Willison COX

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Susannah LAUGHLIN

(1) Source: Virginia Marriages via Ancestry.com. 
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Notes

Updated June 26, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 via Ancestry.com

- Name: Willison COX
- Gender: male
- Birth Place: MD
- Birth Year: 1784
- Spouse Name: Susannah LAUGHLIN
- Spouse Birth Place: VA
- Spouse Birth Year: 1787
- Marriage Year: 1807
- Marriage State: VA

(2) Virginia Marriages via Ancestry.com

- Groom Name: Willison COX
- Bride Name: Susan LAUGHLIN
- Date: 15 January 1807
- County: Washington

(3) 1850 United States Census for Missouri, Mercer Co.: Page 8; September 30, 1850.

Willison COX is head of household, married to Susannah [LAUGHLIN] COX. He is 65 years, born in Maryland and is a carpenter. Burton COX, 25 years old and a farmer born in Tennessee is also a resident.

(4) U.S., General Land Office Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Willison COX
- Issue Date: 10 Aug 1852
- Place: Mercer, Missouri, USA
- Meridian: 5th PM
- Township: 066n
- Range: 023W
- Aliquots: W½NW¼
- Section: 15
- Accession Number: MW-0631-156
- Document Number: 10784

(5) 1860 United States Census for Missouri, Mercer Co., Summersett Twp. (Summersett Post Office): Page 102; June 20, 1860.

Willison COX is head of household, married to S. M. C. COX. He is 77 years old, born in Maryland and is a farmer. Other residents include J. W. B., M. J., and J. M. COX.

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Arthur Willison COX
- Birth: 25 Nov 1784
- Death: 24 Jul 1865 (aged 80)
- Burial: South Lineville Cemetery; South Lineville, Mercer County, Missouri, USA
- Plot: Sec 2 Row 7 Stone 18
- Memorial ID: 90984788

(7) Mostert family records, August 4, 2000.

- "Birth: Family records
- 1850 U.S. Census, Missouri, Mercer County says he was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
- In 1810 Census he is in Washington Co., VA, age group 26-45 years and is listed as the head of a family with one child.
- The 1820 and 1830 census for Rutherford Co., TN show him as the head of a family with the appropriate number of children in each age group.
- The 1850 Census shows him living in Mercer Co., MO.
- Marriage: [LDS?] Microfilm #908181, Married by Stephen BOVEL, a Presbyterian minister.
- His name is shown on some censuses as William COX."