a Scobie/Rathmann family tree

Elizabeth Cowles

F, b. after 1655

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

after 1655

Farmington, MA

Esther Cowles

F, b. 1649

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

1649

Farmington, MA

Marriage*

1669

Hannah Cowles

F, b. 1644, d. 1689

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

1644

Farmington, MA

Death*

1689

John Cowles

M, b. 1641

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

1641

Farmington, MA

John Cowles

M, b. 1598, d. September 1675

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

1598

Marriage*

Farmington, MA; Principal=Hannah (?)

Death*

September 1675

Hadley, MA

Family

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Children

Samuel Cowles
John Cowles b. 1641
Hannah Cowles b. 1644, d. 1689
Sarah Cowles b. 1647, d. 1676
Esther Cowles b. 1649
Mary Cowles+ b. 1654
Elizabeth Cowles b. a 1655

Mary Cowles

F, b. 1654

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

1654

Marriage*

circa 1670

Principal=Nehemiah Dickinson

Married Name

Dickinson

Family

Nehemiah Dickinson b. 1645, d. 9 Sep 1723

Children

Nehemiah Dickinson b. 5 Jun 1672, d. 1 Oct 1715
William Dickinson b. 18 May 1675
John Dickinson b. 14 Feb 1676/77, d. 1677
Mary Dickinson b. 4 Jan 1677/78
John Dickinson b. 4 Jan 1677/78
Sarah Dickinson b. 19 Apr 1680
Samuel Dickinson b. 16 Aug 1682
Hannah Dickinson+ b. 6 Sep 1684, d. b 1724
Esther Dickinson b. 3 Mar 1687/88
Nathaniel Dickinson b. 23 Aug 1689
Isreal Dickinson b. 16 Mar 1690/91
Abigail Dickinson b. 14 Jan 1693/94
Ebinezer Dickinson b. 17 Sep 1696
Rebecca Dickinson b. 2 Apr 1699

Samuel Cowles

M

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

Farmington, MA

Marriage*

1661

Sarah Cowles

F, b. 1647, d. 1676

Father

John Cowles b. 1598, d. Sep 1675

Mother

Hannah (?) b. 1613, d. c 1680

Birth*

1647

Farmington, MA

Death*

1676

Amanda Cox¹

F, b. circa 1868

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1868

¹

Census*

1880

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Amanda E. Cox

F, b. 26 October 1865, d. 7 October 1939

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford² b. c 1842

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

26 October 1865

Union Twp, Davis, IA^2,3

Name Variation

Tutti

Name Variation

Trudy

Census

1870

Union Twp, Davis, IA⁴

Census

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA; Amda Cox²

Census

1885

Center Twp, Decatur, IA; Township: 69
Range: 25
Section: 5
Location: NW SW
⁵

Marriage*

19 September 1888

Leon, Decatur, Iowa, USA; Principal=Clarence Horace Waymire⁶

Married Name

after 19 September 1888

Waymire

Census

1900

Boise, ID⁷

Census

18 April 1910

Boise, Ada, ID⁸

Census*

January 1920

Boise, Ada, ID⁹

Residence*

1922

Long Beach, CA¹⁰

Census

8 April 1930

Boise, Ada, ID¹¹

Will*

9 March 1939

Boise, Ada, ID; Filed in probate court 14 oct 1939

Death*

7 October 1939

Boise, Ada, ID; Certificate #:116176³

Burial*

after 7 October 1939

Plot: MHILL_MAUSC_1_3, Boise, Ada, ID¹²

Family

Clarence Horace Waymire b. 27 Mar 1862, d. 8 May 1935

Marriage*

19 September 1888

Leon, Decatur, Iowa, USA; Principal=Clarence Horace Waymire⁶

Children

Clarence Donald Waymire+⁶ b. 7 Sep 1891, d. 9 Mar 1963
Carmi Calvin Waymire b. 9 Oct 1892, d. 15 Mar 1948
Helen Emily Waymire+ b. 27 May 1894, d. 18 Jun 1970

Citations

[S77] Iowa Cemetery Records.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S71] Death Certificate.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S19] Reedtown, Ohio Jonathan Hunt, The Blanchard Family.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.
[S140] Unknown short title.
[S51] 1930 U.S. Census.
[S128] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/

