occupation

Farmer, hay dealer, preacher

dates

Born: 1840, Whitecross Green
(detached part of Berkshire within parish of Horton-cum-Studley)

Married: c.1866 to Margaret Clara COPUS

Died: 1927, Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon

residence

Whitecross Green, Horton-cum-Studley (Berks enclave within Oxon); Oddington Grange, near Islip, Oxon; Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxon

submitted by

Margaret SHEPARD (great-granddaughter)

related face

Margaret Clara COX (née COPUS) (wife)

Background information

Oldest son of James COX, farmer of Whitecross Green, and Martha (née THORNTON). Parish records show that when James’ father, Thomas, was the tenant, James and his younger brother William worked as miller and baker respectively. Thomas was given the tenancy of Oddington Grange, another property of Studley Priory.

Hay dealing activities included a contract with one of the railway companies, and hay was tied and sent to London in wagons. Thomas was a convinced Primitive Methodist and a prominent local preacher, and his initials, TC, can be found on foundation stones of local chapels. He retired to Charlton-on-Otmoor.