Descendants of David Cox Generation No. 1 1. D AVID 1 C OX was born Bet. 1776 - 1780 in Vermont/NY State. He married C ATHERINE/ J ANE . She was born Abt. 1780 in NY State. Married Catherine or Jane between 1780 and 1783 in Vermont or NY State. Children Richard (b:10/23/1816 d:11/13/1877), Leonard (b:1817) and Alonzo (b:1822). Census 1: 1830, Stow, Portage County, Ohio Census 2: 1820, Stow, Portage County, Ohio Census 3: 1840, Northampton, Summit County, Ohio Census 4: 1850, Northampton, Summit County, Ohio Census 5: 1860, Northampton, Summit County, Ohio Children of D AVID C OX and C ATHERINE/ J ANE are: 2. i. R ICHARD 2 C OX , b. Oct 23, 1816, VT; d. Nov 13, 1877, Ottawa County, MI. ii. L EONARD C OX , b. Abt. 1817, New York. Married Lydia (b:1817 NY or Ohio). Children Lyman (b:1838), Louisa (b:1844), Francis (b:1849) and Alfred (b:1854). Census 1: 1850, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH Census 2: 1840, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH Census 3: 1860, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH iii. A LONZO C OX , b. Abt. 1821. Married May A (b:1833), children Alice (b:1855) and Charles D (b:1858). Census: 1860, Northampton, Summit County, Ohio   Generation No. 2 2. R ICHARD 2 C OX (D AVID 1) was born Oct 23, 1816 in VT, and died Nov 13, 1877 in Ottawa County, MI. He married (1) P HILENA T IBBET Jan 01, 1838 in Portage County Ohio (now Summit), daughter of J ONATHAN T IBBET and H ULDAH R OOT . She was born Oct 18, 1821 in Norton Township, Medina County, OH, and died Bef. 1852. He married (2) E LIZABETH? 1851 in Indiana. She was born Abt. 1823. Census 1: 1830, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH Census 2: 1840, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH Census 3: 1850, Orange, Noble County, IN Census 4: 1860, Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, MI Property: Oct 17, 1857, Georgetown Land Deed from Andrew Tibbet to Richard Cox Notes for P HILENA T IBBET : went to IN (Noble, Lagrange) for a while More About P HILENA T IBBET : Census: 1880, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI More About E LIZABETH? Census: 1880, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI Property: Bet. 1916 - 1918, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 Children of R ICHARD C OX and P HILENA T IBBET are: 3. i. C ATHERINE A MANDA 3 C OX , b. Nov 24, 1839, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH; d. Apr 09, 1907, Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. ii. R UBY C OX , b. Jun 25, 1841, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH; d. Bef. 1850. 4. iii. A LVIN C OX , b. Sep 28, 1843, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. 5. iv. E DWARD C OX , b. Feb 15, 1845, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. v. L EONARD C OX , b. Apr 12, 1847, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. vi. H ENRY ( H UNTLEY) C OX , b. Feb 13, 1848, Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. 6. vii. D AVID ( D ANIEL) B . C OX , b. Apr 13, 1850, Orange Twp, Noble County, IN; d. 1923, Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI. Children of R ICHARD C OX and E LIZABETH? are: viii. F LORENCE 3 C OX , b. Oct 07, 1852, Noble County, Indiana or OH. Married Sarah J. (b:1856 WI d:bef 1910) in 1873. Children Leroy (3/8/1874), Cora E. (b:9/9/1875 d:6/16/1876), Adelia (b:4/29/1877) and Iva (10/1891). Married Belle Hall (b:1857) 4/15/1908 in Manton, Wexford County, MI. Census 1: 1900, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 2: 1880, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI Census 3: 1910, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 4: 1920, Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI Miscellaneous 1: Nov 04, 1876, Georgetown Township, List of Registered Voters 1859-1878 Miscellaneous 2: 1878, Georgetown Township, Assessments 1878-1879 - Section 36 S 1/2 E54/80 NE 1/4 (27A) Value $260 Property: Bet. 1898 - 1925, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) 7. ix. R ICHARD C OX , b. May 22, 1855, Noble County, Indiana; d. Abt. 1887, Wexford County, MI. x. A RTHER C OX , b. 1857, Or 1858 Michigan. Property: 1886, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 xi. G EORGE C OX , b. Jul 1859, Ottawa County, MI; d. Bef. 1880, Ottawa County, MI. xii. A LICE A DELIA C OX , b. 1862, Ottawa County, MI; d. Bef. 1900; m. J AMES O RLANDO W ILSON , May 04, 1884, Wexford County, MI (Source: Michigan Dibean Marriage Index, Wexford County.). Married James Orlando Wilson 5/4/1884 in Wexford County, MI. Children Myrtle (b:7/9/1885 d:3/19/1969), Izora E. (b:3/1891 d:1911).   