Amanda Melvina Cox^1,2

F, b. 8 March 1847, d. 31 January 1922

Father

Thomas S Cox¹ b. c 1819, d. Jan 1850

Mother

Eveline Tandy¹ b. 24 Apr 1818, d. 16 Dec 1888

Birth*

8 March 1847

Holt, MO^1,2

Census*

18 November 1850

Appanoose, IA¹

Married Name

1869

Spicer³

Marriage*

1869

Principal=William C Spicer³

Census

1870

Chequest, Van Buren, IA³

Census

1900

Cleveland, Davis, IA⁴

Census

1915

Bloomfield, Davis, IA⁵

Death*

31 January 1922

Bloomfield, Davis, IA²

Family

William C Spicer b. Apr 1842

Marriage*

1869

Principal=William C Spicer³

Children

Carmi Nicholas Spicer⁶ b. 3 Feb 1875, d. 24 Nov 1924
Riley E Spicer⁶ b. Sep 1876
Cora Eveline Spicer⁶ b. 25 Sep 1878, d. 19 Sep 1895
Florence Myrtle Spicer⁴ b. 20 Oct 1882, d. 20 Oct 1972
Stella S Spicer² b. 14 Jul 1885, d. 17 Nov 1934
Claude W Spicer⁴ b. Jun 1887

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S128] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S138] 1915 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Ardilla M. Cox¹

F, b. circa 1867

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

circa 1867

Van Buren Twp, Wayne, IA¹

Census*

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Elizabeth Cox

F, b. 1705, d. 1746

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

1705

Somerset, NJ¹

Marriage*

circa 1723

Basking Ridge, Somerset, NJ; Principal=David Sutton¹

Married Name

Sutton

Death*

1746

Somerset, NJ¹

Family

David Sutton b. 31 Jul 1703, d. 19 Dec 1775

Children

David Sutton Jr. d. 1812
John Sutton
James Sutton
Isaac Sutton+ b. 1729, d. 25 May 1799
Moses Sutton+ b. 1735, d. 7 Dec 1827
Abraham Sutton b. c 22 Mar 1737/38, d. 1790
Sarah Sutton b. c 1743, d. c 1828

Citations

[S58] The Sutton Lineage, online http://www.bjhughes.org/sutton1a.html

Eva J. Cox¹

F, b. circa 1863

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

circa 1863

MO¹

Census

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Census*

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Census

8 April 1930

Boise, Ada, ID³

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S51] 1930 U.S. Census.

Harrison Burr Cox¹

M, b. April 1880

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

April 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA^2,1

Census*

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA³

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.

Henry Thomas Cox¹

M, b. 24 March 1849, d. 2 January 1923

Father

Thomas S Cox¹ b. c 1819, d. Jan 1850

Mother

Eveline Tandy¹ b. 24 Apr 1818, d. 16 Dec 1888

Birth*

24 March 1849

Appanoose, IA^1,2

Census*

18 November 1850

Appanoose, IA¹

Census

9 June 1880

Chequest, Van Buren, IA; farms³

Marriage*

9 November 1893

Bloomfield, IA; Principal=Katie Cretcher

Census

1910

Valley, Douglas, WA⁴

Census

1920

Valley, Douglas, WA⁵

Death*

2 January 1923

East Wenatchee, Douglas, WA²

Family

Katie Cretcher b. 1858, d. 16 May 1930

Marriage*

9 November 1893

Bloomfield, IA; Principal=Katie Cretcher

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S128] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.

Horace Leroy Cox¹

M, b. 1886

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

1886

IA¹

Name Variation

1900

Roy L²

Census

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA²

Census*

19 April 1910

Clay Twp, Wayne, IA¹

Citations

[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.

Jessie M. Cox¹

M, b. circa 1879

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1879

¹

Census*

1880

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

John W. Cox¹

M, b. circa 1865

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1865

¹

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Martha J Cox¹

F, b. 1868

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

1868

¹

Census*

1870

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Census

1910

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA²

Citations

[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.

Mary B. Cox¹

F, b. circa 1871

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

circa 1871

Union Twp, Davis, IA¹

Census*

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Married Name

after 1890

Howard³

Marriage*

after 1890

Leon, Decatur, IA; Principal=Mark R Howard³

Census

1900

Lee, Polk, IA⁴

Census

1910

Boise, Ada, ID⁵

Census

1920

Des Moines, Polk, IA⁶

Census

1 January 1925

Des Moines Ward 7, Polk, IA³

Census

1930

Des Moines, Polk, IA; widowed⁷

Census

1940

Des Moines, Polk, IA⁸

Family

Mark R Howard b. c 1868

Marriage*

after 1890

Leon, Decatur, IA; Principal=Mark R Howard³

Children

Opal O Howard³ b. Feb 1893, d. 1941
Harold V Howard⁴ b. 29 Jan 1898, d. 4 Feb 1974

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S115] 1925 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.
[S51] 1930 U.S. Census.
[S127] 1940 U.S. Census.

