4 boys and 3 girls and 15 grandchildren. Two of his children had gone on before to a better land, one in infancy and the other, Elizabeth J. Brown, who has preceeded him about 5 months, and died so happy in Jesus and having her friends stand around her bed and her **ther hold her Bible open so she could look on its sacred pages to the last. But how soon does a generation pass away? J.W.B. Cox was loved by all. He was a minister of the Gospel in word and deed. No one ever came to him for aid but what he would help them. He was a Good Samaritan to all, his house was open to receive the orphans and he was a father to them all. How sadly he will be missed by al and especially at home when they gather around the dear old family altar at night, oh, then, how he will be missed! Yet his works will follow him for how can we ever forget who have heard his kind exhortations and warnings and prayers. His sufferings were very great during his illness of nine days but he shouted and praised God all day the day he took sick. He said from the first day of his sickness that he would not get well and he has gone to his erernal rest. The funeral sermon was preached by J.R.Nordyke and J.D.Houston from Job 14:1 to a large concourse of people. Weary toiler thy work all done And they soul into glory gone, Eternal life with its crown now won, God giveth the rest. Rest from all sorrows and watching and fears, Rest from all possible sighing and tears, Rest through God's endless wonderful years, At home with the blest. Burt Cox worked at many trades. He was a good woodsman; handy with an axe, saw and other wood working tools. He was a brick maker and he and his boys made thousands of bricks which were used for buildings round about. He was also a carpenter, bricklayer and cabinet maker. However, that did not use up all of his time. When he was 35 years old, he became very much interested in religion. He wanted to do more in God's work. He studied the "Good Book" diligently. He and Mary Jane had joined the Baptist Church about 1871. Burt became an ordained minister of the Baptist faith about 1873. He was a practicing Minister until his death. He was a minister of the "Hard-Shelled" Baptist Church. Since his Congregation were farmer folk who had rather small incomes, his material returns for his labors were small indeed. Rich, however, were the rewards of good will and friendship he reaped. He ministered to the sick. If any man needed help to pay his rent or his interest in order to keep his home or if a poor man with only two horses lost a horse, Burt Cox went out to take up a collection to remedy the situation. You may bet your bottom dollar Burt Cox's contribution headed the list and was as large as he expected any other man to give. Burt traveled all around the area on horseback to hold meetings and to minister to people. He was a big man and a hard working man. As I said, he worked at many trades. These trades he taught his sons: timber work, farming, bricklaying and brick making. They became proficient in most of these trades. John Willis Burton Cox died 24 April 1899 in Mercer Co., Missouri and is buried in the old Laughlin Cemetery.