Generation No. 3 3. C ATHERINE A MANDA 3 C OX (R ICHARD 2, D AVID 1) was born Nov 24, 1839 in Northampton Township, Summit County, OH, and died Apr 09, 1907 in Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. She married H IEL A LFRED F LETCHER 1859 in Ottawa County, MI, son of W ILLIAM F LETCHER and R EBECCA V AN D EURSEN . He was born Dec 23, 1827 in Canada, and died Sep 21, 1907 in Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan (Source: Copy of certificate.). Burial: A-98-4 Olive Township Cemetary, Ottawa County, MI (Source: Photo of headstone.) Children of C ATHERINE C OX and H IEL F LETCHER are: i. M ARY 4 F LETCHER , b. Apr 30, 1860, Ottawa County, MI; d. Apr 30, 1860, Ottawa County, MI. ii. M ANLY M . F LETCHER , b. Apr 30, 1860, Ottawa County, MI; d. Mar 31, 1879. Burial: A-98-1 Olive Township Cemetary, Ottawa County, MI (Source: Photo of headstone.) Census: 1860, Name is Hiel on 1860 Census. Age 4/12. iii. W ORTHY M ARY F LETCHER , b. May 1862; d. 1942, Ottawa County, MI. iv. W ESLEY F LETCHER , b. May 1862; d. Mar 05, 1903, Robinson Township, Ottawa County, MI. v. W EALTHY R OSE F LETCHER , b. 1864; d. Aug 24, 1934, Cadillac, Wexford County, MI. vi. H IEL N IEL A BEL F LETCHER , b. Jan 13, 1868, Olive Township, Ottawa County, MI; d. Jan 29, 1948. vii. W ILLIAM L OVELL F LETCHER , b. Sep 1869, Michigan; d. Dec 08, 1922, St. Mary's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI. viii. E ARNEST F . F LETCHER , b. Apr 18, 1871, Olive Township, Ottawa County, MI; d. Jan 02, 1942, Polkton Township. . ix. P EARL M AY F LETCHER , b. Jul 22, 1873; d. Nov 14, 1955. x. R OSA E . ( L IBBIE) F LETCHER , b. Oct 22, 1876, Olive Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: (1) Vol 2 1872-1877 Ottawa County Birth Records, 276, recorded 5/31/1877., (2) Vol 3 1877-1883 Ottawa County Birth Records, 36, recorded 6/1/1878.); m. G EORGE M C C ORMICK . xi. E VA V IOLET F LETCHER , b. May 03, 1878, Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan; d. Apr 03, 1947, Olive Township, Ottawa County, Michigan. xii. L ILLIE V ERA F LETCHER , b. Feb 23, 1880, Olive Township, Ottawa County, MI. 4. A LVIN 3 C OX (R ICHARD 2, D AVID 1) was born Sep 28, 1843 in Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. He married S ARAH C OMBS Mar 04, 1869 in Wyoming Township, Kent County, MI (Source: Kent County Marriage Record, Book 1, page 227.). She was born May 1849 in Grand Island, NY, and died Sep 06, 1922 in Grandville, MI (Source: Grand Rapids Press, 9/7/1922, Obit.). Census 1: 1870, Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, MI Census 2: 1880, Cedar Creek, Wexford, MI Census 3: 1900, Wyoming, Kent, MI Census 4: 1910, Wyoming, Kent, MI Military service 1: May 09, 1864, Captured at Cloyds Mountain, WV. Held at Andersonville and survived. (Source: American Civil War solders database online.) Military service 2: Joined 23rd Ohio Infantry - Company I - Union Private - Kiogga Falls, OH (Source: Civil War Pension Records.) Miscellaneous 1: Mar 31, 1866, Georgetown Township, List of Registered Voters 1859-1878 Miscellaneous 2: 1879, Georgetown Township, Assessments 1878-1879 - Personal & 1 Dog Value $75 Miscellaneous 3: 1879, Georgetown Township, Assessments 1878-1879 - Section 36 N 1/2 E45/80 NE 1/4 (27A) Value $280 Pension: Feb 17, 1865, Applied for Civil War Pension More About S ARAH C OMBS : Burial: Grandville Cemetery, Kent County, MI Marriage Notes for A LVIN C OX and S ARAH C OMBS : COX, Alvin (w) 25, Georgetown, Ottawa Co., b. North Hampton, O., occ.: Farmer, and Sarah COMBS (w) 19, b. State N.Y.  4 Mar. 1869 at Wyoming by Silas Powell, J. P.  Asenath POWELL, Wyoming, and Lydia Ann POWELL, same place, witnesses.  