Mary C Cox¹

F, b. circa 1857

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1857

¹

Census*

28 June 1860

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA; Burrell Twp. Page 78
This is the 1860 Federal Census for Decatur County, Iowa

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling Houses Numbered in the Order of Visitation
FN = Families Numbered in the Order of Visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of Every Person Whose Usual Place of Abode on the 1st Day of June, 1860, was in this family
RACE = Color (White, Black or Mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation, or Trade of Each Male Over 15 Years of Age
REAL VAL. = Value of Real Estate Owned
PERS. VAL = Value of Personal Estate Owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married Within the Year
SCH. = Attended School Within the Year
R/W = Persons over 20 Years of Age Who Cannot Read & Write
DDB = Whether Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper, or Convict.
SCHEDULE 1-Free Inhabitants in Burrell Twp.; in the county of: Decatur; State of Iowa
Enumerated by me, on the 28 day of June 1860. C. G. Bridges Ass't Marshal Page No. 78

LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP REAL VAL PERS VAL BIRTHPLACE MRD SCH R/W DDB

12 568 540 Cox Stephen S. 28 M Farmer 1,200 200 IN
Cox Mary 23 F IN Can't read/write
Cox Sarah 6 F IA
Cox Mary M. 3 F IA
²

Citations

[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S9] 1860 U.S. Census.

Noah M. Cox^1,2

M, b. circa 1861

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1861

¹

Census*

1880

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.

Owen Cox¹

M, b. circa 1875

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

circa 1875

Union Twp, Davis, IA¹

Census*

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Philip Cox¹

M, b. ?1725

Birth*

?1725

¹

Marriage*

circa 1746

Principal=Hannah Tembley

Family

Hannah Tembley b. ? c 1725

Citations

[S58] The Sutton Lineage, online http://www.bjhughes.org/sutton1a.html

Philip Cox¹

M

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Family

Hannah Trembley d. Sep 1785

Child

Susannah Cox+ b. 22 Mar 1747, d. 10 Apr 1831

Citations

[S38] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R).

Ray Cox¹

M, b. 1889

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

1889

Decatur, IA¹

Census

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA²

Census*

19 April 1910

Clay Twp, Wayne, IA³

Citations

[S79] 1895 Iowa State Census, unknown location.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.

Sarah A Cox¹

F, b. 1854

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

1854

¹

Census*

28 June 1860

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA; Burrell Twp. Page 78
This is the 1860 Federal Census for Decatur County, Iowa

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling Houses Numbered in the Order of Visitation
FN = Families Numbered in the Order of Visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of Every Person Whose Usual Place of Abode on the 1st Day of June, 1860, was in this family
RACE = Color (White, Black or Mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation, or Trade of Each Male Over 15 Years of Age
REAL VAL. = Value of Real Estate Owned
PERS. VAL = Value of Personal Estate Owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married Within the Year
SCH. = Attended School Within the Year
R/W = Persons over 20 Years of Age Who Cannot Read & Write
DDB = Whether Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper, or Convict.
SCHEDULE 1-Free Inhabitants in Burrell Twp.; in the county of: Decatur; State of Iowa
Enumerated by me, on the 28 day of June 1860. C. G. Bridges Ass't Marshal Page No. 78

LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP REAL VAL PERS VAL BIRTHPLACE MRD SCH R/W DDB

12 568 540 Cox Stephen S. 28 M Farmer 1,200 200 IN
Cox Mary 23 F IN Can't read/write
Cox Sarah 6 F IA
Cox Mary M. 3 F IA
²

Citations

[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S9] 1860 U.S. Census.

Stephen L. Cox¹

M, b. circa 1831, d. before 12 June 1919

Birth*

circa 1831

IN¹

Name Variation

Squire

Residence*

1851

Decatur, Iowa; Decatur County Journal
Thursday, June l2, l9l9

S.L. COX, one of Decatur County's prominent farmers and pioneer citizens, who died recently, never took a drink, cussed or smoked. The following, under a Leon date line, appeared in the Des Moines Register, Monday, concerning MR. COX:

There are reminders of the Grand River canyon down along the Grand River in Decatur County. The stream, not as fierce or as large as the Columbia, but more sparkling and delightful, winds about at the foot of high clifts and through densely wooded tracts, amid which the Indians for centuries roamed in search of game and redskin enemy. Of all the picturesque handiwork of mother nature found along the banks of the Grand, the most interesting is a miniature Garden of Eden, located near the town of Davis City, soon to be converted into a state park, selected because of its natural scenery and the wonderful legends associated therewith left us by the red man.

