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Submitted: 1/30/25 • Last Updated: 1/30/25 • R258889-G0
CADET
Midshipman, US Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland
October 25, 1855 (Jonesborough, Washington Co., TN) - April 14, 1873 (Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co., MD)
Son of James C. & Sophia Eliza Byers Cox
Accidentally drowned near Annapolis
"Thus He Perished"
Per Find-a-Grave Memorial # 29894803:
Through his mother, Sophia Eliza Byers Cox, William was the great-great grandson of General John Sevier, the first Governor of Tennessee, and his first wife, Sarah Hawkins Sevier.
Contributed on 1/30/25 by lynda.raitala
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