Anthony Jefferson Cox was a son of Thomas Cox and Mary "Polly" Gillham. He married first on 24 February 1839 in Madison County, IL, Lucy Jones. He married second on 11 August 1846 in Madison county, IL, Minerva Lewis. On 5 January 1860 in Madison county, IL, he married Mary Ann "Polly" Gillham, daughter of James Harvey Gillham and Mary "Polly" Good and widow of Andrew Jackson Davidson.
He had two children by Polly Gillham: Emma C. Cox (b. abt 1861, md. George W. Southard) and George Marian Cox (b. 1864, md. Minnie Irene Baker)
Please note that his date of death recorded from transcription of Wanda Cemetery records at the Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org) was 3 August 1861. This date is 3 years before his son George was born and was a misreading of the headstone.
The Madison County Probate Book V.E 1861-1865, Page 379, Image 221, says he died Aug. 3, 1864.
He had two children by Polly Gillham: Emma C. Cox (b. abt 1861, md. George W. Southard) and George Marian Cox (b. 1864, md. Minnie Irene Baker)
Please note that his date of death recorded from transcription of Wanda Cemetery records at the Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org) was 3 August 1861. This date is 3 years before his son George was born and was a misreading of the headstone.
The Madison County Probate Book V.E 1861-1865, Page 379, Image 221, says he died Aug. 3, 1864.
Anthony Jefferson Cox was a son of Thomas Cox and Mary "Polly" Gillham. He married first on 24 February 1839 in Madison County, IL, Lucy Jones. He married second on 11 August 1846 in Madison county, IL, Minerva Lewis. On 5 January 1860 in Madison county, IL, he married Mary Ann "Polly" Gillham, daughter of James Harvey Gillham and Mary "Polly" Good and widow of Andrew Jackson Davidson.
He had two children by Polly Gillham: Emma C. Cox (b. abt 1861, md. George W. Southard) and George Marian Cox (b. 1864, md. Minnie Irene Baker)
Please note that his date of death recorded from transcription of Wanda Cemetery records at the Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org) was 3 August 1861. This date is 3 years before his son George was born and was a misreading of the headstone.
The Madison County Probate Book V.E 1861-1865, Page 379, Image 221, says he died Aug. 3, 1864.
He had two children by Polly Gillham: Emma C. Cox (b. abt 1861, md. George W. Southard) and George Marian Cox (b. 1864, md. Minnie Irene Baker)
Please note that his date of death recorded from transcription of Wanda Cemetery records at the Illinois Digital Archives (www.idaillinois.org) was 3 August 1861. This date is 3 years before his son George was born and was a misreading of the headstone.
The Madison County Probate Book V.E 1861-1865, Page 379, Image 221, says he died Aug. 3, 1864.
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