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Cynthia (Sumner) Cox (abt. 1813 - abt. 1885)

Cynthia Cox formerly Sumner aka Lester
Born about in Floyd Co., Virginia, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 18 Aug 1834 in Floyd Co., Virginia, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 72 in Virginia, USAmap
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Biography

Cynthia was born in about 1813 to Owen Sumner and Sarah "Sally" (Newton) Sumner. She first married Jacob H. Lester in about 1834. After his death (in about 1842) she was remarried in about 1843 to John W. Cox. She is listed with John, their daughter Susan, and her daughter from her first marriage; Emaline Lester on the 1850 Census in Jacksonville, Floyd, Virginia.[1] On: the 1860 Census (she is only listed with her daughter; Susan)[2], the 1870 Census[3] and the 1880 Census[4] she is listed as widowed in the same area of Floyd, Virginia. A record of death has not yet been located but she passed away sometime after the 1880 Census and before the 1900 Census.

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-HWG : 23 December 2020), Cinthia Cox in household of John W Cox, Jacksonville, Floyd, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-QWD : 18 February 2021), Cyntha Cox, 1860.
  3. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLY-8WR : 29 May 2021), Cynthia Cox, 1870.
  4. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC59-T6Y : 15 January 2022), Cynthia Cox, Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, 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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