Braxton
Cox
Born about in Floyd County, Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Ambrose Norwood Cox Jr.
and Elizabeth Minnie Sumpter
Brother of
Pleasant Cox, Loven Cox, Eunice (Cox) Hylton, Luke Cox, Nancy Cox, William Maston Cox, Sarah Cox [half], Delphia Cox [half] and Ambrose Cox [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 31
in Petersburg, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jan 2017
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Biography
Braxton is the son of Ambrose Cox Jr and Elizabeth Sumpter. He married Ursula Jennings 1 November 1859 in Floyd County. Braxton enlisted with Company B 54th Regiment of the Virginia Infantry CSA, 24 March 1862 in Richmond. He died of pneumonia 28 January 1863 in Petersburg, VA. He's buried in the Blanford Church Cemetery.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101135010/braxton-cox: accessed 19 November 2023), memorial page for Braxton Cox (1832–28 Jan 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 101135010, citing Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Petersburg City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Donna Sutphin Armentrout (contributor 47017964)
- FamilySearch person ID, LH67-SR5
- "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-L3K : Tue Oct 03 16:56:45 UTC 2023), Entry for Ambros Cox and Dicy Cox, 1850
- "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5Y8-GZX : 29 January 2020), Branton, 1859
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-45X : Tue Oct 03 11:36:59 UTC 2023), Entry for Braxton Cox and Usula Cox, 1860
- "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSK7-NML : 25 August 2021), Braxton Cox, 1861-1865
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Braxton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Braxton:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Braxton by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Braxton:
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~1.56%
Anne (Showalter) Hagerdon
:
AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Merry (Johnson) Webb :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Elizabeth Miller :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Linda (Weppner) Kramer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LindaKramer
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~0.78%
Dawn Tilton :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #368436
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~0.78%
David Weppner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B911775
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch PE8671963 [compare]
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