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Jacob Benjamin Cox 1790 – 1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Jul 1790

Birth Location: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 26 Oct 1878

Death Location: Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA

Father: Benjamin Cox

Mother: Gressel LINDSAY

Spouse(s): Maria Fenwick

Children(s): Caroline Cox

It was in 1790 that Jacob Benjamin Cox was born in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA, a child of Benjamin Sedwick Cox and Gressel 'Rachel' LINDSAY. Jacob Benjamin Cox went on to marry Maria Anna Fenwick and had children such as Caroline McLean Cox. Jacob Benjamin Cox was deceased by 1878 in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA.

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Parents

Benjamin Cox
1748 – 1823
Birth Location: Maryland, USA
BC
Gressel LINDSAY
1752 – 1822
Birth Location: Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Maria Fenwick
1791 – 1891
Birth Location: Spring, Woodford, Kentucky, United States
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Children(s)

Caroline Cox
1821 – 1867
Birth Location: Piqua, Miami, Ohio, USA
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1790
    Event Place: Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Oct 1878
    Event Place: Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, USA
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