When the Indians knew nothing of palefaces and their inevitable firewater, they had many camps up and down the Grand River. The Fox and Sac Tribes lived among the bluffs up the river from the site of the town of Davis City, which at first was only a sawmill propelled by water power, the town not being laid out until l855.

At the base of the bluffs lies the burying ground of these Indians. Potto, the old chief, is buried on the highest peak, nearly 300 feet high, amid a typical scene of the mountain side of the Rockies, where the winding trail leads to the grave of the famous Helen Hunt Jackson. A rocky ledge overhangs this bluff, from which flows a spring of pure drinking water as cold as any mountain stream.

Slipp bluff, rising to a height of 250 feet, extends farther down the River, or about a mile from Davis City, and adjoining a tract of 200 acres adorned with native sugar maple trees--hence the name Old Indian Sugar Camp. To the north of this lies a vast stretch of valley dotted with two small lakes, the largest one being a perfect image of a horseshoe, while the smaller one forms the shape of a half moon.

From the very earliest day white settlers built their log cabins in the wilderness and settled down to make for themselves a home, the Indians being of the very peaceful and agreeable kind, mingled and traded with them.

Their most intimate friend was S.L. COX, familiarly known as "SQUIRE", who passed away only a few days ago, being 88 years old. He immigrated to Iowa in l85l and established a permanent home not far from the Indian camp, where he remained until his death. His mode of life probably accounted for his friendliness toward these Indians, as he believed in friendship with all mankind, and it was said he never made an enemy.

The most extraordinary thing, that he never drank a cup of tea or coffee, was a total abstainer of all liquors, never used tobacco in any of its forms, never indulged in a game of cards and never used profane language. He attended all the funerals of the Indians and knew where every grave was located in these bluffs.

Grand River has always furnished the best fishing, trapping and hunting this side of the Mississippi. The park will comprise about 600 acres, including for the entrance, the old Davis City Park, which has been for the past thirty years, a popular place for old soldiers' and settlers' reunion.

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Marriage*

circa 1854

Principal=Mary L. ?^1,2

Census

1856

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA; Burrell Township

Line Page Dw Fam Given Name Surname Age Sx Ma Di YIS Born Occupation NLV NVV Ali Mil D/D Idi LO COMMENTS

11 342 58 1 Stephen L Cox 24 M 1 5 IN Farmer 1 1 1
12 342 Mary Cox 20 F 1 5 IN
13 342 Sary Cox 3 F 3 IA

Census

28 June 1860

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA; Burrell Twp. Page 78
This is the 1860 Federal Census for Decatur County, Iowa

LN = Line Number Family appeared on
HN = Dwelling Houses Numbered in the Order of Visitation
FN = Families Numbered in the Order of Visitation
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME = The Name of Every Person Whose Usual Place of Abode on the 1st Day of June, 1860, was in this family
RACE = Color (White, Black or Mulatto)
OCCUP. = Profession, Occupation, or Trade of Each Male Over 15 Years of Age
REAL VAL. = Value of Real Estate Owned
PERS. VAL = Value of Personal Estate Owned
BIRTHPLACE = Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country
MRD. = Married Within the Year
SCH. = Attended School Within the Year
R/W = Persons over 20 Years of Age Who Cannot Read & Write
DDB = Whether Deaf & Dumb, Blind, Insane, Idiotic, Pauper, or Convict.
SCHEDULE 1-Free Inhabitants in Burrell Twp.; in the county of: Decatur; State of Iowa
Enumerated by me, on the 28 day of June 1860. C. G. Bridges Ass't Marshal Page No. 78

LN HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP REAL VAL PERS VAL BIRTHPLACE MRD SCH R/W DDB

12 568 540 Cox Stephen S. 28 M Farmer 1,200 200 IN
Cox Mary 23 F IN Can't read/write
Cox Sarah 6 F IA
Cox Mary M. 3 F IA
³

Census

1870

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA²

Census

1880

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Census

1885

T68 R26 S12 NESW, Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA⁴

Census

1910

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA⁵

Death*

before 12 June 1919

Decatur, Iowa; Decatur County Journal
Thursday, June l2, l9l9

S.L. COX, one of Decatur County's prominent farmers and pioneer citizens, who died recently, never took a drink, cussed or smoked. The following, under a Leon date line, appeared in the Des Moines Register, Monday, concerning MR. COX:

There are reminders of the Grand River canyon down along the Grand River in Decatur County. The stream, not as fierce or as large as the Columbia, but more sparkling and delightful, winds about at the foot of high clifts and through densely wooded tracts, amid which the Indians for centuries roamed in search of game and redskin enemy. Of all the picturesque handiwork of mother nature found along the banks of the Grand, the most interesting is a miniature Garden of Eden, located near the town of Davis City, soon to be converted into a state park, selected because of its natural scenery and the wonderful legends associated therewith left us by the red man.

