Married Edwin Whiting 27 Jan 1846
Mary Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Johnathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood Cox was born on the 15th of December,1826 in "Osego, Troga" [probably Oswego, Oswego County, New York. She was the grandmother of Fannie Verona Whiting. Of, Mary Elizabeth, her granddaughter Hattie wrote: "Few people were ever blessed with more friends who loved her for her amiable disposition, her sterling integrity and devotion to her family. She an energetic Church worker for many years until her health failed. She began teaching school at fifteen years of age since which time she taught forty two years. Her hair was snow white the last I remember of her teaching. Her mind was bright up to the time of her death which occurred July 5th, 1912, at the ripe age of eighty five years."
Mary Elizabeth wrote about her life:
Childhood in New York
My father was a miller, but the last two years of his life he was almost an invalid and his work in the mill was carried on by his oldest boys. We were a large family- twelve children. Father died when I was a little girl three years old and my brother Johnathan [sic] was born six months after father's death which occurred in April 1830. William, my oldest brother was twenty years of age and on his young shoulders devolved nearly the whole care of the family but as he had had the care of the mill so much it was comparatively easy for him with the help of his two brothers next younger than he, Charles 18 and Walter 16, both of whom looked to William for counsel at all times. We were all taught obedience and I never heard jars among the boys such as one might expect among a large number. Mother was never well after father died though she lived eight years.
Orphaned in Ohio
When I was six and one half years William thought best to move to the northern part of Ohio so that he could get land to farm and have employment for the younger boys, and he accordingly went to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio and secured 80 acres of woodland covered with heavy timber of all kinds and covered with a thick growth of underbrush. He then came back and took mother and the five small children and came on the canal to Buffalo then across Lake Erie to Painsville. A team met us there and we soon passed thirty miles arriving at our new home but what a change! A log house in the centre of a little clearing, most of the trees and brush being cut down and burned. Fences made of split rails laid one upon another enclosed the place. It was many days before it seemed like home but we children soon found delights in the new home that compensate all we had left behind. Mother never gained in health but grew worse until she died. Then we were left to shift for ourselves. The three oldest boys were married and homes found for Johnathan and me, The rest were at work where they had a chance and the home was sold. The proceeds after mother's expenses were taken out was divided among the family without a jar that I ever heard of.
Walter was married to Emeline Whiting about two years before mother died and as the boys began to leave home about that time we were seldom together, William married Sarah Ann Beebee before Walter was married. I went to live with a Mr. Barber in Nelson, Ohio and Johnathan with a Mr. Rate in Mindham. Mother died Dec. 1838 , and was buried in Nelson.
Mary Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Johnathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood Cox was born on the 15th of December,1826 in "Osego, Troga" [probably Oswego, Oswego County, New York. She was the grandmother of Fannie Verona Whiting. Of, Mary Elizabeth, her granddaughter Hattie wrote: "Few people were ever blessed with more friends who loved her for her amiable disposition, her sterling integrity and devotion to her family. She an energetic Church worker for many years until her health failed. She began teaching school at fifteen years of age since which time she taught forty two years. Her hair was snow white the last I remember of her teaching. Her mind was bright up to the time of her death which occurred July 5th, 1912, at the ripe age of eighty five years."
Mary Elizabeth wrote about her life:
Childhood in New York
My father was a miller, but the last two years of his life he was almost an invalid and his work in the mill was carried on by his oldest boys. We were a large family- twelve children. Father died when I was a little girl three years old and my brother Johnathan [sic] was born six months after father's death which occurred in April 1830. William, my oldest brother was twenty years of age and on his young shoulders devolved nearly the whole care of the family but as he had had the care of the mill so much it was comparatively easy for him with the help of his two brothers next younger than he, Charles 18 and Walter 16, both of whom looked to William for counsel at all times. We were all taught obedience and I never heard jars among the boys such as one might expect among a large number. Mother was never well after father died though she lived eight years.
Orphaned in Ohio
When I was six and one half years William thought best to move to the northern part of Ohio so that he could get land to farm and have employment for the younger boys, and he accordingly went to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio and secured 80 acres of woodland covered with heavy timber of all kinds and covered with a thick growth of underbrush. He then came back and took mother and the five small children and came on the canal to Buffalo then across Lake Erie to Painsville. A team met us there and we soon passed thirty miles arriving at our new home but what a change! A log house in the centre of a little clearing, most of the trees and brush being cut down and burned. Fences made of split rails laid one upon another enclosed the place. It was many days before it seemed like home but we children soon found delights in the new home that compensate all we had left behind. Mother never gained in health but grew worse until she died. Then we were left to shift for ourselves. The three oldest boys were married and homes found for Johnathan and me, The rest were at work where they had a chance and the home was sold. The proceeds after mother's expenses were taken out was divided among the family without a jar that I ever heard of.
Walter was married to Emeline Whiting about two years before mother died and as the boys began to leave home about that time we were seldom together, William married Sarah Ann Beebee before Walter was married. I went to live with a Mr. Barber in Nelson, Ohio and Johnathan with a Mr. Rate in Mindham. Mother died Dec. 1838 , and was buried in Nelson.
