[or-roots] Gidion Cox and his ancestry and siblings.

Tue May 26 18:30:23 PDT 2009

Finally a name I recognize:  Mary and Almon Shibley.  The  Shibley's ended 
up in Springwater, outside of Estacada and family still lives  there.  I 
believe Almon was father of James and the grandfather of Everett,  Elva, and 
Earl.  There were other children but 7heir names escape me right  now.  
Everett's son Elwin did most of the family research but he is no  longer living.  
There are other siblings of that generation however.

Joanne 

In a message dated 5/26/2009 3:04:23 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time,  
marj at europa.com writes:

Perhaps  some of you interested in the Cox families know Frances Cox 
Griffin, who spent  many years researching her Cox family and put together a book 
of the results,  which she has given to many in her family.  A copy is also 
in the  Genealogical Forum of Oregon in Portland and some other libraries in 
Oregon.  Frances,  87, now lives in Salem, not far from the Bethany 
Cemetery  in which Gidion and other family members are buried and which is on land  
donated by one of his brothers, Peter.   

According to Frances, Gideon is the son of Joseph Cox and Mary Surgenor  
Pope.  (Some think her name was Mary Surgenor, but Frances has convinced  me 
that she is correct.)  Joseph was born in Grayson Co., VA.  He  and Mary 
moved to Knox Co., KY and eventually wound up in Bartholomew Co., IN.  Here is 
just a small amount of info Frances has on the family, including  he children 
of Joseph and Mary:  

Thomas Cox, born in Grayson Co., VA  in 1791.  Married Martha  Cox.  Had a 
store in IL, and in 1846 along with a son and sons-in law  loaded up 13 
wagons and headed for Oregon, where he established the first  store in Salem.  
He had a place out on Ankeny Hill area south of Salem  which is now the site 
of the Ankeny vineyard and winery.  

Joseph Cox b */1792 in Grayson Co, VA.  Married Polly Rains He was  in IL 
with Thomas at one point, Frances could find no record of him after  that.

William Cox b 1794 in Grayson Co. VA.  Married Elsie St John in Knox  Co., 
KY.  He died in Platte Co., MO.  Some of his sons came to  OR.

Jacob Cox b 1793 or 4 in Grayson Co., VA (possibly a twin of William?).  
Married Jane Gatliff in Knox Co., KY.   

John Cox (Frances' and my ancestor) b 1795 in Grayson Co., VA.  Married 
Sarah Stanfield in Jackson Co., IN.  One of John and  Sarah's children,   their 
son Samuel Stanfield Cox, married Harriet Cox;  while another, a daughter 
Diana Coffey Cox, married Harriet's brother Solomon  Cox.  Samuel and Harriet 
were Frances' great grandparents.  Diana  and Solomon were my 
gg-grandparents.  John died in Johnson Co., MO.  the two younger couples both came to 
Oregon.  Samuel and Harriet  settled in the Bethany area near Silverton and are 
buried in the Bethany  Cemetery.  Solomon and Diana settled on what is now 
called Cox Butte,  west of Junction City, OR, where my brother Larry lives 
on what was part of  their Donation Land Claim.  

Jesse Cox b ca 1800 in Knox Co., KY, d in Dolphin Co., KS.  Married  Polly 
Parker, daughter of John Parker and Lydia Ruddick.  In between they  were in 
Benton Co., AR, where they had the Elkhorn Tavern.  

Permilla Cox (also called Milley or Amelia) b 1799 in Knox Co., KY.  Wed 
three times, buried in Salem, OR.

Peter Jackson Cox b 1802 in KY.  Married Jane Raines in Jackson Co.,  IN, 
and also two later marriages.  Came with his brother Gidion in 1846  and also 
settled in the Silverton area.  Donated land for the Bethany  Cemetery.*/

Gidion Smith Cox b 1806 in KY, buried in Bethany Cemetery.  Married  Sarah 
Coffinberry

James Cox b 1810 in Knox Co. KY.  Married Mary Juliatha Parker  (sister of 
Polly Parker).  James & Juliatha came to Oregon in 1864,  James dying soon 
after arriving at the home near Silverton of their daughter  Mary and her 
husband Almond Shibley

Elias Cox b 1812 in KY.  Married Mary ann Conner, and they stayed in  
Bartholomew Co., IN. 

Frances is a wealth of information on all of these families and their  
descendants, in case any of this is new or interesting to any of  you. 

By the way, the siblings Harriet and Solomon Cox who married John's kids,  
are the children of Solomon T. Cox and Mary Norris.  Solomon T. was son  of 
Jesse Cox and Margery Cox.  Jesse was the son of Solomon Cox and Ruth  Cox; 
Margery was the daughter of William Cox and Juliatha Carr, and her  brother 
Joseph is the one listed above who married Mary Surgenor Pope!  

Moreover, the Solomon who married Ruth Cox is a brother of the William  Cox 
who married Juliatha Carr.  And the patriarch of this whole tangled  mess 
William Cox, a Quaker in DE who married Catherine Kinkey of MD.  I  had the 
delightful experience of exploring, with the grandson of the current  owner,  
the wonderful old house in DE that William and Catherine had  built in the 
early 1700's.  (I created my own spreadsheet version of a  family tree to 
try to illustrate all these Cox interconnections.)

Greetings to all of you Cox relatives!   I would love to learn how  this 
information in Frances' book matches up with your research.  Marj  (Mikkelsen) 
Enneking, Portland, OR   

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