When the Indians knew nothing of palefaces and their inevitable firewater, they had many camps up and down the Grand River. The Fox and Sac Tribes lived among the bluffs up the river from the site of the town of Davis City, which at first was only a sawmill propelled by water power, the town not being laid out until l855.

At the base of the bluffs lies the burying ground of these Indians. Potto, the old chief, is buried on the highest peak, nearly 300 feet high, amid a typical scene of the mountain side of the Rockies, where the winding trail leads to the grave of the famous Helen Hunt Jackson. A rocky ledge overhangs this bluff, from which flows a spring of pure drinking water as cold as any mountain stream.

Slipp bluff, rising to a height of 250 feet, extends farther down the River, or about a mile from Davis City, and adjoining a tract of 200 acres adorned with native sugar maple trees--hence the name Old Indian Sugar Camp. To the north of this lies a vast stretch of valley dotted with two small lakes, the largest one being a perfect image of a horseshoe, while the smaller one forms the shape of a half moon.

From the very earliest day white settlers built their log cabins in the wilderness and settled down to make for themselves a home, the Indians being of the very peaceful and agreeable kind, mingled and traded with them.

Their most intimate friend was S.L. COX, familiarly known as "SQUIRE", who passed away only a few days ago, being 88 years old. He immigrated to Iowa in l85l and established a permanent home not far from the Indian camp, where he remained until his death. His mode of life probably accounted for his friendliness toward these Indians, as he believed in friendship with all mankind, and it was said he never made an enemy.

The most extraordinary thing, that he never drank a cup of tea or coffee, was a total abstainer of all liquors, never used tobacco in any of its forms, never indulged in a game of cards and never used profane language. He attended all the funerals of the Indians and knew where every grave was located in these bluffs.

Grand River has always furnished the best fishing, trapping and hunting this side of the Mississippi. The park will comprise about 600 acres, including for the entrance, the old Davis City Park, which has been for the past thirty years, a popular place for old soldiers' and settlers' reunion.

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Family

Mary L. ?

Marriage*

circa 1854

Principal=Mary L. ?^1,2

Children

Sarah A Cox² b. 1854
Mary C Cox² b. c 1857
Noah M. Cox¹ b. c 1861
John W. Cox¹ b. c 1865
Amanda Cox¹ b. c 1868
Martha J Cox² b. 1868
Thomas E. Cox¹ b. c 1878
Jessie M. Cox¹ b. c 1879
Stephen L Cox⁵ b. c 1883

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S9] 1860 U.S. Census.
[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.

Stephen L Cox¹

M, b. circa 1883

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1883

¹

Census*

1910

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Citations

[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.

Susannah Cox

F, b. 22 March 1747, d. 10 April 1831

Father

Philip Cox

Mother

Hannah Trembley d. Sep 1785

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

22 March 1747

Blue Hills, Somerset, NJ¹

Marriage*

1769

Somerset, NJ; Principal=Moses Sutton¹

Married Name

Sutton¹

Death*

10 April 1831

Lyme, Huron, Oh¹

Burial*

after 10 April 1831

Sutton Cem., Hunt's Corners, Lyme, Ohio¹

Family 1

Moses Sutton b. 1735, d. 7 Dec 1827

Children

Philip Sutton² b. 1770
Moses Sutton² b. a 1770
Levi Sutton² b. a 1770

Family 2

Isaac Sutton b. 1729, d. 25 May 1799

Child

Isaac Sutton+² b. a 1770

Citations

[S58] The Sutton Lineage, online http://www.bjhughes.org/sutton1a.html
[S57] Sutton Bible Records.

Synthia Cox¹

F, b. 25 October 1883, d. 14 July 1936

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

25 October 1883

Union Twp, Davis, IA^1,2

Name Variation

after 1884

Bessie; ? possible nick name³

Census

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA⁴

Census

19 April 1910

Clay Twp, Wayne, IA⁵

Census

2 January 1920

Humeston, Wayne, IA³

Census*

17 April 1930

Humeston, Wayne, IA⁶

Death*

14 July 1936

IA²

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S77] Iowa Cemetery Records.
[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S51] 1930 U.S. Census.

