John Cox
Birth Date
On 1810 August 8 (Born)
Death Date
On 1878 April 1 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Battalion Activity
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Pioneer
2
Born
1810 August 8
Date Details
Occurred On 1810 August 8
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company E
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 35)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Company Unknown (1847-1868)
1847 – 1868 (Age 36)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Elizabeth Cox (Age 9)
Mary Ann Cox (Age 4)
Eliza Margaret Cox (Age 29)
Sarah Jane Cox (Age 0)
Eliza Jane Cox
Date Details
Started On 1847
Joined Company
Ended On 1868
Company Arrived
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 37)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Died
1878 April 1 (Age 67)
Media
John Cox (1810 - 1878) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
1870 Utah Census
1870 Utah Census.
Nauvoo Community Project
Nauvoo Community Project.
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877
Utah, Territorial Militia Records, 1849-1877.
Pioneer
Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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Juvenile Instructor
Henele Pikale (Henry W. Bigler), "Recollections of the Past", Juvenile Instructor, (1 December 1886), Page 365-366.
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Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860
"Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes", Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860.
Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886
Samuel H. Rogers reminiscences and diary, 1841-1886, June.
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Zadoc K. Judd autobiography, 1903-1907
Zadoc K. Judd autobiography, 1903-1907, Page 33-36.
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Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Item 17, Page 5.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 222-223.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.