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Elisha Lafayette Cox 1855–1935 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1855

Birth Location: , , Illinois, USA

Death Date: 19 October 1935

Death Location: Kiowa, OK

Father: Harmon Cox

Mother: Elizabeth Edwards

Spouse(s): Sophrona Bishop

Children(s): Lura Cox

Elisha Lafayette Cox was born in 1855 in , , Illinois, USA, the child of Harmon Cox And Elizabeth Ann Edwards. Elisha Lafayette Cox married Sophrona Paralee Bishop, and had children including Lura Elizabeth Cox. Elisha Lafayette Cox passed away in 1935 in Kiowa, OK.

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Biography

  • Elisha Lafayette Cox was born in 1855 in , , Illinois, USA, the child of Harmon Cox And Elizabeth Ann Edwards.
  • Elisha Lafayette Cox married Sophrona Paralee Bishop, and had children including Lura Elizabeth Cox.
  • Elisha Lafayette Cox passed away in 1935 in Kiowa, OK.

Immediate Family

Parents

Harmon Cox
1823–1879
Birth Location: Blount County, Tennessee
HC
Elizabeth Edwards
1837–
Birth Location: North Carolina
EE

Spouses(s)

Sophrona Bishop
1865–1938
Birth Location: –
SB

Children(s)

Lura Cox
1887–1983
Birth Location: Illinois
LC

Elisha Cox's Ancestors

Self
Elisha Cox
1855–1935
Birth Place: , , Illinois, USA
Parents
Harmon Cox
1823–1879
Blount County, Tennessee
Elizabeth (Ann) Edwards
1837–
North Carolina
Grandparents
Elisha Cox
1774–
Virginia
Anna Cox
1776–1830
Great-Grandparents
Jesse Cox
1752–1822
Elizabeth Cox
1754–1805
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elisha Cox's Descendants

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Elisha (Lafayette) Cox (1855–19 October 1935) m. Sophrona (Paralee) Bishop (1865–1938)
  1. 1. Lura (Elizabeth) Cox 1887–1983 m. Richard (Garland) Douglas 1887–1952
    1. 1. Mrytle (Edna) Douglas 1910–1999 m. John (Henry) Crosby 1907–1965
      1. 1. Billy (Gene) Crosby 1936–1995 m. Charlene Leonard 1943–2020
      2. 2. Edna (Flodell) Crosby 1929–2003 m. Henry (Gordon) Barnett 1924–1985
      3. 3. Jack (Glendell) Crosby 1932–1999
      4. 4. Roy (Thomas) Crosby 1927–1991 m. Shirley (Grace) Neal 1935–2000
      5. 5. Jimmy (Coleman) Crosby 1938–2010 m. Willian Agnew 1885–1963 m. Pearl (H) Hartson 1926–
      6. 6. Baby Crosby 1926–1926
      7. 7. Don (Ray) Crosby 1943–2011 m. Geneva (Sue) Gann 1945–2011
    2. 2. John (Charles) Duglas 1912–
    3. 3. Louis Duglas 1907–
    4. 4. Helen Douglass 1908–
    5. 5. Winnie Douglas 1915–
    6. 6. Movin Douglas 1913–1978
    7. 7. Hellen Douglas 1908–
    8. 8. Helen (Mae) Gentry 1908–1941

Elisha Cox's Timeline

2 Records

1855
1855
Birth of Elisha Lafayette Cox in , , Illinois, USA
, , Illinois, USA
1935
19 October 1935
Age 80
Death of Elisha Lafayette Cox in Kiowa, OK
Kiowa, OK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1855
    Event Place: , , Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 October 1935
    Event Place: Kiowa, OK
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