Thomas E. Cox¹

M, b. circa 1878

Father

Stephen L. Cox¹ b. c 1831, d. b 12 Jun 1919

Mother

Mary L. ?¹

Birth*

circa 1878

¹

Census*

1880

Burrell Twp, Decatur, IA¹

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

Thomas S Cox¹

M, b. circa 1819, d. January 1850

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

circa 1819

Marriage*

24 July 1839

Jefferson, IA; Principal=Eveline Tandy¹

Death*

January 1850

Appanoose, IA¹

Family

Eveline Tandy b. 24 Apr 1818, d. 16 Dec 1888

Children

William F. C. Cox+¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919
Amanda Melvina Cox+² b. 8 Mar 1847, d. 31 Jan 1922
Henry Thomas Cox² b. 24 Mar 1849, d. 2 Jan 1923

Citations

[S80] State Historical Company Des Moines, History of Davis County, Iowa.
[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.

William F. C. Cox¹

M, b. 15 December 1840, d. 15 August 1919

Father

Thomas S Cox³ b. c 1819, d. Jan 1850

Mother

Eveline Tandy² b. 24 Apr 1818, d. 16 Dec 1888

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

15 December 1840

Benton, MO^1,3

Residence*

1848

Appanosse, IA³

Census

18 November 1850

Appanoose, IA²

Residence

1852

Mahaska, IA³

Residence

1855

Adair, MO³

Residence

1860

IL³

Milit-Beg*

31 May 1862

Company H, 68th Infantry Regiment Illinois; Regimental History
ILLINOIS
SIXTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
(Three-Months)

Sixty-eighth Infantry. - Col., Elias Stuart; Lieut.-Col., Houston L. Taylor ; Maj., George W. Lackey. This regiment was enlisted in response to a call made in the early summer of 1862, for state troops to serve for the period of three months as state militia, and the muster of the regiment was effected early in June. Shortly after it was organized a petition was circulated and very generally signed by both officers and men, asking that the term of enlistment be changed from that of state militia to volunteers, and that the regiment be sent into the field. In accordance with the petition the regiment was mustered into the U. S. service, and on July 5 received march-ing orders. Leaving Camp Butler it proceeded by rail to Wheeling, W. Va., arriving there on the 7th. From there it went to Washington and was on duty in and about Alexandria, Va., until its term of enlistment had expired. It then returned to Camp Butler and was mustered out on Sept. 26.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

Marriage*

6 June 1862

Principal=Mary Emily Crawford^4,3

Milit-End*

26 September 1862

Camp Butler, Springfield, IL

Census

10 June 1870

Union Twp, Davis, IA⁵

Census

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA; W.F.C. Cox⁴

(Witness) History

1882

History of Davis County, Iowa, Davis, IA; COX, W. F. C.,

farmer and stock-raiser, section 24, postoffice Troy; was born in Benton
county, Missouri, December 15, 1840; When eight years old he came with his
parents to Appanoose county, where his father died in January, 1850; two
years after, the family, he being the eldest of three children, moved to
Mahaska county, where his mother married again; they moved to Adair
county, Mo., in 1855, and he went to Illinois in 1860; he followed farming, and when the war commenced he enlisted in company H, sixty-eighth Illinois Infantry, which regiment was mustered out in October, 1862. In 1864 he came to Iowa and located on his present farm in 1869, which was then all brush, which he cleared away, making a nice farm of 70 acres. He was married in Illinois, in June, 1862, to Miss Mary Crawford.
They have had eight children: Eva J., Amanda E., Ardilla M., Wm. T., Mary
B., Owen, Harrison B. and one deceased, Hiram B. Mr. C. is a man of more than ordinary pluck and energy, and has the respect of everybody; he is a Mason, a member of Troy lodge.
³

Census

1885

Center Twp, Decatur, IA⁶

Census

1895

Franklin Twp, Weldon, Decatur, IA⁷

Census

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA⁸

Census*

19 April 1910

Clay Twp, Wayne, IA⁹

Death*

15 August 1919

Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur, IA^1,10

Family

Mary Emily Crawford b. c 1842

Marriage*

6 June 1862

Principal=Mary Emily Crawford^4,3

Children

Eva J. Cox⁶ b. c 1863
Amanda E. Cox+¹ b. 26 Oct 1865, d. 7 Oct 1939
Ardilla M. Cox⁶ b. c 1867
William T. Cox⁶ b. c 1869
Mary B. Cox+⁶ b. c 1871
Owen Cox⁶ b. c 1875
Harrison Burr Cox⁶ b. Apr 1880
Synthia Cox⁶ b. 25 Oct 1883, d. 14 Jul 1936
Horace Leroy Cox⁹ b. 1886
Ray Cox⁷ b. 1889

Citations

[S77] Iowa Cemetery Records.
[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S80] State Historical Company Des Moines, History of Davis County, Iowa.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S79] 1895 Iowa State Census, unknown location.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S78] Civil War Pension.

