COX: Of Smithfield and Walton.
Isaac Cox and Mary (Nicely or Knisely) Cox, his wife, were natives of the Monongahela Valley, married in Lewis County, and came to upper Flat Fork of Pocatalico in what later was west Smithfield District about the year 1844; to them were born in Lewis County two sons and seven, eight, maybe ten daughters, of whom Lucinda became the wife of Samuel M. Tailman, May 23, 1851; other names we do not have, but some or all of them came to Roane County.
The names of the two sons were Isaac, Jr., and Washington.
Isaac Cox, son of Isaac and Mary (Nicely) Cox, married in Roane County, Phoebe Frances Daugherty, January 10, 1856; we have no record of their daughters, if any; their sons were Washington, James Madison and Charles Lewis Cox. Further:
Washington Cox, son of above family, married Rachel V. Wilson, January 24, 1859; she was the only daughter of William R and Elizabeth (Wolfe) Wilson, resident at the time of marriage, on upper Spring Creek. Washington and Rachel V. settled on the head of Rush Creek of Poca; he acquired there some eight hundred or more acres of land, and in his twenty-five years of industrious life they cleared and made into grassy fields about five hundred acres; for this twenty-five years- 1~80 to 1905-"Wash" was a devoted Mason communicant of Moriah Lodge of Spencer, and never missed. He was an extensive stock raiser. To Washington and Rachel were born five or six daughters and only one son, his name Jacob; he married a Roane County Miss, and they have left some children.
Of the daughters of Washington and Rachel V., we can name, Myrtle, who married Walter J. Falkner of Spencer, and Julia who became the wife of William H. Harlow, now of Spencer.
James Madison Cox, son of Isaac Sr., and Mary (Nicely) Cox, has been twice married; the first, February 15, 1882, to Miss Cerilda Summerfield; of this marriage several sons and daughters were horn. His second marriage was with Josephine Fisher, April 21st, 1900, his age 38, her age 34; to them were born two sons and one daughter. The home of this family is on upper waters of Poca, next the Kanawhas divide and Spencer District.
Charles Louis Cox, son of Isaac Cox, Jr., and wife Frances (Daughe)ty) Cox, was born in Roane County, and has been twice married; his first wife, Dorinda Jane Cutright, with whom he married, March 8' 1880; she was a daughter of Elmore Cutright of upper Spring Creek; to Chas. Louis and Dorinda Jane, were born one child, his name Curtis Cox, now married and resides on upper Spring Creek. The second marriage of Chas. Louis was with Angie Frances Hughes, then widow of Robert Hughes, deceased, to whom she had been married as Miss Angie Frances Ferrell. This last marriage was on January 22, 1922, his age 62, her age 60.
Source: History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927 William H. Bishop, Esq. p 487
Submitter: Sandy Spradling, November 28, 1999