6:57   Children of A LVIN C OX and S ARAH C OMBS are: i. M AUDE 4 C OX , b. Oct 06, 1870, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: Vol 1 1867-1871 Ottawa County Birth Records, 280.); d. Nov 02, 1870, Ottawa County, MI. ii. C LAUDIA M ABEL C OX , b. Feb 08, 1873. Married Wesley R. Smith (b:8/1866) 5/4/1892 in Grandville, Kent County, MI. 7 children, some possibly still living Census from 1900-1930 in Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, MI. Lived in Manton in 1918. iii. G UY A LMON C OX , b. Oct 30, 1875 (Source: WWI Draft Registration Card.); d. Nov 25, 1943, At home, near Grandville, Kent County, MI. Married Gertrude (b:1881d:1945), child Guy Jr. (b:4/23/1905 GR, Kent, MI d:1923 MI). Burial: 15 - Grandville Cemetery, Kent County, MI (Source: Grand Rapids Herald, 11/26/1943, Obit.) Medical Information: Lost left leg below knee before 9/12/1918. (Source: WWI Draft Registration Card.) iv. M ARY D ANCHIE C OX , b. Aug 11, 1880; d. Bef. Mar 22, 1915. v. E DITH G RACIE C OX , b. Dec 22, 1881; d. Bef. Mar 22, 1915. vi. D AISY L EAH C OX , b. Feb 21, 1888, Grandville, Kent County, MI. Married a Brand, lived in Chicago in 1918. vii. A LVY ( A LVIN J R.) W ESLEY C OX , b. May 12, 1893. Married Ruby G (b:1901 d:10/1973) about 1918. She died at age 79. 1child, possibly still living 5. E DWARD 3 C OX (R ICHARD 2, D AVID 1) was born Feb 15, 1845 in Northampton Township, Summit County, OH. He married A LCENA E LLIS Sep 03, 1865 in Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: (1) Civil War Pension Application, Edward Cox of Georgetown 21 and Alcena Elles of Georgetown 26 married by James Skeels, J.P. at the home of the bride's father in Georgetown., (2) Marriage Certificate.). She was born Jul 09, 1839 in Summit County, Ohio, and died Bet. 1925 - 1927 in Wexford County, MI. Cause of Death: Tuberculosis Census: 1900, Greenwood, Wexford County, MI Miscellaneous: Nov 03, 1866, Georgetown Township, List of Registered Voters 1859-1878 Pension: 1884, Applied for Civil War Pension Property 1: 1909, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 2 Property 2: Bet. 1898 - 1925, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 Property 3: Bet. 1899 - 1909, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 Notes for A LCENA E LLIS : Parents Jesse Ellis and Sarah McMullen. There were 14 children in her family, one sister Mary (Polly) married Andrew Tibbet, another sister one sister Sarah married Henry Tibbet. - not verified. Applied for a widow's pension on 11/11/1914, witnesses were J. Thomas Maxwell and Philena M. (Cox) Garrow. Dropped from pension rolls on 11/4/1927 because of death though date stamped on notice is 12/15/1925. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Manton, Wexford County, MI More About E DWARD C OX and A LCENA E LLIS : Marriage: Sep 03, 1865, Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: (1) Civil War Pension Application, Edward Cox of Georgetown 21 and Alcena Elles of Georgetown 26 married by James Skeels, J.P. at the home of the bride's father in Georgetown., (2) Marriage Certificate.) Children of E DWARD C OX and A LCENA E LLIS are: i. M ILTON E . 4 C OX , b. Jul 25, 1866. Married Nellie Spears (b:1875), children Vernice (b:1894), Edward M. (b:1896). Census 1: 1910, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 2: 1900, 3 Ward Cadillac, Wexford, MI Census 3: 1920, Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, MI Property: Bet. 1898 - 1925, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Residence: 1903, Levering, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) ii. M YRTEL C OX , b. Abt. 1868, ? Not on Edwards Pension Doc.; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880. iii. M ERTON W . C OX , b. Aug 14, 1868, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: Vol 1 1867-1871 Ottawa County Birth Records, 108 116.). Married Cora Woods (b:1870) about 1892 in Wexford County. 2 children, some possibly still living. Census 1: 1910, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 2: 1920, Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, MI Property: Bet. 1898 - 1925, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Residence: 1903, Greenwood Township, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) iv. V IOLA H . C OX , b. Jan 13, 1870, Georgetown Township, Ottawa County, MI. Married Robert Maxwell, 2 children Also married Thomas Maxurd. Residence: 1903, Cadillac, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) v. P HILENA M . C OX , b. Mar 15, 1871, Wexford County, MI. Married Robert Carl Garrow (b:2/1865 d:bet 1910-1920)) about 1889. Residence: 1903, Cadillac, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) vi. R ILEY J AMES C OX , b. Jun 14, 1873. Married Cora Spear, shown as divorced on the 1900 census. Married Ruth Christian (b:8/18/1872) about 1903 in Wexford County, MI. Lived in Manton. 