Contra Costa County CA Archives Biographies.....Cox, William W. 1833 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 25, 2005, 9:58 pm Author: W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers (1882) WILLIAM W. COX.—The subject of this sketch, an old resident of Contra Costa, is a native of Rush county, Indiana, and was born August 19, 1833. When but an infant his parents moved to an adjoining county, where he spent his earliest years until 1852, when they, himself, five sisters and one brother immigrated with ox-teams to Daviess county, Missouri. Sojourning there one Winter, they continued their westward journey, leaving the above district May 2, 1853. After an uneventful trip of five months they arrived in Amador county. Staying but a few days there they proceeded on to Stockton, where they remained a short time, and after came direct to Contra Costa county, locating on the place now owned by Mr. Cox, consisting of two hundred acres half mile north of San Ramon, where he is now engaged in general farming. Was united in marriage in San Ramon, November 20, 1865, to Miss Mary E. Grist, a native of Illinois. They have six children; there names are: Livia M., Elmer G., Jessie, Mary R., Delia and Mabel F. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/bios/cox46bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb