Born in Monroe, Indiana, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Lewis Griffith
and Esther (Wampler) Griffith
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Brazil Cox
— married
29 Dec 1853 in Monroe, Indiana, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
James Monroe Cox, John Lewis Cox, Unknown Cox, Delilah Cox, Mary Ann (Cox) Breedlove, Cordelia Cox, Cora Bell (Cox) McCarty, Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Weller, Cynthia May (Cox) Warner, Martha Adaline Cox, Smith Hunter Cox, Laura Ellen (Cox) McBride and Leathia Pearl (Cox) Newman
Died
at age 93
in Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 20 May 2018
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Biography
Esther was born in 1835. She passed away in 1929.
d/o John Lewis GRIFFITH & Hattie Esther Katherine WAMPLER
Note: Mr. Cassius Weller's book gave Dec. 29, 1853 as the marriage date, but the Monroe county records at the State Library gives Jan 3, 1854 as the date of issuance.
Sources
- My husband's people : the Cox family, Richardson, Neva P. (Neva May Plain), b. 1904
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7G-RQ3 : accessed 30 June 2018), Esther K Cox in household of John B Cox, Bowdre Township Hindsboro vill., Douglas, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 9A, family 175, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,297.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #40994635
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Esther:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Esther by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Esther:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
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Chrystal (Cox) Brown
Not to sure if this is my Cox family most of then are from Virginia. Up in the Appalachians
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by Chrystal (Cox) Brown
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