Family Group Sheet
NameWilliam R. Durham
Birthabt 1850, North Carolina
Marriageabt 1871, Elliott Co., Kentucky
SpouseEllenor Cox
Birth8 Mar 1855, Carter Co., Kentucky
FatherOdom Seth Cox (1820-1898)
MotherSydney Roe (~1828-1906)
Other spousesDaniel Pound Short
Notes for Ellenor Cox
The 1855 birth report for Carter Co., Ky, lists Ellener Cox, born 8 Mar 1855, father Odom Cox, mother’s maiden name Sidney Roe. (The gender is incorrectly recorded as male.)
Census
The 1880 census of Elliott Co. KY, Mocassin precinct, shows as family #55:
Wm R. Durham, 28, farmer, NC NC NC; Ellen, 25, wife, KY NC NC (really ditto marks); Elijah, 9, son; William, 7, son; Doctor B. F., 3, son; Odom, 1, son. (The children all have ditto marks in the birthplace columns, which if taken literally would mean that Ellen wasn't their mother, since she was born in KY, but I think the census taker just forgot to enter the birthplaces in the columns for Ellen’s parents.)
Living next door at family #54 are:
Odem Cox, 59, farmer, VA VA VA; Sydney, 52, wife, KY ENG KY; James, 19, son; Sydney, 16, dau; Charles R., 13, son; Willis R., 11, son. All children born KY VA KY. (Even though the birthplaces don't match for Ellen's parents, the name Odom for Wm & Ellen's son suggests looking at the Odem Cox family in 1870.)
So doing that, the 1870 census of Elliott Co, Newcombe Fork precinct, family #97:
Oden Cox, 49, farmer, VA; Lydia, 43, KY; Henry, 17; Ellen, 14; Phebe, 12; James, 10; Sidney, 6 (male); Charles, 4; Willis, 1. (I believe Lydia 43 and Sydney 52 are the same wife; capital L and S are almost indistiguishable in handwriting of the period. Which is the correct name, I don't know. Notice also that the child Sidney/Sydney has changed gender between the two censuses.)
Wm R. Durham, 28, farmer, NC NC NC; Ellen, 25, wife, KY NC NC (really ditto marks); Elijah, 9, son; William, 7, son; Doctor B. F., 3, son; Odom, 1, son. (The children all have ditto marks in the birthplace columns, which if taken literally would mean that Ellen wasn't their mother, since she was born in KY, but I think the census taker just forgot to enter the birthplaces in the columns for Ellen’s parents.)
Living next door at family #54 are:
Odem Cox, 59, farmer, VA VA VA; Sydney, 52, wife, KY ENG KY; James, 19, son; Sydney, 16, dau; Charles R., 13, son; Willis R., 11, son. All children born KY VA KY. (Even though the birthplaces don't match for Ellen's parents, the name Odom for Wm & Ellen's son suggests looking at the Odem Cox family in 1870.)
So doing that, the 1870 census of Elliott Co, Newcombe Fork precinct, family #97:
Oden Cox, 49, farmer, VA; Lydia, 43, KY; Henry, 17; Ellen, 14; Phebe, 12; James, 10; Sidney, 6 (male); Charles, 4; Willis, 1. (I believe Lydia 43 and Sydney 52 are the same wife; capital L and S are almost indistiguishable in handwriting of the period. Which is the correct name, I don't know. Notice also that the child Sidney/Sydney has changed gender between the two censuses.)
