William Upham Cox

• GIVN: William Upham
• SURN: Cox
• Sex: M
• Born: 3 Mar 1808 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
• Died: 14 Aug 1865 in Sidney, Fremont, Iowa, United States
• _UID: F6CB442D2A0111DAB9B700A0CC5D9B658168
• Baptised LDS: 11 Nov 1872
• TEMP: EHOUS 8 Oct 1879
• TEMP: SGEOR 24 Apr 1896
• TEMP: MANTI
• Record last updated: 30 Nov 2013
• TIME: 11:39
• Notes:

  Moved to Windham, Portage, OH in 1833
  
  MARRIAGE RECORD, from Portage county, Ohio
  To the clerk of the court of common pleas: I do hereby certify that on the 9th day of July by virtue of a licence from the clerk of the court of Portage County William U. Cox, Sarah Ann Bebee were legally joined in marriage by me. Warcester Bliss
  Windham, Sept 4th, 1834
  
  WILLIAM UPHAM COX, eldest son of Jonathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood, lost his wife about the time of the discovery of gold in California. He had 2 daughters, Esther and Sarah Ann. One of them married and had a family.
  
  William, being lonely, took passage on a ship around the Cape to the gold fields. On the way, they ran out of provisions and were rationed to wormy seabiscuits and water. The officers of the ship had only the best of food to eat. The captain was a cruel and wicked man. He had their passage money , so their privations meant nothing to him. The passengers were patient, hoping to get relief when they touched port on the Chilean coast, but the captain took a wide circuit and avoided two ports, not giving them a chance to complain to the port pilots. This so enraged the passengers that they took possession of the stores and obliged the officers to share the same rations they themselves had.
  
  When they reached the coast of California and a pilot came aboard, he saw the starved, wretched condition of the people and heard and saw the cruelty of the captain. He proclaimed himself commander of the ship, hurriedly put into the nearest port, organized a vigilante committee, and the infamous captain was never seen again.
  
  William visited in Utah, then returned to Sidney, Iowa, where he died 14 Aug 1865. He was born 3 Mar 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts.
  
  A William is in the 1840 census of Braceville, but Esther is not noted. There is another William E Cox in Braceville in 1850, and the 1840 census could be of his family. Then where would our William be?
  
  1850 census, Dist. 142, Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, 17 Sep 1850
  William A Cox, 42, Miller, Mass
  Sarah Ann Cox, 36, NY
  Sarah Ann Cox, 15, Ohio
  Esther E Cox, 13, Ohio
  Sylvester Russell, 62, Chase Box Maker, Mass
  Sylvester Russell Jr, 22, Tanner, Ohio
  Asael Russell, 19, Blacksmith, Ohio
  
  [Problem: Gold rush, 1849, Sarah Ann is in 1850 census. She must have died late 1850, then William must have gone after gold about 1851]