Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Cox, Martin February 12, 1919
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The Lake Odessa Wave, Friday, February 28, 1919
Martin Cox, son of Elizabeth and George Cox, was born in Cashocton County, 
Ohio, December 11, 1832.  One of a family of ten children, but two sisters are 
now living; Mrs. Susan Ringgenberg and Mrs. Marie Rooney, both of Bourbon, 
Indiana.  He was married to Miss Catherine Amanda Hawk at Sulphur Springs, 
Ohio April 1, 1860.  Her death occurred in Ionia November 20, 1883.  To this 
union were born eight children, four boys and four girls, seven of whom 
survive, Charles Cox of Chase, Mrs. Maude Brock and William Cox of Keene, Mrs. 
Eva Robinson of Lyons, Mrs. Margaret Runyan of Lake Odessa, Frank Cox of 
Detroit and Mrs. Dora Spoon of Grand Rapids.  These with sixteen 
grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren and a host of friends hold dear the 
memory of him whose life has been one of happiness and kindness.

In  1862 he enlisted in Co. L 10th Ohio Cavalry, serving as Second Lieutenant 
until ill health compelled him to get out of the service, receiving his 
discharge in 1863.  He afterward engaged in saw mill business and in 1866 came 
to Michigan, bringing the saw mill with him and setting it up in Odessa 
Center.  The rest of his life has been passed in Michigan, mostly near Lake 
Odessa until the past six years, which he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Robert 
Brock in Keene, where he died at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 12, 1919.

Rev. A. H. Lash, pastor of Lowell Congregational church spoke words of comfort 
and sympathy to the assembled family and neighbors, followed by prayer.  The 
casket covered with flowers, was borne from the home by the sons and sons-in-
law, and taken by auto to Lake Odessa, where the funeral services were held 
Friday afternoon in the Masonic temple, under the auspices of the F. and A. M. 
of which Mr. Cox was a charter member and also a life member.  Burial was in 
Lakeside cemetery Saturday, February 15, at 10:30 a.m.



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