Cox, Israel biography
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Cox, Israel biography
| Celia52 (View posts) | Posted: 28 Jun 2003 3:37PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Cox, Camp, Barnhill
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from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 80.
ISRAEL COX, an early settler of Clarke County, and a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Ward Township, was born near South Perry, in Hocking County, Ohio, May 1, 1828, the second son in a family of eight children of Covington and Effamie (Camp) COX. His father was a native of New Jersey, and a son of Philip COX, and his mother was a native of the State of Pennsylvania. The parents were married in Ohio, being early settlers of Fairfield County, Ohio, which was afterward divided a part being called Hocking. Both parents died in Hocking County at advanced ages. Israel COX grew to manhood on a farm in Fairfield County, Ohio, receiving a common-school education in the rude log-cabin school-houses of that early day.
He was married in 1849 to Miss Eliza J. Barnhill, a daughter of David Barnhill, an early settler of Clarke County. In the fall of 1855 Mr. Cox came with his family to Clarke County, Iowa, and for four years carried on farming on South Squaw Creek. He then removed to his present farm on section 1, Ward Township, where he has sine followed general farming and stock-raising, in which he is meeting with good success. Of late years he has made a specialty of short-horn cattle, and horses of the Norman and Clydesdale breeds. He now owns in this county 1,200 acres of land, his home farm on section 1 containing 360 aces under high cultivation, and all the surroundings betoken the care and thrift of the owner.
from reprint of “Clarke County Historical and Biographical Record” by Lewis Publishing, 1886. p. 80.
ISRAEL COX, an early settler of Clarke County, and a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Ward Township, was born near South Perry, in Hocking County, Ohio, May 1, 1828, the second son in a family of eight children of Covington and Effamie (Camp) COX. His father was a native of New Jersey, and a son of Philip COX, and his mother was a native of the State of Pennsylvania. The parents were married in Ohio, being early settlers of Fairfield County, Ohio, which was afterward divided a part being called Hocking. Both parents died in Hocking County at advanced ages. Israel COX grew to manhood on a farm in Fairfield County, Ohio, receiving a common-school education in the rude log-cabin school-houses of that early day.
He was married in 1849 to Miss Eliza J. Barnhill, a daughter of David Barnhill, an early settler of Clarke County. In the fall of 1855 Mr. Cox came with his family to Clarke County, Iowa, and for four years carried on farming on South Squaw Creek. He then removed to his present farm on section 1, Ward Township, where he has sine followed general farming and stock-raising, in which he is meeting with good success. Of late years he has made a specialty of short-horn cattle, and horses of the Norman and Clydesdale breeds. He now owns in this county 1,200 acres of land, his home farm on section 1 containing 360 aces under high cultivation, and all the surroundings betoken the care and thrift of the owner.