William T. Cox¹

M, b. circa 1869

Father

William F. C. Cox¹ b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Mother

Mary Emily Crawford¹ b. c 1842

Birth*

circa 1869

Van Buren Twp, Wayne, IA¹

Census*

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA²

Citations

[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.

James Averill Crafts

M, b. 16 September 1801

Birth*

16 September 1801

Hartwick, Otsego, NY

Marriage*

10 November 1825

Principal=Maria Low

Marriage*

9 March 1838

Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio; Principal=Rebecca Waymire

Death*

Kansas

Family 1

Maria Low d. 4 Jan 1837

Family 2

Rebecca Waymire b. 28 Sep 1795, d. 16 Mar 1878

Camden M Crawford¹

F, b. 1853

Father

James Bell Crawford¹ b. 1814, d. 10 Jun 1864

Mother

Mary Jane Shaw¹ b. 1822

Birth*

1853

Paris, Edger, IL¹

Citations

[S9] 1860 U.S. Census.

Clara E Crawford¹

F, b. 1843

Father

James Bell Crawford¹ b. 1814, d. 10 Jun 1864

Mother

Mary Jane Shaw¹ b. 1822

Birth*

1843

Edgar, IL¹

Census*

22 October 1850

District 19,, Edgar, Illinois¹

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.

Elvis F Crawford¹

M, b. 1846

Father

James Bell Crawford¹ b. 1814, d. 10 Jun 1864

Mother

Mary Jane Shaw¹ b. 1822

Birth*

1846

¹

Census*

22 October 1850

District 19,, Edgar, Illinois¹

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.

Ida Crawford¹

F, b. circa 1868

Father

William C Crawford¹ b. 1841

Mother

Mary (?)¹ b. c 1846

Birth*

circa 1868

¹

Census*

10 June 1870

Topeka Ward 2, Topeka, Shawnee, KS; Realestate sales^2,1

Citations

[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S129] 1865 Kansas state census, Kansas state.

James Bell Crawford¹

M, b. 1814, d. 10 June 1864

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

1814

Scott, Kentucky¹

Marriage*

31 March 1836

IL; Principal=Mary Jane Shaw¹

Occupation*

22 October 1850

Saddler, Edgar, IL¹

Census*

22 October 1850

District 19, Edgar, Illinois¹

Census

5 June 1860

District 19, Edgar, Illinois²

Residence*

13 August 1862

Find A Grave Memorial# 31778255, Edgar, IL; James was admitted to the Jacksonville State Hospital for the Insane as a patient 13 Aug 1862 from Edgar County Illinois.³

Death*

10 June 1864

Jacksonville, Morgan, IL; Find A Grave Memorial# 31778255³

Burial*

after 10 June 1864

Plot: West side of Prairieland Heritage Museum, South Jacksonville, Morgan, IL; Find A Grave Memorial# 31778255³

Family

Mary Jane Shaw b. 1822

Marriage*

31 March 1836

IL; Principal=Mary Jane Shaw¹

Children

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S9] 1860 U.S. Census.
[S128] Find A Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi

Mary Crawford¹

F, b. circa 1866

Father

William C Crawford¹ b. 1841

Mother

Mary (?)¹ b. c 1846

Birth*

circa 1866

Topeka, KS¹

Census*

10 June 1870

Topeka Ward 2, Topeka, Shawnee, KS; Realestate sales^2,1

Citations

[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S129] 1865 Kansas state census, Kansas state.

