Edwin C Cox1

#14999, (October 1856 - )
Relationship3rd cousin of Nelle Belle Bridges
Father*Lemon Cox1 (c 1832 - )
Mother*Harriet _____1 (c 1834 - )

Family

Ida M Doughty b. 1863
Children 1.Lelah E Cox2 (1883 - )
 2.William Howard Cox+2 (1886 - 1968)
Birth*October 1856He was born in October 1856 at OhioG.2,1 
21 June 1860He appeared on the census of 21 June 1860 in the household of Lemon Cox and Harriet _____ at Anderson Twp., Hamilton Co., OhioG, age 5, b. OH; neis. Horatio and Rebecca Coc, fam. 367; Walter R Johnson (37), fam. 369.1 
24 June 1870He appeared on the census of 24 June 1870 in the household of Lemon Cox and Harriet _____ at Anderson Twp., Hamilton Co., OhioG, age 15, b. OH; neis. Horatio and Rebecca Cox, fam. 384; Walter Cox (30), fam. 385; Walter R Johnson, fam. 387.3 
Marriage*circa 1880He married Ida M Doughty circa 1880.4,2 
30 September 1890In Louisa J Cox's will dated 30 September 1890, "my nephew" Edwin C Cox was named as an heir.5
13 June 1900He and Ida M Doughty appeared on the census of 13 June 1900 at Anderson Twp., Hamilton Co., OhioG; neis. Duke Hibben (71), fam 210; Clinton Bridges (35), fam. 214.2 

Citations

  1. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. L H (27), blacksmith, b. OH, real estate value $500; Harriet G (26), b. SC.
  2. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Edwin C (46), b. OH Oct 1856 [sic], parents b. OH, photographer; Ida M (36), b. OH Jan 1863, father b. OH, mother b. KY, 2 children, both living; marr. 20 yrs.
  3. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Lemmon H (38), blacksmith, b. OH; Harriett (36), keeping house, b. SC, real estate value $2000.
  4. [S539] Ohio Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962, online Ancestry.com, Lelah Emma Cox, b. Tate Tshp., Clermont Co., 9 Dec 1883, dau. of E C Cox and Ida M. Doughly Or Doughby. FHL Film Number: 327581.
  5. [S714] Hamilton County Ohio Probate Court, Will Index and Books (1791- ), online www.probatect.org/courtrecordsarchive/willindex.htm, Vol. 53, pp. 254-257. Mentions brother Lemon, and gives all personal effects to her sister-in-law Harriet G Cox (unless otherwise devised), including a gold watch and chain, and a gold ring with "my sister's initial thereon"; to niece Fanny Wood, a set of silver spoons with "my sister's initial (S.J.C.) thereon" and one pair of gold earrings; to Marshall P Cox, a gold ring; to niece Alice Cox, one lamp; to niece Jesse Cox, "my bible" at the old homestead; to Harriet A Cox, widow of Panel, "the feather bed in the upstairs bed room of the old homestead"; to John Coffey, in trust for brother W S Scott, one-third of money on hand; to brother Lemon M Cox, one-third of all money and real estate; to the children of brother Panel, one-third of all money and real estate; to nephew Edwin C Cox, a set of silver spoons. "I cannot suffiently acknowledge my love and gratitude to me dear sister-in-law Harriet G Cox for the kind and devoted care and attention received at her hands and the hands of my brother Lemon and his family." Names friend C C Johnson of Forestville executor. Signed 30 Sep 1890. Witnesses Ida May Cox and Josie Homan [Howan?].