Elwysey Eleanor Cox

1860 - 1913  (52 years)

• Name	Elwysey Eleanor Cox
  Nickname	Ellen, Eliza
  Birth	21 Nov 1860	Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Aug 1913
  Burial	Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri
  Person ID	I618	Thompson
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Minister John Willis Burton Cox,   b. 19 Dec 1825, Rutherford County, Tennessee d. 24 Apr 1899, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 73 years)
  Mother	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
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elurysey Eleanor Cox Elurysey Eleanor 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.
  		Mary Jane Rockhold and three Daughters Back row - Dora (cox) Hampton and Ellen Cox Front row - Nancy Ann (Cox) Thompson and their mother Mary Jane (Rockhold) 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.
  		Elurysey Eleanor Cox Elurysey Eleanor Cox

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census Record - Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 15
  		1870 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 11
  		1900 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Sheet 3 A
  		1910 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Sheet 6 A

  
  

  Headstones

  Elurysey Eleanor Cox Tombstone Elwysev Eleanor Dau of JWB and MJ Cox Born Nov 21 1860 Age 52 Y 10 M 10 D

  
  

• Notes

  Also found spelling of first name as Elurysey, Elwysey and Elevysey. Elwysey Eleanor Cox Never Married Buried: Tombstone reads: COX Elwysev Eleanor, Nov 21, 1860 - August 30, 1913, Age 52y, 10m, 10d Dau of J. W. B. & M. J. Cox.