Family Group Sheet
NameBraxton Cox
Birthabt 1832, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death28 Jan 1863, Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia
FatherAmbrose N. Cox Jr. (1796-~1856)
MotherElizabeth "Minnie" Sumpter (~1795-~1841)
MarriageNov 1859, Floyd Co., Virginia
SpouseUrsula “Ursley” Jennings, Half 2C4R
Birthabt 1841, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death1912, Floyd Co., Virginia
FatherSamuel Jennings (~1811-~1849)
MotherSarah Iddings (~1820-)
Other spousesWilliam “Bill” Riley Phillips, 3C4R
Children
1 FItura Cox, Half 3C3R
Birth6 Sep 1860, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death28 May 1949, Indian Valley, Floyd Co., Virginia
SpouseAmos Dalton
SpouseSusan M. Phillips , 3C4R
Notes for Braxton Cox
His Civil War service records list that he enlisted as a Private on 24 March 1862 at the age of 28, in listed in Company B, 54th Infantry Regiment, and died Company B, 54th Infantry Regiment Virginia on 28 Jan 1863 at Petersburg, Virginia.
Notes for Ursula “Ursley” Jennings
Her gravestone gives her dates as 1839 - 1912, but the early censuses suggest a birth date closer to 1840 or 1841.
Notes for Braxton & Ursula “Ursley” (Family)
Floyd Co., Virginia marriage book 3, p. 12, records the marriage in Nov 1859 of Blaxon Cox and Uesla Ginings.
Census
1860 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Copper Valley P.O., enumerated 26 July, lists on p. 122 as family #873/820:
Braxton Cox, 28, farmer; Usula, 20. Both born in Virginia.
1870 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley and Burks Fork township, enumerated 26 Aug, lists on p. 26 as family #170/158:
Gallimore, Jesse, 66, farmer; Sarah, 45 (invalid); Lawyer B., 13; Temander (fem), 13. Cox, Ursula, 27; Itura, 9; Flournoy, 7. All born in Virginia.
Braxton Cox, 28, farmer; Usula, 20. Both born in Virginia.
1870 census of Floyd Co., Virginia, Indian Valley and Burks Fork township, enumerated 26 Aug, lists on p. 26 as family #170/158:
Gallimore, Jesse, 66, farmer; Sarah, 45 (invalid); Lawyer B., 13; Temander (fem), 13. Cox, Ursula, 27; Itura, 9; Flournoy, 7. All born in Virginia.
