To Linda McNish, I noticed your reference to John Needham Cox b. 1823. I have my grandfather, Robert Needham Roach b. 1849 in Illinois and his father Needham Roach b. ca. 1796 at Orange, North Carolina. Robert Needham Roach went to what is now Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in 1892 and married Anna Elida Vaught, daughter of Peter Vaught. Do you have any more information on the Needham surname? I could never understand the connection that brought my grandfather from IL back to SC to find a wife. Maybe there is a Needham connection. Robert P. Roach