Married Edwin Whiting 27 Jan 1846
Mary Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Johnathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood Cox was born on the 15th of December,1826 in "Osego, Troga" [probably Oswego, Oswego County, New York. She was the grandmother of Fannie Verona Whiting. Of, Mary Elizabeth, her granddaughter Hattie wrote: "Few people were ever blessed with more friends who loved her for her amiable disposition, her sterling integrity and devotion to her family. She an energetic Church worker for many years until her health failed. She began teaching school at fifteen years of age since which time she taught forty two years. Her hair was snow white the last I remember of her teaching. Her mind was bright up to the time of her death which occurred July 5th, 1912, at the ripe age of eighty five years."
Mary Elizabeth wrote about her life:
Childhood in New York
My father was a miller, but the last two years of his life he was almost an invalid and his work in the mill was carried on by his oldest boys. We were a large family- twelve children. Father died when I was a little girl three years old and my brother Johnathan [sic] was born six months after father's death which occurred in April 1830. William, my oldest brother was twenty years of age and on his young shoulders devolved nearly the whole care of the family but as he had had the care of the mill so much it was comparatively easy for him with the help of his two brothers next younger than he, Charles 18 and Walter 16, both of whom looked to William for counsel at all times. We were all taught obedience and I never heard jars among the boys such as one might expect among a large number. Mother was never well after father died though she lived eight years.
Orphaned in Ohio
When I was six and one half years William thought best to move to the northern part of Ohio so that he could get land to farm and have employment for the younger boys, and he accordingly went to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio and secured 80 acres of woodland covered with heavy timber of all kinds and covered with a thick growth of underbrush. He then came back and took mother and the five small children and came on the canal to Buffalo then across Lake Erie to Painsville. A team met us there and we soon passed thirty miles arriving at our new home but what a change! A log house in the centre of a little clearing, most of the trees and brush being cut down and burned. Fences made of split rails laid one upon another enclosed the place. It was many days before it seemed like home but we children soon found delights in the new home that compensate all we had left behind. Mother never gained in health but grew worse until she died. Then we were left to shift for ourselves. The three oldest boys were married and homes found for Johnathan and me, The rest were at work where they had a chance and the home was sold. The proceeds after mother's expenses were taken out was divided among the family without a jar that I ever heard of.
Walter was married to Emeline Whiting about two years before mother died and as the boys began to leave home about that time we were seldom together, William married Sarah Ann Beebee before Walter was married. I went to live with a Mr. Barber in Nelson, Ohio and Johnathan with a Mr. Rate in Mindham. Mother died Dec. 1838 , and was buried in Nelson.
Mary Elizabeth Cox, daughter of Johnathan Upham Cox and Lucinda Blood Cox was born on the 15th of December,1826 in "Osego, Troga" [probably Oswego, Oswego County, New York. She was the grandmother of Fannie Verona Whiting. Of, Mary Elizabeth, her granddaughter Hattie wrote: "Few people were ever blessed with more friends who loved her for her amiable disposition, her sterling integrity and devotion to her family. She an energetic Church worker for many years until her health failed. She began teaching school at fifteen years of age since which time she taught forty two years. Her hair was snow white the last I remember of her teaching. Her mind was bright up to the time of her death which occurred July 5th, 1912, at the ripe age of eighty five years."
Mary Elizabeth wrote about her life:
Childhood in New York
My father was a miller, but the last two years of his life he was almost an invalid and his work in the mill was carried on by his oldest boys. We were a large family- twelve children. Father died when I was a little girl three years old and my brother Johnathan [sic] was born six months after father's death which occurred in April 1830. William, my oldest brother was twenty years of age and on his young shoulders devolved nearly the whole care of the family but as he had had the care of the mill so much it was comparatively easy for him with the help of his two brothers next younger than he, Charles 18 and Walter 16, both of whom looked to William for counsel at all times. We were all taught obedience and I never heard jars among the boys such as one might expect among a large number. Mother was never well after father died though she lived eight years.
Orphaned in Ohio
When I was six and one half years William thought best to move to the northern part of Ohio so that he could get land to farm and have employment for the younger boys, and he accordingly went to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio and secured 80 acres of woodland covered with heavy timber of all kinds and covered with a thick growth of underbrush. He then came back and took mother and the five small children and came on the canal to Buffalo then across Lake Erie to Painsville. A team met us there and we soon passed thirty miles arriving at our new home but what a change! A log house in the centre of a little clearing, most of the trees and brush being cut down and burned. Fences made of split rails laid one upon another enclosed the place. It was many days before it seemed like home but we children soon found delights in the new home that compensate all we had left behind. Mother never gained in health but grew worse until she died. Then we were left to shift for ourselves. The three oldest boys were married and homes found for Johnathan and me, The rest were at work where they had a chance and the home was sold. The proceeds after mother's expenses were taken out was divided among the family without a jar that I ever heard of.
Walter was married to Emeline Whiting about two years before mother died and as the boys began to leave home about that time we were seldom together, William married Sarah Ann Beebee before Walter was married. I went to live with a Mr. Barber in Nelson, Ohio and Johnathan with a Mr. Rate in Mindham. Mother died Dec. 1838 , and was buried in Nelson.
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