Sylvester
Lewis
Cox
Born in Coles County, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Washingon Cox
and Nancy (Parker) Cox
Brother of
Sarah E. Cox, Mary Elizabeth Cox, Anthony Cox, William M. Cox, George Washington Cox, Andrew Cox, James Riley Cox and Eliza Jane (Cox) Stanberry
Husband of
Mary Ann (Tinch) Cox
— married
4 Aug 1895 in Charleston, Coles, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Owen Cox Sr.
Died
at age 40
in Westfield Township, Clark County, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Oct 2013
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Contents |
Biography
Sylvester was born ca. 1862.[1]
Sylvester died on 14 Apr 1904 in Westfield, Clark County, Illinois.[1] He is buried in unmarked grave, Maple Hill cemetery, Westfield, Clark County, Illinois[citation needed]
Residences, Events, and Family
- United States Census, 1870: Hutton, Coles, Illinois, United States
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- George Cox, Male, 47, Birth Year Estimated: 1823, Birthplace: Illinois, Race: White
- Nancy Cox F 49 Illinois
- George Cox M 18 Illinois
- James Cox M 16 Illinois
- Jane Cox F 11 Illinois
- Silvester Cox M 7 Illinois[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HPSN-9F3Z : 5 February 2020), Sylvester Lewis Cox, 1904.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64K-LHW : 29 May 2021), George Cox, 1870.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Heather Stengel for starting this profile.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Sylvester:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvester by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Sylvester:
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