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Jarett Madison Cox

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Name Jarett Madison Cox Birth 27 Jul 1857 Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri Gender Male Death 31 Jul 1938 Burial Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri Person ID I621 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
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Photos Jarett Madison Cox
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Documents 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 relationship1900 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 Jarett Madison Cox Headstone
Jarett M. Cox
1857 - 1938
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Notes - 1860 Census on file.
- Grave marker says: 1857-1938 Jarrett M. Cox.
- Jarett Madison Cox Never Married