My Cox info for Max, Pat, and anyone else interested: I am descended from John Monroe Cox. He was born in Salem, Dent County MO 4-18-1858. In 1880 he married Blanche Elizabeth Lemons in Texas County MO. He moved to Oregon County and farmed there for a few years. He was elected as a representative to the Missouri legislature in 1897 and served two terms. He then went into the mercantile business in Koshkonong (I think). He then went into the newspaper business in 1906. His daughter Myrtle Cox Wright and her husband ran the newspaper (the Oregon County Leader) in Koshkonong for some time. He moved to Wildorado, TX here in the Texas Panhandle in 1909 to start a newspaper but did not like it here so he moved to Megargel, TX and settled there for the rest of his life. He was editor and publisher of the Megargel Enterprise. His son, Grover Cleveland Cox and several other of his children settled in the Megargel area. Some of them settled in Henrietta, Seymour, Wichita Falls, and Dallas. One of his great nephews lives in Arlington still. I believe some of the modern day newspaper Cox's in Texas are some of my distant cousins. John Monroe Cox died in Megargel, TX in 1911. I have been to his grave there. His son Grover Cleveland Cox who was my great grandfather returned with his family to Oregon County in about 1920 or so. He is buried in the Koshkonong Cemetery on Hwy 63 in Oregon County. My grandmother (Grover's daughter) Billie Cloe Cox Rogers was raised in Kosh and married James Franklin Rogers from Couch, Oregon County, MO. That's part of the story, mostly from memory. I can dig out dates, etc. and more info if any of this sounds interesting or familiar. Christine Wyly Amarillo, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Evans" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: 09/12/2005 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special Roll Call - Please Read > Chris and Pat. Do you have William Cox (1852-1918) lived at Jeff/Many > Springs Oregon County in your records? Thanks Max Evans > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special Roll > Call - Please Read > > > > > > Chris, > > Are you researching your Cox family that came from KY to Missouri to > > Texas? > > Pat Miller > > Dallas,TX > > > > Chris Wyly wrote: > > > >>I am here. > >>Christine Wyly in Amarillo Texas. We are taking in evacuees in Amarillo, > >>my > >>daughter, an RN, is treating some of them now. > >>Researching the following families: > >>Cox, Blankenship, Rogers, Boak, Bussell, Grissom, Ward, Sutton > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > >>http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > > > > > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >

Chris, thanks for the message and information. John Monroe Cox was my great grandfathers brother. Admittedly, another person furnished me the records for the family and some dates, etc. may be suspect. According to what I have my great grandfather William Cox was the oldest son of William Cox (Qualls) which they show as adopted on my records. They show John M. (your ancestor) as the third child. Does this match your charts. Obviously, I am interested in any information that hooks all that up and would be glad to share what I have, even though it is not my research. Thanks again. Max Evans, The Woodlands, TX. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Wyly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:26 PM Subject: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Re: My Cox Family > My Cox info for Max, Pat, and anyone else interested: > I am descended from John Monroe Cox. He was born in Salem, Dent County MO > 4-18-1858. In 1880 he married Blanche Elizabeth Lemons in Texas County > MO. > He moved to Oregon County and farmed there for a few years. He was > elected > as a representative to the Missouri legislature in 1897 and served two > terms. He then went into the mercantile business in Koshkonong (I think). > He then went into the newspaper business in 1906. His daughter Myrtle Cox > Wright and her husband ran the newspaper (the Oregon County Leader) in > Koshkonong for some time. He moved to Wildorado, TX here in the Texas > Panhandle in 1909 to start a newspaper but did not like it here so he > moved > to Megargel, TX and settled there for the rest of his life. He was editor > and publisher of the Megargel Enterprise. His son, Grover Cleveland Cox > and > several other of his children settled in the Megargel area. Some of them > settled in Henrietta, Seymour, Wichita Falls, and Dallas. One of his > great > nephews lives in Arlington still. I believe some of the modern day > newspaper Cox's in Texas are some of my distant cousins. John Monroe Cox > died in Megargel, TX in 1911. I have been to his grave there. His son > Grover Cleveland Cox who was my great grandfather returned with his family > to Oregon County in about 1920 or so. He is buried in the Koshkonong > Cemetery on Hwy 63 in Oregon County. My grandmother (Grover's daughter) > Billie Cloe Cox Rogers was raised in Kosh and married James Franklin > Rogers > from Couch, Oregon County, MO. That's part of the story, mostly from > memory. I can dig out dates, etc. and more info if any of this sounds > interesting or familiar. > Christine Wyly > Amarillo, TX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Evans" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: 09/12/2005 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special > Roll > Call - Please Read > > >> Chris and Pat. Do you have William Cox (1852-1918) lived at Jeff/Many >> Springs Oregon County in your records? Thanks Max Evans >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Pat Miller" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 5:25 PM >> Subject: Re: [MO-OREGON-HISTORY] Message From List Administor: Special > Roll >> Call - Please Read >> >> >> > >> > Chris, >> > Are you researching your Cox family that came from KY to Missouri to >> > Texas? >> > Pat Miller >> > Dallas,TX >> > >> > Chris Wyly wrote: >> > >> >>I am here. >> >>Christine Wyly in Amarillo Texas. We are taking in evacuees in > Amarillo, >> >>my >> >>daughter, an RN, is treating some of them now. >> >>Researching the following families: >> >>Cox, Blankenship, Rogers, Boak, Bussell, Grissom, Ward, Sutton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >> >>http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >> > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >> > >> > >> >> >> >> ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== >> http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ >> >> > > > > ==== MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List ==== > http://www.oregoncountyhistory.net/ > >