Individual Details

Winfield Scott Cox

(31 Jul 1852 - 17 Jun 1892)



Winfield married in Mar of 1875 to Mary Elizabeth Mitchell daughter of Berry G. and Miriam Brown Mitchell. He lived on part of the original Ambrose Cox plantation, willed to him by his father.
Mary Elizabeth was born 27 Sep 1857, died 10 Oct 1928.

1880 Census. Indian Valley, Floyd, VA, Hh 223
Winfield Cox, 25, Farmer
Mary E., 22, wife
Daman, 5, son
Birty C., 2, son
Alma J., 1, dau
Martha Mishell, 16, servant (wife's sister?)

1900 Census. Indian Valley, Floyd, VA, Hh 154
Mary E. Cox, b. Sep 1855, age 44, widow, 9 children has been erased - 8 survive that are in census records
Zachariah, son,, b. Mar 1881, 19
Mary E., dau, b. Jul 1883, 16
Winfield C., son, b. Mar 1886, 13
Hesekia, son, .b Feb 1890, 10
Warren C., son, .b Feb 1822, 8

Events

Birth31 Jul 1852Floyd County, Virginia
Marriage23 Feb 1875Floyd County, Virginia - Mary Elizabeth Mitchell
Death17 Jun 1892Floyd County, Virginia
BurialAmbrose Cox Memorial Park, Indian Valley, Floyd County, Virginia

Families

SpouseMary Elizabeth Mitchell (1857 - 1928)
ChildWinfield Cicero Cox (1886 - 1989)
FatherAris Reed Cox (1817 - 1860)
MotherIrenia Mabry (1824 - 1907)
SiblingBeauford Cox (1844 - 1931)
SiblingMelvina Cox (1846 - 1929)
SiblingFulton Cox (1848 - 1937)
SiblingLouanna Minerva Cox (1850 - 1935)
SiblingFranklin Pierce Cox (1854 - 1915)
SiblingJulina Marinda Cox (1857 - 1899)
SiblingWarren Casburn Cox (1860 - 1910)

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