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Information on John Cox
Donated by Linda Benson Cox
This is the military information on John Cox:
He is buried with his family in the Osseo Cemetery, Osseo, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
John Cox's tombstone photos:
John M. Cox, military stone
John M. Cox, civil stone
Donated by Linda Benson Cox
This is the military information on John Cox:
John
M. Cox was born
July 24, 1842 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pennsylvania.
He
was a Private in Grant’s Army around Vicksburg, enlisting
August 19,
1862; he entered the Wisconsin Volunteers, 29th Regiment Infantry, New
York Company F, mustering out as a Corporal June 22, 1865; while in the
army he contracted a debilitating disease (hemorrhage) that he
eventually died of. He completed his education after the war
at
the Bryant and Stratton’s Business College in Chicago,
Illinois. In
1870 he was a Clerk in Dry goods living with his sister Sarah and her
husband Edward Palmer in the Monroe County, Wisconsin State Census. He
later became an insurance agent and traveled a great deal setting up
new offices. He lived his last 10 years in Mauston.
He died about 15 years after the Civil War ended in 1865 - May 09, 1880 - when he was age 37 years, 9 months and 15 days, in Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
He died about 15 years after the Civil War ended in 1865 - May 09, 1880 - when he was age 37 years, 9 months and 15 days, in Mauston, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
He is buried with his family in the Osseo Cemetery, Osseo, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
John Cox's tombstone photos:
John M. Cox, military stone
John M. Cox, civil stone