Sarah Cox

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The next younger daughter of Robert and Sarah (nee Clarkson) Ralston, namely, Sarah Ralston, was born February 10, 1800, and died January 23, 1830, having, January 17, 1822, married, as his first wife, James Cox, already referred to, who subsequently married his first wife's niece, Elizabeth Physick Dorsey. James and Sarah (nee Ralston) Cox had issue four children, namely, Robert Ralston, Maria Dorsey, Sarah Clarkson and James Chester. The elder of the two son, Robert Ralston Cox, born October 20, 1822, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1841, and from the General Theological Seminary, New York, in 1848. Owing to his extreme High Church views, he was never ordained. He was one of the founders of the Ecclesiastical Association, and publisher of the Ecclesiologist. He died unmarried, May 23, 1851, having been drowned in the Ohio river. The elder of his two sisters, Maria Dorsey Cox, born in June, 1824, married, July 3, 1849, her cousin, William Markoe, son of John Markoe, by his wife, Mehitable Cox. Mr. Markoe was born July 25, 1820. The death of Mrs. Markoe occurred August 15, 1898. They removed from Philadelphia many years ago, and settled at White Bear Lake, Minnesota. They had four sons, William Francis, Ralston Joshua, James Cox and Lorenzo Joseph. The youngest son, Lorenzo Joseph Markoe, still resides at White Bear Lake, Minnesota. The other daughter of James and Sarah (nee Ralston) Cox, Sarah Clarkson Cox, born March 31, 1826, is described as "a very fascinating, talented woman who renounced the world and entered a convent." She is still living, at the Convent of the Visitation, Wilmington, Delaware. The fourth child, James Chester Cox, was born January 12, 1830, and died March 23, 1885, having been twice married. His surviving children are Mrs. George Sharp Taylor, Washington street, Portland, Oregon; Miss Fannie Diana Cox, 676 Hancock street, same city; James Chester Cox, Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Mr. Albert A. Courtenay. There were three other children, now deceased, Elizabeth Chester Cox, Isabella Chester Cox, and Philip Chester Cox.
First wife of James Cox.
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