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Page 10 of Cox Album
The Potter album identifies this man as Alonzo Cox, and
the 1860 census reveals that Alonzo was
born 1860, but the death certificate of Henry Cox
states Henry was born February 1860, which implies that Alonzo and Henry are
either twins or the same person. The obituary of
his mother Emeline states that she bore six children, of whom two "died
in infancy", and 3 sisters (Marie, Ella, and Alice) are fairly well documented and
all had children. The natural conclusion is that "Henry A. Cox" (middle name usually
unstated) is actually "Henry Alonzo Cox"; the names "Henry", "Alonzo", and
"Lonny" describe the same person. This deduction
was born out in 2005 when an obituary from the Sandwich Free
Press revealed that "Alonzo" was the middle name of Henry Cox. An
an earlier photo and possible later
photo of Henry exist ; Henry lived to age 67 and had
one daughter. This photo is alone on Page 10, but there is an empty
space to its left for another photo, and both openings on page 9 are empty. It is possible that
the empty spaces are symbols of Emeline's 2 lost sons, Samuel Dodge and Albert
Garret? On the facing page are photos of Maria Emma Cox and Walter G. Adams.
Clothing style is dated early 1870's. Photo by Charles E. Orr, Sandwich, Ills. |
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Henry Alonzo Cox ("Lonny") |
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