Isaac S. Cox
Isaac S. Cox was born in Hamilton Count'y, Ohio, March 17, 1832. He is a son of Tunis Cox, who was born in New Jersey in 1802. When he had attained the age of eight years, his parents, William and Mary Cox, moved to Ohio, and located in Hamilton County. William Cox served in the war of 1812. On the 2d of November, 1820, Tunis Cox married Miss Nancy Sparks, who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, October 2d, 1800. By this union he had twelve children, all of whom grew to be men and women, and seven of the number are yet alive, viz., William, Thompson, Sally S., Elizabeth, Isaac S., Martha J., and George W. Mrs. Cox died June 7, 1841. On the 7th of September, 1842, Mr. Cox married Sarah Sorter, with whom he lived until the time of his death, which occurred December 23, 1865, leaving a companion and a large family of children to mourn the loss of a husband and father.
Isaac S. Cox, subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm. On the 25th of November, 1851, he married Miss Catharine Mahadda, who was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, October 3, 1830. In the spring of 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Cox left their native county in Ohio, and started for California, leaving Cincinnati March 10th. They travelled by water until they reached Parkville, Missouri, a small village located about thirty miles above Kansas City. From that point they continued their journey westward with ox teams, leaving Parkville May 3d, and after a long and toilsome journey over the mountains and across the plains they reached Placerville, Eldorado County, California, some time during the latter part of August, same year. From there they went to Calmahill, Calaveras County, where he engaged in mining, which he followed about eight months, or until May, 1853, when they moved to San Joaquin County, and located on a ranch. He then turned his attention to farming. In 1858 he sold his ranch, and returned to Ohio by water by the way of the Isthmus of Panama and New York City, reaching their old home in Hamilton County June 1, 1858. On the 27th of June, same year, he came to Shelby County, purchased a farm of 207 acres, 87 acres of which is in section 3, and the balance in section 10, Loramie Township, on which he moved his family August 3, 1858, and has since resided, excepting from the autumn of 1869 until the autumn of 1872, during which time he was living in Piqua, Miami County, where he was engaged in the livery business. He reared a family of three children, viz., Alexander, California, and Lilly May. He is now giving all of his time to farming, and is one among the leading farmers of Loramie Township.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883