The son of William & Mary Elizabeth Stopz [?] Cox, he married Mary Schmucker ca. 1854 and fathered William B. (b. 01/05/57), Mary Elizabeth (b. 02/27/61 - married Jacob Marshall Funck and Guy Miller), Adeline (b. @1867), Harry W. (b. 02/16/69), Edwin or Edward (b. 02/13/71), and Charles B. (b. 03/31/76). In 1860, he was a forgeman living with his family in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia September 13, 1862, as a private with Battery I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa), and honorably discharged by general order June 5, 1865. Please note that the identification of the regiment used in the accompanying obituary is improper, although it does get the numbers right.
Mary apparently died, and he married either Sallie Bisel or Mary Biggonay (both names reported) ca. 1877 and fathered Isabelle (b. 08/25/80 - married George Samuel Bleistein) and Caroline (b. 08/25/80 - married Norman Danner). Cause of his death is listed as "exhaustion [and] general debility."
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19 Aug 1910: Veteran of Civil War Died At His Mifflin Street Home-Samuel B. Cox, for many years the propietor of the Eagle Hotel in Lebanon, died Wednesday evening at 11:00 o'clock at his home at 916 Mifflin Street. He had been ill for over a year. Had he lived to the 14th of next February, he would have attained his 78th birthday. He was born in Churchtown, Lancaster County, in 1832. He learned the trade of forgeman, and following that vocation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Pa. Volunteers, and served three years in the 112th Second Heavy Artillery and was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He later managed hotels in New Holland, Churchtown, Millersville and Beartown, all in Lancaster County. He also managed hotels in Montandon, Northumberland County, and Selinsgrove, Snyder County ans in Hagerstown. In 1884 he came to Lebanon to assume control of the Eagle Hotel at Ninth & Cumberland Streets. He later managed hotels in Cumberland, MD, & Scranton, PA. His first wife died in Millersville and his second wife, Mrs. Mary Biggonay originally resided in Montandon. He is survived by four sons and one daughter of the first wife: William B., of Montandon; Mrs. Guy A. Miller, of Lebanon; Harry and Edwin B., both of this city; and Charles Cox, of Frederick; children of the 2nd wife, Mrs. George S. Bleistine , of Myerstown; and Carrie, at home. [Lebanon Daily News]
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia September 13, 1862, as a private with Battery I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa), and honorably discharged by general order June 5, 1865. Please note that the identification of the regiment used in the accompanying obituary is improper, although it does get the numbers right.
Mary apparently died, and he married either Sallie Bisel or Mary Biggonay (both names reported) ca. 1877 and fathered Isabelle (b. 08/25/80 - married George Samuel Bleistein) and Caroline (b. 08/25/80 - married Norman Danner). Cause of his death is listed as "exhaustion [and] general debility."
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19 Aug 1910: Veteran of Civil War Died At His Mifflin Street Home-Samuel B. Cox, for many years the propietor of the Eagle Hotel in Lebanon, died Wednesday evening at 11:00 o'clock at his home at 916 Mifflin Street. He had been ill for over a year. Had he lived to the 14th of next February, he would have attained his 78th birthday. He was born in Churchtown, Lancaster County, in 1832. He learned the trade of forgeman, and following that vocation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Pa. Volunteers, and served three years in the 112th Second Heavy Artillery and was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He later managed hotels in New Holland, Churchtown, Millersville and Beartown, all in Lancaster County. He also managed hotels in Montandon, Northumberland County, and Selinsgrove, Snyder County ans in Hagerstown. In 1884 he came to Lebanon to assume control of the Eagle Hotel at Ninth & Cumberland Streets. He later managed hotels in Cumberland, MD, & Scranton, PA. His first wife died in Millersville and his second wife, Mrs. Mary Biggonay originally resided in Montandon. He is survived by four sons and one daughter of the first wife: William B., of Montandon; Mrs. Guy A. Miller, of Lebanon; Harry and Edwin B., both of this city; and Charles Cox, of Frederick; children of the 2nd wife, Mrs. George S. Bleistine , of Myerstown; and Carrie, at home. [Lebanon Daily News]
The son of William & Mary Elizabeth Stopz [?] Cox, he married Mary Schmucker ca. 1854 and fathered William B. (b. 01/05/57), Mary Elizabeth (b. 02/27/61 - married Jacob Marshall Funck and Guy Miller), Adeline (b. @1867), Harry W. (b. 02/16/69), Edwin or Edward (b. 02/13/71), and Charles B. (b. 03/31/76). In 1860, he was a forgeman living with his family in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia September 13, 1862, as a private with Battery I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa), and honorably discharged by general order June 5, 1865. Please note that the identification of the regiment used in the accompanying obituary is improper, although it does get the numbers right.
