STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1901, pg. 1, col. 6

ELI D. COX, 20 Mar 1825 - 03 May 1901

   Eli D. Cox was born in Sugar Creek township, Wayne county, 
Ohio, March 20, 1825, and died May 3, 1901, aged 76 years, 1 
month and 13 days.  
   February 10, 1848, he was united in marriage to Sarah Ann 
Tanner, who died April 14, 1851, and after two years he was 
united in marriage to Margaret Eckert, Feb. 27, 1853.  To this 
union were born nine children, five sons and four daughters, 
of whom four sons and three daughters survive him.  He lived 
in Dalton, Ohio, until 1855 and then with his wife and one 
child moved to DeKalb county, Indiana, where they lived three 
years.  In March, 1858, he moved to the farm in Steuben county 
where he lived for thirty six years, when he moved to Hudson, 
remaining there until his death.  He united with the Baptist 
church in 1844, at the age of nineteen and remained a 
consistent member until called to his reward.  He was a kind 
husband and father and tried to rear his family in the fear of 
God.  He was generous and always willing to lend a helping 
hand to those in need.  He leaves a wife, four sons, three 
daughters, six grandchildren, three brothers, two sisters and 
a host of friends to mourn their loss.  The funeral services 
were conducted by Rev. J. M. Kendall in the church at 
Fairfield Center, and the remains were laid to rest in the 
cemetery near by.
(Picture included with obit)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Eli D. Cox, 20 Mar 1825 - 03 May 1901, married first on 10 
Feb 1848 to Sarah Ann Tanner who died 14 Apr 1851, probably 
buried in Dalton, Ohio.  On 27 Feb 1853, he married Margaret 
(Eckert/Eckard) Cox, 1830 - 1913.  They are not listed in 
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis nor are their children. 
   Steuben County Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 7, No. 
1, page 6, Spring 2001, in Past Town News from the Steuben 
Republican Newspaper, 05 Jun 1901, is printed, "Hudson - Mrs. 
Clinesmith of Chicago and Mrs. Clinesmith of Lincoln Center, 
Kansas, who were called here by the death of their father, Eli 
Cox, have all returned home."  
   Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, available at the 
County Courthouse, list licenses for:
   Jacob Clinesmith   Jennie M. Cox    11 Apr 1878
   George Clinesmith  Etta Cox         05 Oct 1884

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net