Family Group Sheet
NameReuben Cock [Cox], 2C5R
Birth26 Mar 1836, Virginia
Deathabt 1906, Morgan Co., Kentucky
FatherWilliam Cock (1802->1860)
MotherMary “Polly” Ann Goad (~1802-1876)
Other spousesCynthia Ann McGuire
Marriage6 Nov 1898, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMary Jane Mannin
Birth22 Feb 1855, Morgan Co., Kentucky
FatherAnsalom Asbury Mannin (1831-1912)
MotherElizabeth Ross (1823-)
Other spousesJames Henry Lawson
Notes for Reuben Cock [Cox]
His surname was listed as Cock in the 1850 through 1870 censuses, as well as on his marriage record, but by 1900 he was going by Cox, and that is the spelling his children adopted.
Notes for Mary Jane Mannin
Morgan Co., Ky birth records list the birth of Mary Jane Manin on 22 Feb 1855, father Ansaline Manin, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Ross, residence Elliott Co.
Notes for Reuben & Mary Jane (Family)
Morgan Co. Ky marriage records list the marriage on 6 Nov 1898 of Ruben Cox and Mary J. Lawson at M. J. Lawson’s in Morgan Co. in the presence of M. F. Jones and Marion Davis, by A.H. Burgess, J.P.M.C.
Census
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 2, enumerated 23 June, lists on p. 20A as family #351/360:
Cox, Reuben, 64, b. Mar 1836, Va Va Va; Mary J., wife, 45, b. Feb 1855, Ky Ky Ky, married 16 years, mother of 0 children, 0 living; Lula, granddau, 4, b. June 1895; Lawson, Cora A., stepdau, 15, b. Mar 1885; Curtis B., stepson, 12, b. Aug 1887; Mays, Robert L., lodger, 25, b. Oct 1874, widowed. All except Reuben born Ky Ky Ky.
The number of children for Mary, and the number of years married, are incorrect. Mary has apparently interpreted the number of years married to be the number of years since her first marriage (to James Lawson in 1884), and the number of children as the number from only the current marriage, which is the opposite of the way the questions were intended to be answered.
Robert L. Mays was married on 13 Nov 1894 to Reuben’s daughter Cynthia, who died in 1898. Lula is probably their daughter, although it is curious that she is recorded with the surname Cox in both 1900 and 1910. (See Robert’s 1910 census notes.)
The next household is that of Reuben’s son James Franklin Cox.
Cox, Reuben, 64, b. Mar 1836, Va Va Va; Mary J., wife, 45, b. Feb 1855, Ky Ky Ky, married 16 years, mother of 0 children, 0 living; Lula, granddau, 4, b. June 1895; Lawson, Cora A., stepdau, 15, b. Mar 1885; Curtis B., stepson, 12, b. Aug 1887; Mays, Robert L., lodger, 25, b. Oct 1874, widowed. All except Reuben born Ky Ky Ky.
The number of children for Mary, and the number of years married, are incorrect. Mary has apparently interpreted the number of years married to be the number of years since her first marriage (to James Lawson in 1884), and the number of children as the number from only the current marriage, which is the opposite of the way the questions were intended to be answered.
Robert L. Mays was married on 13 Nov 1894 to Reuben’s daughter Cynthia, who died in 1898. Lula is probably their daughter, although it is curious that she is recorded with the surname Cox in both 1900 and 1910. (See Robert’s 1910 census notes.)
The next household is that of Reuben’s son James Franklin Cox.