Mary apparently died, and he married either Sallie Bisel or Mary Biggonay (both names reported) ca. 1877 and fathered Isabelle (b. 08/25/80 - married George Samuel Bleistein) and Caroline (b. 08/25/80 - married Norman Danner). Cause of his death is listed as "exhaustion [and] general debility."
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19 Aug 1910: Veteran of Civil War Died At His Mifflin Street Home-Samuel B. Cox, for many years the propietor of the Eagle Hotel in Lebanon, died Wednesday evening at 11:00 o'clock at his home at 916 Mifflin Street. He had been ill for over a year. Had he lived to the 14th of next February, he would have attained his 78th birthday. He was born in Churchtown, Lancaster County, in 1832. He learned the trade of forgeman, and following that vocation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Pa. Volunteers, and served three years in the 112th Second Heavy Artillery and was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He later managed hotels in New Holland, Churchtown, Millersville and Beartown, all in Lancaster County. He also managed hotels in Montandon, Northumberland County, and Selinsgrove, Snyder County ans in Hagerstown. In 1884 he came to Lebanon to assume control of the Eagle Hotel at Ninth & Cumberland Streets. He later managed hotels in Cumberland, MD, & Scranton, PA. His first wife died in Millersville and his second wife, Mrs. Mary Biggonay originally resided in Montandon. He is survived by four sons and one daughter of the first wife: William B., of Montandon; Mrs. Guy A. Miller, of Lebanon; Harry and Edwin B., both of this city; and Charles Cox, of Frederick; children of the 2nd wife, Mrs. George S. Bleistine , of Myerstown; and Carrie, at home. [Lebanon Daily News]
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Philadelphia September 13, 1862, as a private with Battery I, 2nd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (112th Pa), and honorably discharged by general order June 5, 1865. Please note that the identification of the regiment used in the accompanying obituary is improper, although it does get the numbers right.
Mary apparently died, and he married either Sallie Bisel or Mary Biggonay (both names reported) ca. 1877 and fathered Isabelle (b. 08/25/80 - married George Samuel Bleistein) and Caroline (b. 08/25/80 - married Norman Danner). Cause of his death is listed as "exhaustion [and] general debility."
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19 Aug 1910: Veteran of Civil War Died At His Mifflin Street Home-Samuel B. Cox, for many years the propietor of the Eagle Hotel in Lebanon, died Wednesday evening at 11:00 o'clock at his home at 916 Mifflin Street. He had been ill for over a year. Had he lived to the 14th of next February, he would have attained his 78th birthday. He was born in Churchtown, Lancaster County, in 1832. He learned the trade of forgeman, and following that vocation at the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the Pa. Volunteers, and served three years in the 112th Second Heavy Artillery and was honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He later managed hotels in New Holland, Churchtown, Millersville and Beartown, all in Lancaster County. He also managed hotels in Montandon, Northumberland County, and Selinsgrove, Snyder County ans in Hagerstown. In 1884 he came to Lebanon to assume control of the Eagle Hotel at Ninth & Cumberland Streets. He later managed hotels in Cumberland, MD, & Scranton, PA. His first wife died in Millersville and his second wife, Mrs. Mary Biggonay originally resided in Montandon. He is survived by four sons and one daughter of the first wife: William B., of Montandon; Mrs. Guy A. Miller, of Lebanon; Harry and Edwin B., both of this city; and Charles Cox, of Frederick; children of the 2nd wife, Mrs. George S. Bleistine , of Myerstown; and Carrie, at home. [Lebanon Daily News]
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