Mary Emily Crawford^1,2

F, b. circa 1842

Father

James Bell Crawford³ b. 1814, d. 10 Jun 1864

Mother

Mary Jane Shaw³ b. 1822

Charts

Pedigree Chart for Phyllis May Rathmann

Birth*

circa 1842

Edgar, IL³

Census

22 October 1850

District 19,, Edgar, Illinois³

Married Name

after June 1862

Cox¹

Marriage*

6 June 1862

Principal=William F. C. Cox^1,4

Census

10 June 1870

Union Twp, Davis, IA⁵

Census

9 June 1880

Union Twp, Davis, IA; W.F.C. Cox¹

Census

1885

Center Twp, Decatur, IA²

Census

1895

Franklin Twp, Weldon, Decatur, IA⁶

Census

15 June 1900

High Point Twp, Decatur, IA⁷

Census

19 April 1910

Clay Twp, Wayne, IA⁸

Note*

25 August 1919

Civil War Pension application⁹

Census*

2 January 1920

Humeston, Wayne, IA; Father: German
Mother: Illinois¹⁰

Census

17 April 1930

Richman Twp, Humeston, Wayne, IA¹¹

Family

William F. C. Cox b. 15 Dec 1840, d. 15 Aug 1919

Marriage*

6 June 1862

Principal=William F. C. Cox^1,4

Children

Eva J. Cox² b. c 1863
Amanda E. Cox+¹ b. 26 Oct 1865, d. 7 Oct 1939
Ardilla M. Cox² b. c 1867
William T. Cox² b. c 1869
Mary B. Cox+² b. c 1871
Owen Cox² b. c 1875
Harrison Burr Cox² b. Apr 1880
Synthia Cox² b. 25 Oct 1883, d. 14 Jul 1936
Horace Leroy Cox⁸ b. 1886
Ray Cox⁶ b. 1889

Citations

[S74] 1880 U.S. Census.
[S76] 1885 Iowa Census, unknown location.
[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S80] State Historical Company Des Moines, History of Davis County, Iowa.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.
[S79] 1895 Iowa State Census, unknown location.
[S49] 1900 U.S. Census.
[S52] 1910 U.S. Census.
[S78] Civil War Pension.
[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.
[S51] 1930 U.S. Census.

William C Crawford¹

M, b. 1841

Father

James Bell Crawford¹ b. 1814, d. 10 Jun 1864

Mother

Mary Jane Shaw¹ b. 1822

Birth*

1841

Edgar, IL¹

Census*

22 October 1850

District 19,, Edgar, Illinois¹

Census

10 June 1865

Topeka, Shawnee, KS; Farmer²

Marriage*

circa 1866

Principal=Mary (?)³

Census

10 June 1870

Topeka Ward 2, Topeka, Shawnee, KS; Realestate sales^2,3

Family

Mary (?) b. c 1846

Children

Mary Crawford³ b. c 1866
Ida Crawford³ b. c 1868

Citations

[S55] 1850 U.S. Census.
[S129] 1865 Kansas state census, Kansas state.
[S53] 1870 U.S. Census.

Katie Cretcher

F, b. 1858, d. 16 May 1930

Birth*

1858

IA¹

Married Name

9 November 1893

Cox

Marriage*

9 November 1893

Bloomfield, IA; Principal=Henry Thomas Cox

Census*

1920

Valley, Douglas, WA¹

Death*

16 May 1930

Medical Lake, Spokane, WA²

Family

Henry Thomas Cox b. 24 Mar 1849, d. 2 Jan 1923

Citations

[S3] 1920 U.S. Census.
[S106] Unknown name of person, Death Registration (State Level), Washington State Death Records.

Louisa M Curtis

F, b. 1822, d. 1911

Birth*

1822

Marriage*

before 1844

Principal=Levi Caldwell

Married Name

before 1844

Caldwell

Death*

1911

Family

Levi Caldwell b. 1822, d. 1892

Child

Symour Glenn Caldwell+ b. 21 Aug 1860, d. 24 Feb 1921

Gerda Czock¹

F

Family

Johannes Rohwer

Citations

[S122] "Private communication -, 2007.

Aleta Dallenbach¹

F

Father

John Christian Dallenbach¹ b. 22 Dec 1881, d. 11 Aug 1975

Mother

Reba C Burr Bryan¹ b. 15 Jun 1880, d. 13 Jun 1962

Family

(?) Dremman

Citations

[S38] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R).

Alice Lee Dallenbach¹

F, b. 14 March 1932, d. 1941

Father

William Charles Dallenbach¹ b. 17 Mar 1900, d. 3 Aug 1971

Mother

Kathryn Lee Baynes¹ b. 2 Sep 1902, d. 28 Mar 1996

Birth*

14 March 1932

Champaign, IL¹

Death*

1941

²

Citations

[S46] Andre L Dillenbeck and Karl M Dallenbach, Dällenbachs in America.
[S85] Cemetery Marker.