John Bowes Cox and Rebecca E. Lightner

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Husband John Bowes Cox ¹

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           Born: 19 Nov 1817 - Estherton, PA 2
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         Father: John Bowes Cox, Sr. (1780-1831) 2
         Mother: Matilda Willis McAllister (1787-1858) 2

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       Marriage: 1844 2

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Wife Rebecca E. Lightner ²

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         Father: John Lightner (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Rebecca [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Matilda Willis Cox ²

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2 F Mary Richardson Cox ²

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         Spouse: Edward H. Buehler (      -      ) 2

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3 M John Bowes Cox ²

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4 F Rebecca Hopkins Cox ²

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5 M Edward Buchanan Cox ²

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6 F Catharine Hiester Cox ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Bowes Cox

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He was educated at the academies at Lititz, Burlington, New Jersey, West Chester, and York, Pennsylvania. He learned the profession of civil engineer, which occupation he pursued several years, subsequently engaging for a long period in flour and saw-milling enterprises, when he retired from active pursuits.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 523.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 239.