George Deacon Cox
George Deacon Cox was born around 1843 in New Jersey to Jesse Cox and Susannah Deacon. His father was a merchant who owned $12,000 of real estate and $30,000 of personal property in 1860. The family moved to Norristown, Pennsylvania, sometime before 1860. Cox worked as a clerk in Philadelphia during the Civil War. He married Emma Rodgers Hoopes on November 19, 1868, at a Quaker meeting in Philadelphia, and their daughter Alice was born around 1869. The family lived in Philadelphia, and Cox worked as a wholesale liquor dealer. By 1870, he owned $7,500 of real estate and $20,000 of personal property, and he employed at least one domestic servant. He died on September 30, 1896.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (599) | Cox, George D. | 1843 | 1896-09-30 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 8
- (2061) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 12 March 1862
- (2062) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 24 September 1863
- (2063) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 14 October 1863
- (2068) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 23 February 1863
- (2137) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox and Jesse Cox Jr., 24 May 1863
- (2266) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 28 April 1865
- (2286) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox and Jesse Cox Jr., 7 March 1865
- (2799) [recipient] ~ William H. Lambert to George D. Cox, 23 March 1864
People - Records: 2
- (599) Cox, George D. is the [friend of] (598) Lambert, William H.
- (801) Cox, Jesse Jr. is the [sibling of] (599) Cox, George D.
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860 and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Draft Registration Records, 1863-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, available from Ancestry.com.
