Margaret E. Cox
b. 10 October 1835, d. 6 July 1920
- Father: William Shackelford Cox b. 18 July 1805, d. 3 September 1861
- Mother: Julia Ann Rush b. January 1816, d. January 1877
- Margaret E. Cox was born on 10 October 1835 in Mississippi.
- William Shackelford Cox and Julia Ann Rush appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Margaret E. Cox, Josiah James Cox, William S. Cox, George W. Cox, Richard S. Cox, Charles R. Cox, Davis Shackelford Cox and David Charles Rush. Also in the household was James W. Posey.
- She married Peter P. Ostrander.
- Margaret E. Cox became a widow at the 5 September 1875 death of her husband Peter P. Ostrander.
- Margaret E. Cox died on 6 July 1920 at age 84.
- She was interred at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
- Last Edited: 23 Jul 2014