Benjamin Franklin COX, SR

Birth:
28 Feb 1846
Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky
Death:
26 Apr 1925
Marriage:
27 Feb 1870
Daviess, Missouri
Father:
Joseph COX
Notes:
                   Father was killed on the railroad when he was 10.Served in Co K 64th Illinois Vol. Inf. Civil War, 2 yrs marching with Sherman in the famous march to the sea. Moved back to Indiana, after Illinois and then in 1867. He peaked out from under his wagon canvas and spotted a beautiful young women and said "there goes my future wife". They married.They moved to Gilman in 1919
Rosanna SCOTT
Birth:
14 Mar 1850
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
2 Nov 1893
Daviess, Missouri
Children
Marriage
1
Alexander David COX
Birth:
14 Mar 1871
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
1951
Ollie Lucinda STRETCH 
Marr:
13 Dec 1900
Daviess, Missouri 
2
Napoleon Bonapart COX
Birth:
5 Oct 1872
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
27 Jun 1949
Daviess, Missouri
Sarah Ellen TERRY 
Marr:
29 Apr 1903
Daviess, Missouri 
3
Ishmael Worth COX
Birth:
2 Jul 1874
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
30 Aug 1944
 
Marr:
 
4
Benjamin Franklin COX, JR
Birth:
28 Aug 1876
Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
1945
Emma Alice HARRAH 
Marr:
28 Dec 1897
Daviess, Missouri 
5
Mount Vernon COX
Birth:
4 Jan 1879
Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
17 Oct 1958
6
Bessie COX
Birth:
12 Oct 1881
Lafayette, Missouri
Death:
16 May 1921
Daviess, Missouri
Charles Jasper HAMPTON 
Marr:
11 Jan 1903
 
7
James Scott COX
Birth:
17 Oct 1884
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
5 Oct 1955
Pearline Jane ROBINSON 
Marr:
30 May 1912
 
8
Joshua Brown COX
Birth:
22 Jan 1887
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
3 Jun 1965
Nell Myrtle SCOTT 
Marr:
17 Feb 1909
 
9
Eugene Otis COX
Birth:
27 Nov 1889
Daviess, Missouri
Death:
Dec 1958
Addie Pearl WARD 
Marr:
7 Dec 1910
 
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Benjamin Franklin Cox, Sr - Rosanna Scott

Benjamin Franklin Cox, Sr was born at Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky 28 Feb 1846. His parents were Joseph Cox and Catherine Hockensmith.

He married Rosanna Scott 27 Feb 1870 at Daviess, Missouri . Rosanna Scott was born at Daviess, Missouri 14 Mar 1850 daughter of Alexander Scott and Dianner (Diana) Atherton .

They were the parents of 9 children:
Alexander David Cox born 14 Mar 1871.
Napoleon Bonapart Cox born 5 Oct 1872.
Ishmael Worth Cox born 2 Jul 1874.
Benjamin Franklin Cox, Jr born 28 Aug 1876.
Mount Vernon Cox born 4 Jan 1879.
Bessie Cox born 12 Oct 1881.
James Scott Cox born 17 Oct 1884.
Joshua Brown Cox born 22 Jan 1887.
Eugene Otis Cox born 27 Nov 1889.

Benjamin Franklin Cox, Sr died 26 Apr 1925 .

Rosanna Scott died 2 Nov 1893 at Daviess, Missouri .