Gypsie Cox1

b. 29 March 1873, d. March 1902
FatherWilliam Harley Cox2 b. 25 Apr 1845, d. bef May 1945
MotherMary Jane Buchanan2 b. 3 Apr 1856, d. 19 May 1945
Birth29 Mar 1873 Gypsie Cox was born on 29 Mar 1873 in California.3,2 
Marriage14 Sep 1892 She married Timothy John Harrison, son of David Harrison and Mary E. Winner, on 14 Sep 1892 in Linden, San Joaquin County, California.4,5 
29 Mar 1893 On 29 Mar 1893 Gypsie wrote her grandmother a letter in which she commented that she had been married 6 and 1/2 months and that it was the happiest 6 months she had ever spent. She described "Tim" as the best husband in the world. The letter also said that he worked as a miller at the Union Flouring Mill and that he was 10 years older than Gypsie. She wrote how wet the winter had been and that they had flood water in the kitchen, and that her flower and vegetable garden was ruined. Gypsie promised to send her grandmother a photo of her self and Tim although she commented that it wasn't a very good likeness of herself but that Tim looked very handsome. The couple were living in Stockton, California.6 
DeathMar 1902 Gypsie died in Mar 1902.1 
Burial11 Mar 1902 She was buried on 11 Mar 1902 at Linden Cemetery in San Joaquin County, California.1,7 
  Tim was enumerated in 1910 living alone and farming in San Joaquin County near his brothers. There were no children listed in his household.8 

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Citations

  1. [S1825] Gypsie Harrison tombstone, Linden Cemetery, San Joaquin County, California, photographed 2007 by Judith St. Louis.
  2. [S1254] Wm H. Cox household, 1880 U.S. cens., San Joaquin Co., California, pop sched., Douglas township, ED 115, page 203 B (stamped), family 49, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2005, image 6 of 37. Enumeration reads: Wm H. Cox, 35, farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA; Mary, 25, wife, same; Gipsey, 7, dau; Maude, 4, dau; Grace, 2, dau; No name, b. Jan., son; all children b. CA.
  3. [S1826] Letter from Gypsie (Cox) Harrison (Stockton, California) to "Grandma" (probably Louisa Harley Cox in Virginia), 29 March 1893 . Gypsie writes that it is her 20th birthday.
  4. [S1827] Judith St. Louis, "Package Arrived," e-mail to D. Powell, 13 May 2007. Judith cites "Marriage Records of San Joaquin County, California, Volume III 1885-1899" compiled by the San Joaquin Genealogical Society, Stockton, California 1975.
  5. [S127] George H. Tinkham, History of San Joaquin Co., CA, p. 1581.
  6. [S1826] Letter from Gypsie (Cox) Harrison (Stockton, California) to "Grandma" (probably Louisa Harley Cox in Virginia), 29 March 1893.
  7. [S1827] Judith St. Louis, "Ryburn," e-mail to D. Powell, 3 Sept. 2007. Judith cites the records of Linden Cemetery.
  8. [S1253] Tim J. Harrison household, 1910 U.S. cens., San Joaquin Co., California, pop. sched., Douglas township, ED 117, sheet 12A, dwelling 268, family 282, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2007, image 23 of 29. Household includes: Tim J. Harrison, 46, wid. farmer, b. CA.