This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COX, DUNLAP, THOMAS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Ue.2ADI/1357.1.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: I have two Cox-Dunlap marriages for my ancestors and wonder if we have a connection. My great-grandmother was Martha Ellen Cox. She was born in Crawford County, IL in 1854. I'm still not sure who her mother was, but her father was James Cox. Her mother died when Martha Ellen was quite young because he married Diana Shipley 11/29/1855. Then James died in 1857. His widow, Diana, married Robert Dunlap in Crawford County on 7/25/1861. Earlier, Martha Ellen's older half-sister, Elizabeth Cox, married John Dunlap in Crawford County, IL on 6-1-1854 - just before Martha Ellen was born. The Cox family migrated from North Carolina where they were Quakers. What about the Dunlaps? Martha Ellen ended up marrying Andrew Jackson Thomas who was also from Crawford County. They lived in Hardinsville. Do you know anymore about any of this? Thanks for your help. Susie Jernigan susiej@carolina.rr.com