My Genealogy Hound

THOMPSON COX, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Piqua; was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, November, 1822, and is a great-grandson of Gershom and Mary Cox; she died in 1804, and he in 1807; he is a grandson of William Cox, who was born in New Jersey Sept. 21, 1778, and during his life followed milling and stonemasonry; was in the war of 1812. On Feb. 23, 1800, he married Mary Lafer, who was born March 6, 1780; he died at the age of 82 years, and she at a very old age; two children were the fruits of their union—Martha A., and Tunis, the father of Thompson, was born in New Jersey in 1802, and during life was a brick and stone mason, and in 1829, married Nancy Sparks, who was born in 1800, and died in 1841, and he in 1861; they by this union had twelve children, viz., William Thompson (our subject), Mary A., Sarah, Gershom, Andrew, Elizabeth, Isaac, Martha, Harriet, George W. and Catherine; Thompson was raised on the farm and received an ordinary education, and in 1844 married Susan Patterson, who was born Nov. 22, 1822; they are the parents of four children, of whom Alice is dead, Nancy J., Memery and Edmond are now living. Mr. Cox came to this county in 1852, bought a farm of 140 acres, and has since been largely engaged in buying and selling land, and now owns 188 ½ acres in Secs. 23 and 17 well improved.