Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Bowes Cox, Sr. and Matilda Willis McAllister




Husband John Bowes Cox, Sr. 1 2

           Born: 1780 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1831 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Col. Cornelius Cox (Abt 1750-1803) 1 3 4
         Mother: Rachel Richardson (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 10 Dec 1809 2



Wife Matilda Willis McAllister 1 5

           Born: 26 Aug 1787 or 1788 - Fort Hunter, Susquehanna Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1858 1 5
         Buried: 


         Father: Capt. Archibald McAllister (1756/1756-1831/1832) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Carson (1763-1822) 5 6 7




Children
1 F Catharine Mary Cox 1 10 11

           Born: 4 Nov 1810 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hon. Augustus O. Hiester (1808-1895) 1 12 13
           Marr: 14 May 1835 10 11


2 F Elizabeth Cox 11 14 15

           Born: 4 Jun 1813 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jan 1836 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Adam Henry Orth (1798-1833) 14 16 17 18
           Marr: 3 May 1832 16


3 F Matilda Willis Cox 1 11

           Born: 24 Jan 1815 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jun 1837 11
         Buried: 



4 M John Bowes Cox 1 11 16

           Born: 19 Nov 1817 - Estherton, Dauphin Co, PA 1 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Mar 1898 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca E. Lightner (      -      ) 1 18
           Marr: 1844 1 18


5 M George Washington [1] Cox 1 19

           Born: 4 Jan 1820 19
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1827 19
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 F Rachel Cox 1 11

           Born: 31 Oct 1821 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 May 1833 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 F Esther Amelia Cox 1 11

           Born: 10 Jun 1824 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph Piollett (      -      ) 18


8 M Cornelius Cox 1 11

           Born: 15 Apr 1827 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1834 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 M George Washington [2] Cox 1 11

           Born: 22 Feb 1829 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jun 1832 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 U [Infant] Cox

           Born: 23 Jul 1831 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Nov 1831 11
         Buried: 



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Sources


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

2 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 71.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 476.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 196, 247.

5 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 17.

6 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 592.

7 Samuel T. Wiley & W. Scott Garner, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Gresham Publishing Co., 1892), Pg 443.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 115.

9 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 14.

10 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 578.

11 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 72.

12 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 577.

13 Morton L. Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 527.

14 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 249.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 239, 371.

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

17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 371.

18 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 73.

19 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 72.


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