Individual Details

Salt Lake City Deseret Evening News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Saturday, November 11, 1905, Page 15, Col. 2: Beaver [County]. William J. Cox Dead. Oldest and Most Esteemed Pioneer of Beaver Closes Eventful Career at 91. Special Correspondence. Beaver City, Beaver Co., Nov. 9---Funeral services were held yesterday in the meetinghouse in Beaver West ward over the remains of patriarch William James Cox, who died on the 6th inst. of pneumonia. The speakers, Patriarch John R. Murdock and Elder R. Maeser, both bore testimony of the faithful life led by deceased.

Elder Cox bore the distinction of being the oldest man in Beaver county, having been born in Nashville, Tenn., June 18, 1815, the date of the memorable battle of Waterloo and was in his 91st year. He embraced the Gospel Feb. 20, 1844, settled in Nauvoo in 1845, crossed the plains to Utah in 1850, and in 1851 he was ordained a Seventy, and two months later a High Priest. The same year he went to southern California, taking a prominent part in the development of the "Mormon" colony there. In February 1858, he came to Beaver, and has been one of the earnest movers in the growth of the community. He represented Beaver county in the territorial Legislature for two terms from 1863 to 1867 and served faithfully as probate judge for a number of years.

His ecclesiastical duties received his earnest attention, and in June 1893, he was ordained a Patriarch. He was married to Delilah Forrester in 1837, in Missouri, and subsequently to Josephine Willis in 1860. He leaves five sons and three daughters, and his first wife to lament his departure.

Birth	19 Jun 1815	Nashville, Davidson Co., Tennessee
Marriage	1837	Missouri - Deliah Forrester
Marriage	21 Jul 1860	Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah - Josephine Willis
Death	6 Nov 1905	Beaver Co., Utah
Burial		Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver Co., Utah

Spouse

Josephine Willis (1844 - 1905)

Spouse

Deliah Forrester (1817 - 1906)