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Note: from the Eskridge Star, June 3, 1897:
Sunflower Leaves --- Mrs. Aaron Cox spent Sunday with Mrs. Atkinson.
from the Eskridge Star, Nov.17, 1898:
Pleasant Hill --- On last Friday morning, Mrs. Aaron Cox had a stroke of paralysis. She lived until Sunday about 3 p.m. when she passed away. The remains were interred in the Dover cemetery Tuesday at 10 a.m.
from the Topeka Mail and Breeze, November 18, 1898, page 4, column 4:
On Friday morning last Mrs. Nancy A. Cox, wife of Aaron Cox, was stricken with appoplexy and died, at 3 o'clock Sunday, not having regained consciousness from the first attack. She was buried in Dover cemetery on Tuesday, the funeral being held at the M.E. church and was conducted by Rev. Wilson. Several friends and relatives from Harveyville attended. Nancy A. Murrell was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 17, 1838. Was married to Aaron Cox June 7, 1860. Came to Kansas in 1870. Died November 13, aged 60 years, 4 months, 26 days.
from the Alma Enterprise, Friday, nov.25, 1898:
At her home near Dover, of apoplexy, Nov.13, 1898, Nancy A., wife of Aaron Cox, of Mission creek.
Nancy Ann Murrell was born in Warren county, Ohio, June 20, 1838, and was married to Aaron Cox at Port William, O., June 27, 1862. After a residence of eight years in Ohio and Iowa, they came to Kansas in 1870 and lived mostly in the vicinity of Harveyville until 1883, when they moved to their present farm, then a piece of raw prairie, but now one of the most comfortable homes and best improved farms in Wabaunsee county.
Mrs. Cox was taken sick on Friday morning at breakfast. Dr. Carson of Dover was summoned; late Dr. Hunt of Eskridge was called and all that medical aid could do was done, but in vain. Her sons were called, three of whom were here, two being in Texas could not come in time to see her alive. She died at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Deceased leaves a husband and five sons to mourn her loss. Also a sister, Mrs. J.N. Barlow of Harveyville, and a second cousin, Mrs. N.J. Harris, the oldest resident in the southeast part of Wabaunsee county.
At the M.E. church Rev. Wilson preached a very impressive sermon on the shortness and uncertainty of life, and the certainty of death, after which the remains were interred in the Dover cemetery.
The writer has known her from his youth, and can sum up her good qualities in no better terms than one word ---- motherliness.
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