Patrick, I don't have any of the names you mentioned in my records. However, I am a descendant of Mercer County Cox'. My GGG-Grandparents were James Riley Cox (b. 1821, d. 1902) and Nancy Cartmill (b. 15 Mar 1838, d. 13 Oct 1920). Based on James Cox' age when he married Nancy (in 1876), she may have been his 2nd wife. Both are buried in the Spickard Masonic Cemetery. I descend through their daughter Ola Cox (1878-1949) and her husband Joseph Franklin Tharp (1870-1960). Ola had one sister, Neta Cox (1886-1887), that I know of. James' parents have been a stone wall for me for a couple of years. The only possibly clue I have is that he is buried next to (on in the same cemetery as) Abram Barney Cox (1823-1915). Abram was born in Miami Co., OH and was a son of Joshua Cox (1783-1847) and Hannah Coble (1789-1876). Joshua and Hannah at least 11 children but I can't find any record that says my James Riley Cox was one of them. If you'd like any of the info on Joshua's other children, drop me an email and I'll send it to you. Regards and God Bless, James Pederson ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ono221@aol.com> To: <MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [MOMERCER-L] Fwd: Cox Family in Mercer County > In a message dated 8/7/2001 2:51:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > clanross5@hotmail.com writes: > > > > Can anyone on the list help this researcher with the COX surname in Mercer > > County? > > > > My grandmother was Eva "Esta" COX, born 3-28-1888, to John COX and Katherine > Clifton in Mercer County, MO. She died in Kansas City on 8-20-1959. Her > first marriage was to Charles Blackwell TAPSCOTT, who was born in Lamoni, > Iowa and died in Decatur, Iowa on 12-24-1944. My grandmother had five > siblings. If this information connects, please advise and I'll share what > information I have with you. My Mother, now 89 years, is still living and > can answer questions should you have any that might help you (us) with our > family research. > > Patrick O'Neal > Elk Grove, CA > ono221@aol.com > > > ==== MOMERCER Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message with only the word "unsubscribe" to MOMERCER-L-request@rootsweb.com. >