Samuel was born in 1838 in Ohio. He married Susan Olive Fitzgerald in Illinois in 1859. They had two daughters, Sarah and Mary, before they relocated to Kansas after the end of the Civil War. In Kansas, they added another daughter, Rosa and a son Samuel. Baby Samuel was born on 4 May 1871, 24 days later, his father, Samuel Maxwell Cox died on 28 May 1871 at the age of 32.
Sources
Marriage to Susan O. Fitzgerald
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLW-N4R : 4 November 2017), Samuel M. Cox and Susan O. Fitzgerald, 11 Dec 1859; citing Livingston, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,392,95
Census Records
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4Y-LBF : 18 February 2021), Samuel Cox, Belle Prairie Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJF-61J : 12 April 2016), Samuel M Cox, Drywood Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing family 2, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,9
Note: Census erroneously gives wife's name as "Olivia" instead of "Olive".
Death & Burial
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/44292542/samuel-maxwell-cox), memorial page for Samuel Maxwell Cox (15 Jun 1838–28 May 1871), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44292542, citing Old Arcadia Cemetery, Arcadia, Crawford County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Steve McCray (contributor 46984445) .
Other Family Records
1880: Marriage of daughter Stella to W.T. Bradshaw
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFL4-MLF : 4 November 2017), Saml. M. Cox in entry for W. T. Bradshaw and Sarah Stella Cox, 03 Jun 1880; citing Livingston, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,392,961.
1899 - Marriage of son Samuel to Minta Travis
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PK-SYJ : 13 January 2020), Samuel Cox in entry for Sam E. Cox and Minta E. Travis, 8 Jun 1899, Fairbury, Livingston, Illinois.
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