Jasper Alexander Cox

1864 - 1919  (54 years)

• Name	Jasper Alexander Cox
  Nickname	Alex
  Birth	17 Oct 1864	Mercer County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1919
  Burial	South Lineville Cemetary, Mercer County, Missouri
  Person ID	I623	Thompson
  Last Modified	22 Aug 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

  
  

  Family	Eliza Augusta Duncan,   b. 01 Aug 1868, Mercer County, Missouri d. 04 Mar 1924, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	14 Apr 1890	Mercer County, Missouri
  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 d. 22 Jul 1972, Glendale, Arizona (Age 81 years) + 2. Iona May Cox,   b. 01 Jul 1895, Mercer County, Missouri d. 07 Apr 1982, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 86 years) + 3. James Alexander Cox,   b. 14 Dec 1898, Mercer County, Missouri d. 19 May 1959 (Age 60 years) + 4. John Burton Cox,   b. 14 Nov 1900, Mercer County, Missouri d. 03 Jun 1975 (Age 74 years) + 5. Albert Porter Cox,   b. 01 Feb 1903, Mercer County, Missouri d. 28 Apr 1983, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa (Age 80 years) + 6. Dora Eleanor Cox   7. Maggie Susan Cox,   b. 05 Jan 1910, Mercer County, Missouri d. 03 Aug 1982, Bozman, Gallatin County, Montana (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2003

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		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 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
  		1870 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 11

  
  

  Headstones

  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 » Slide Show		Jasper Alexander Cox Family Mercer County Pioneer Traces Vol I, Page 209, Submitted by Beverly (Coffelt) Cox
  		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 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.