4 children, some possibly still living. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Wexford County, MI Census: 1910, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Property 1: 1908, Section 36, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Property 2: Bet. 1898 - 1899, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Property 3: Bet. 1900 - 1925, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 Residence: 1903, Greenwood Township, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) vii. C HARLES F . C OX , b. Oct 29, 1879. Married Lillie Gross (b:1885 KS) about 1902 in Wexford County, MI. Child possibly still living. Census: 1910, Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI Property: Bet. 1911 - 1920, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 15 Homestead (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Residence: 1903, Cadillac, MI (Source: Wheeler, John H., History of Wexford County, MI, 1903 B.F. Bowen, Logansport, IN.) 6. D AVID ( D ANIEL) B . 3 C OX (R ICHARD 2, D AVID 1) was born Apr 13, 1850 in Orange Twp, Noble County, IN, and died 1923 in Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI. He married (1) L AURA H . C OLWELL Apr 12, 1874 in Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI (Source: Vol 5 Ottawa County Marriage Records, 99.). She was born Abt. 1840 in Ontario, NY, and died Nov 25, 1905 in Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI. He married (2) N ETTY K NAP Mar 22, 1906 in Mason, Ingham County, MI. She was born Abt. 1848 in OH. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Wexford County, MI Census 1: 1880, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 2: 1900, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Census 3: 1910, Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI Property 1: Bet. 1898 - 1901, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Property 2: Jun 13, 1880, West half of the NE qtr of section 36 in township 24 - 80 acres (Source: Land Purchase record.) Property 3: 1899, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 23 Property 4: Bet. 1903 - 1913, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 Property 5: Bet. 1916 - 1919, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 35 More About L AURA H . C OLWELL : Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Wexford County, MI Marriage Notes for D AVID C OX and L AURA C OLWELL : Married by Minister Seymour C. Cook, witnesses George Dooley and Florence Cox. Children of D AVID C OX and L AURA C OLWELL are: i. F RANK 4 C OX , b. Abt. 1870. ii. J ENNIE M . C OX , b. Sep 06, 1877, Jamestown Township, Ottawa County, MI; d. Feb 13, 1953, Cedar Creek Township, Wexford County, MI. Married Willis Shust (d:1925) then William Sullivan (d:6/26/1952). Burial: Fairview Cemetery, Manton, Wexford County, MI 7. R ICHARD 3 C OX (R ICHARD 2, D AVID 1) was born May 22, 1855 in Noble County, Indiana, and died Abt. 1887 in Wexford County, MI. He married (1) A RDELIA A . ( D ELLA) D RAKE . She died Jul 06, 1881 in Greenwood Township, Wexford County, MI. He married (2) M ARTHA D UNHAM Aug 19, 1884 in Van Buren County, MI. Census: 1880, Greenwood, Wexford, MI Property 1: 1886, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 (Source: Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls 1886-1925.) Property 2: 1893, Greenwood Township Tax Assessment Rolls Sec. 36 - Estate Child of R ICHARD C OX and A RDELIA D RAKE is: i. B ERTHA B . 4 C OX , b. 1879. Children of R ICHARD C OX and M ARTHA D UNHAM are: ii. B ABY 4 C OX , b. Jul 11, 1885, Wexford County, MI; d. Jul 12, 1885, Wexford County, MI. iii. W ILLIAM C OX , b. Aug 1887, MI. Contributor: Mary Trimbach - For further information, you may contact her by   e-mail at: mjtprog@chartermi.net