Hi Linda! Thanks for the great e-mail with the awesome links! I will be able to peruse this later to see everything. My dad and my aunt will enjoy seeing this too, as will a number of my cousins. The Rome Beauty apple originated in 1817 (if you count when the original tree was planted - both my GGG Grandfather and my GGG Grandmother were there that day - they were courting), or possibly later if you count when it was "registered" (or whatever they do to have a new kind of apple). The Red Rome must be a different apple. Thanks for the links, Linda! And, Don, yes the Cox orchards are all around Pomeria Baptist Church. Nelson Cox was one of the founders of Pomeria, and it's virtually right across from his old house. Elton Cox's house is just down the road, and U.T. Cox's house is down the road a little farther the other way. There are still Cox descendants living on a little of Nelson's property up there on Greasy Ridge. :) - Jean -------------------------------------------------- From: "Linda Trent" <linda_trent@att.net> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 11:50 PM To: <ohlawren@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [OHLAWREN] The Rome apples > Hi Jean, > > So U.T. was your great grandfather? Cool! I wondered when I wrote that > up > if anyone was descended from him. Did you know that U.T. Cox was the Vice > President of the Ohio State Horticultural Society in 1903. He's listed as > being from "Bradrick, Ohio." A quick Google search shows there was/is a > Bradrick in Lawrence County. I don't know if you've seen it before, but > there is a 1904 Ohio State Horticultural Society book online at > http://books.google.com/books?id=ejwgAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2#v=onepage&q=&f=false > It's on Google books. It mentions U.T. Cox and some of his awards with > the > Rome Beauty. I didn't check all the hits, but some of it is quoting him > about apples. > > There's another for 1906. Apparently Lawrence, Gallia, Scioto Ross and a > few other counties were in the Sixth District. But there are 12 hits for > U.T. Cox in that book. > http://books.google.com/books?id=DzlPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA#v=onepage&q=&f=false > The page will show "image not found" but that's just page one, if you > scroll > on down you'll find the content. > > And finally one for 1908, though this is the one where he's listed as W.T. > Cox of Rockwood. I'm assuming this is the same guy since he's got apples, > and also in the awards is a E.G. Cox also of Rockwood. I'm assuming that > might be Elton? > http://books.google.com/books?id=twQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA#v=onepage&q=&f=false > I > love it, W.T. gets best plate of Rome Beauty and E.G. gets second best. > Oh > the rivalry those two must have had. <grin> > > Each book has a search box on the left that you can put a word, phrase or > name into and it'll give you the number of hits. Just for "U.T. Cox" with > the quotation marks I got several hits. The hits show up above the text > of > the book, and you can click on them and go right to the page. I don't > know > what will happen if you search Uri or anything else. > > Anyway, Google books is something that really can be helpful with some > genealogy, especially movers and shakers like Cox and Gillett. Knowing > how > to use it to get the most out of it is another matter all together. <grin> > Part of my job when we were building a private museum was to research > period > fruits and vegetables and then find them, not just by name but by name and > appearance. Of course again, we stopped at 1863, and I just knew that the > Red Rome was a more modern apple. But I gained a lot of knowledge this > evening when I looked it up. > > Thanks to those who brought it up. The funny thing about history is, it > almost always ties in with genealogy. <grin> > > Linda.