This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cox, Withers etc. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1233.1.1 Message Board Post: No, Ruth Withers Cox was born in Illinois then came to Indiana. As far as I know she never lived in Iowa Which name are you researching Withers or Cox? Because she had a brother who was in Iowa for awhile his last name was Withers I found this info in book from Iroquois County ILL. called biographical sketches