Rev John Toliver Cox

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Rev John Toliver Cox

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
27 May 1860 (aged 59–60)
Bodega, Sonoma County, California, USA
Burial
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
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Husband of Mary Powers Cox
Father of Edna B, Nancy T, Mary A, Sarah R, William J, John T, James C, Thomas C, and Louisa E Cox.

In 1851, John T Cox was the First Worshipful Master of San Gabriel Masonic Lodge #89, Georgetown, Texas.
In 1860, his funeral was put on by LaFayette Masonic Lodge of Sonoma Co, California of which he was a member.

Biography of John T Cox, "Father Cox" from California Sketches New and Old, pages 61 - 67 by Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald who knew Rev. John T. Cox personally. (M. E. Church, South, Bargee & Smith, Agents, 1895)
"Father Cox was a physical and intellectual phenomenon. He was of immense girth, weighing more than three hundred pounds. His face was ruddy and almost as smooth as that of a child, his hair snow-white and fine as floss silk, his eyes a deep blue, his features small..... He had a voice like a flute in its softness and purity of tone, and his solos before and after preaching melted and broke the hard heart of many a wild and reckless Californian."
Husband of Mary Powers Cox
Father of Edna B, Nancy T, Mary A, Sarah R, William J, John T, James C, Thomas C, and Louisa E Cox.

In 1851, John T Cox was the First Worshipful Master of San Gabriel Masonic Lodge #89, Georgetown, Texas.
In 1860, his funeral was put on by LaFayette Masonic Lodge of Sonoma Co, California of which he was a member.

Biography of John T Cox, "Father Cox" from California Sketches New and Old, pages 61 - 67 by Bishop O. P. Fitzgerald who knew Rev. John T. Cox personally. (M. E. Church, South, Bargee & Smith, Agents, 1895)
"Father Cox was a physical and intellectual phenomenon. He was of immense girth, weighing more than three hundred pounds. His face was ruddy and almost as smooth as that of a child, his hair snow-white and fine as floss silk, his eyes a deep blue, his features small..... He had a voice like a flute in its softness and purity of tone, and his solos before and after preaching melted and broke the hard heart of many a wild and reckless Californian."

Inscription

Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51164806/john_toliver-cox: accessed ), memorial page for Rev John Toliver Cox (1800–27 May 1860), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51164806, citing Macedonia Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California, USA; Maintained by L Mastan (contributor 47271406).