Individual Details
Samantha Wright
(26 Sep 1836 - 22 May 1929)
See 1870 census for Mill Twp., Tuscarawas Co., Ohio for Samantha 33, Clarinda 18, John W. 16, Mary E. 14, Matthew 13, Rebecca J. 10, Sylvanus 7, and Thomas 6.
See 1880 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, age 46, Matthew L., Sylvanus, and Thomas. Samantha lives beside her brother and his family, Sylvanus Wright Jr., and sister Emarella Livingston and her family.
See 1900 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, who is 65 years old and living alone. According to this census year, she was born Sept. 1834, rather than 1836. Her husband, Thomas Cox had died in a Rebel prison in Danville, VA., in 1864. She did not remarry. She is shown as having 8 children, 5 of whom are living in 1900.
See 1910 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, who is 73 and living alone. Living nearby are her brother and his wife, Sylvanus and Sarah Wright.
See 1920 Harrison Co. Census for Samantha, age 83, living alone, and beside Perry Blackwell and wife, Jane (Rebecca Jane, or Jennie). This census shows that Samantha was born in New York, although it is believed that she was born in Ohio and her father, Sylvanus, in New York.
It is reported that Samantha smoked a corn cob pipe.
See Samantha's obit. from the Freeport Press for Thurs., May 30, 1929. It says she died on Wed., and the date I have been given for her death was May 29. However, at the time of the printing of the obit. the services had already been held and she was buried, the previous Sat. Therefore, her date of death would have been Wed., May 22, 1929 at 11:15 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Jennie (Rebecca Jane Cox) Blackwell, of Tappan, Ohio. Rev. John Pringle of Kenmore officiated. The obit states that she died of organic heart disease and that she is survived by four children.
See 1880 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, age 46, Matthew L., Sylvanus, and Thomas. Samantha lives beside her brother and his family, Sylvanus Wright Jr., and sister Emarella Livingston and her family.
See 1900 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, who is 65 years old and living alone. According to this census year, she was born Sept. 1834, rather than 1836. Her husband, Thomas Cox had died in a Rebel prison in Danville, VA., in 1864. She did not remarry. She is shown as having 8 children, 5 of whom are living in 1900.
See 1910 Tuscarawas Co. Census, Mill Twp., for Samantha, who is 73 and living alone. Living nearby are her brother and his wife, Sylvanus and Sarah Wright.
See 1920 Harrison Co. Census for Samantha, age 83, living alone, and beside Perry Blackwell and wife, Jane (Rebecca Jane, or Jennie). This census shows that Samantha was born in New York, although it is believed that she was born in Ohio and her father, Sylvanus, in New York.
It is reported that Samantha smoked a corn cob pipe.
See Samantha's obit. from the Freeport Press for Thurs., May 30, 1929. It says she died on Wed., and the date I have been given for her death was May 29. However, at the time of the printing of the obit. the services had already been held and she was buried, the previous Sat. Therefore, her date of death would have been Wed., May 22, 1929 at 11:15 p.m. at the home of her daughter, Jennie (Rebecca Jane Cox) Blackwell, of Tappan, Ohio. Rev. John Pringle of Kenmore officiated. The obit states that she died of organic heart disease and that she is survived by four children.
Events
| Birth | 26 Sep 1836 | Harrison Co., OH | |||
| Marriage | 2 Oct 1851 | Thomas W. Cox | |||
| Death | 22 May 1929 | Franklin Twp., Harrison Co., Ohio | |||
| Burial | 25 May 1929 | Deersville Cemetery, Deersville, Harrison Co., OH |
Families
| Spouse | Thomas W. Cox (1830 - 1864) |
| Child | Clarinda "Lindy" Cox (1852 - 1932) |
| Child | John William Cox (1854 - 1936) |
| Child | Mary Elizabeth Cox (1856 - ) |
| Child | Matthew L. Cox (1857 - ) |
| Child | Samuel M. Cox (1858 - 1935) |
| Child | Rebecca Jane "Jennie" Cox (1859 - 1938) |
| Child | Sylvanus Jr. Cox (1862 - 1880) |
| Child | Thomas T. Cox (1864 - 1937) |
| Father | Sylvanus Sr. Wright (1806 - 1874) |
| Mother | Desiree Hayes (1801 - 1898) |
| Sibling | Emerella Wright (1834 - ) |
| Sibling | Sylvanus Jr. Wright (1839 - 1924) |