Elizabeth Jane Cox

1866 - 1898  (32 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Jane Cox
  Nickname	Betsy
  Birth	20 Apr 1866	Mercer County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Nov 1898
  Burial	Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri
  Person ID	I660	Thompson
  Last Modified	23 Jun 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	William Brown,   b. 08 Sep 1858, Mercer County, Missouri d. 08 Apr 1926, Lineville, Wayne, Iowa (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	08 Sep 1886	Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri
  Children	1. Virgil Monroe Brown,   b. 1887   d. 1965 (Age 78 years)   2. Dora E Brown,   b. 1894   d. 1965 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2004

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Brown Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Brown
  		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 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.
  		Elizabeth Jane Cox Elizabeth Jane 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

  
  

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  William and Elizabeth (Cox) Brown tombstone Brown Elizabeth 1866 - 1898 William 1858 - 1926