The FindAGrave memorial for Sarah is in a cemetery in Polk County, MO. Polk County is in the south-west side of Missouri. The other places where they lived (other than Kentucky) were in the northern part of Missouri. Not sure that this burial location is correct.
Sarah was born in Kentucky.
She married Nathan Cox on Dec. 28, 1836 in Knox County, KY. [1]
By 1860, the family had moved to Sullivan County, MO.
In 1870, they were in Mercer County, MO.
In 1880, Sarah and Nathan were in Wayne County, Iowa.
She died on Jan. 5, 1883 is buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Aldrich, Polk County, MO. [2]
See Also "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHY9-HV7 : 8 December 2020), Nathan Cox, Knox, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 321, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65P-6KP : 22 December 2020), Sarah Cox in household of Nathan Cox, Whitley, Kentucky, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZJ-G5K : 18 February 2021), Sariah Cox in entry for Nathan Cox, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M465-5TP : 29 May 2021), Sarah Cox in entry for Nathan Cox, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLG-1T1 : 14 January 2022), Sarah Cox in household of Nathan Cox, Jefferson Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
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