Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF ESSEX TOWXSHIP. 509
Johrt C70ZweZl, son of Henry sncl Elizabeth Colwell, was born in
Stark county in 1S37, where his parents settled at an early date, as related
in their history in this chapter. At the age of t~~entg-four
years he married Miss Elinira Fast, daughter of Philip and Mary
Fi~st, mllo was born in Ohio in 1845, and caine with her parents to
this county in 1849, ~vhere her father died in 1855. After Mr. Coln~ell:s
marriage he entered on fanning for Ilimself, ancl now owns 754
acres of cllo~ce land on section IS. They are the parents of four
children, Mary B., Charlie O., Marvin 13. and Mirn J. In politics Mr.
Col\rell is Dernocratic. 13y incluetry he has built up round llim a
111 ea.san t I loine: ancl bv example a good family.
A,sq~l, Cox, one of the pioneers of Essex tb~~~nship, still resides here,
linking the present wit11 t,he past of this division of the county. A
~.efe~*ellce to the original entries of lnncls in this tSo\vnsllil) points out the
settlement of the ftm~ily of Nathan Cos here in 1836 ; :I ~eference to
the slretcll of the cemeteries also w ill give the names of inany nlernbers
of this large fttinily.
Thl,owrc(s ilidter Cyo.x, son of Josepll ant1 Catherine (Etlwartls) Cox,
was !,oran in Stnrli connty, Ills., in the year 1847. I-Iis parent)s, natives
of Vilginin, rernovetl to Ollie a.ntl t11el;ce to Illinois, settling in Starli
co~~uty, wllere they still 1-eside. Tllomas W. Cos ~emainetl with his
parents until his 90th year, when he married Miss Clara 1)eWolf.
daughter of Captain David ar~d Mstilda (Greenwood) DeWolf. This
ladv nrns ho~n Marc11 23, 154'7 ; her father was of French descent, born
in Nora Scot in Dilarcli 30, 1822 ; her mother mas born in Clark county,
Ohio, February 22,1823. The military reCorcl of Capt. DeWolf is ~vorthy
of his ancestrj~, ant1 is on record in the inilitary chapter and historv of
Toulorl county. After his n~wriage Mva. Cox began farming in ~ssex
to\vnship on his first farm, where 11e resided about five years. He solcl
this p~operty and porchased 193 acres on see. 24,. Essex tonrnsl~ip,
where he still resides. MY. ant1 Mrs. Cox are the parents of seven
cl~ilclren, six of wl~oln are living-Etl~vin E., born March 23, 1S6S ;
Alice, horn Sel~tember 1, IS71 ; Stella, boril &lay 28: 1874; Joseph,
bolail dime 22, 1876; IIattie, born August 16, ISSO, and Cora, born
Xoreniber 27, 1SS3. An infant, born in the yeala 1883, died July 11
silirle year. On Novenlber 4, ISSG, Mrs. (>ox passeil to her last Iong
sleep. 1-1e~ illness mas of sl~ort duration. TJ p to the morning of her
death slle seeined as well as usual. She was buried at Wj~olnilig, and
the co~tege which followecl tlie remains to the gr:Lre was the largest
seen at Wyorning, there being eighty-six vehicles. She IVRS a faithful,
loving wife, and her tleath was lno~lrnecl by n large circle of friends.
Politically Mr. Cox is a republican, and is a rnember of the Masonic
order.
IT: Cox, son of Enoch and Sarah (Druinmond) Cox, was born in
Ross county, O., August 20, 1832. His fatller and mother were natives
of Ohio, the forlner a miller by trade, married :it the age of tn~entytwo,
in 1829. I11 IS37 tl~ev lnorecl to this county, and here he erected
one of the first grist and saw inills on Indian ;reel