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Dr Christopher Christian Cox

Birth	:	28 Aug 1816 Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death	:	23 Nov 1882 District of Columbia, USA
Burial	:	Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.7775002, -76.0727997
Description	:	CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIAN COX, son of the Reverend Luther J. and Maria C. ( Keener) Cox, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 28, 1816. He entered college from the Washington schools at the beginning of the Junior year. Before he graduated, he was married to Amanda, daughter of Clark Northrop of New Haven, Connecticut. His first intention was to enter on the practice of law but he soon adopted instead the profession of medicine and after a course of study received Doctorate of Medicine degree from the Washington Medical College at Baltimore in 1838. He at first entered on practice... Read More	CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIAN COX, son of the Reverend Luther J. and Maria C. ( Keener) Cox, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on August 28, 1816. He entered college from the Washington schools at the beginning of the Junior year. Before he graduated, he was married to Amanda, daughter of Clark Northrop of New Haven, Connecticut. His first intention was to enter on the practice of law but he soon adopted instead the profession of medicine and after a course of study received Doctorate of Medicine degree from the Washington Medical College at Baltimore in 1838. He at first entered on practice in Baltimore County where he remained until 1843 when he established himself in Easton, Talbot County Maryland where most of his professional life was spent. In 1848, he was appointed Professor of Medical Jurisprudence and the Institutes of Medicine in the Philadelphia College of Medicine but resigned after delivering a single course of lectures. He also took a lively interest in politics and was for a time an associate editor of the Baltimore Patrio.t In 1861, he was outspoken for the Union and in October was appointed brigade surgeon of the U. S. Army. The next year he was made medical purveyor of the Middle Military Department with headquarters at Baltimore and in the same year was appointed Surgeon General of Maryland with the rank of Colonel of U.S. Cavalry. In 1864, he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland. In 1868, he was appointed United States Commissioner of Pensions and removed with his family to Washington, D.C. and, in 1869, he accepted the chair of Medical Jurisprudence and Hygiene in the Georgetown Medical College. In April 1871, he was appointed a member of the Board of Health of the District of Columbia of which body he was repeatedly elected president. In June of 1879, he was appointed to superintent of the exhibit of the United States at the International Exhibitions that was held in Australia. His health had already begun to fail and, in January 1880, he was forced to return home. He was not again able to perform any labor and died in Washington D C November 25 1882 in his 67th year.

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Dr Christopher Christian Cox's memorial is located at: Spring Hill Cemetery, Easton, Talbot County, USA.
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Dr Christopher Christian Cox death on 23 Nov 1882 in District of Columbia, USA
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Latitude: 38.7775002
Longitude: -76.0727997

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Amanda Northrop Cox

(1808 - 1896)

Children

(1836 - 1912)

(1838 - 1838)

(1843 - 1846)

(1850 - 1851)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Spring Hill Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7775002, -76.0727997

2. Maryland State Police Canine Cemetery Barrack I
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7843938, -76.0753632

3. Richards Memorial Park
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7761002, -76.0821991

4. Doverbrook Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7733002, -76.0643997

5. Third Haven Meeting Burial Ground
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7672005, -76.0764008

6. Peachblossom Meeting House Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7332900, -76.0681500

7. Lombardy Farm Cemetery
Unionville, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8158530, -76.1259852

8. Chapel Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8171997, -76.0211029

9. Saint Stephens Church Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8091020, -76.1397660

10. Roberts Cemetery
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7192001, -76.0488968

11. Ashby-Goldsborough Family Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8251600, -76.1239840

12. Queen Esther Cemetery
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7132988, -76.0456009

13. All Saints Cemetery
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8464012, -76.0817032

14. Saint Pauls Cemetery
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7439003, -76.1624985

15. White Marsh Cemetery
Trappe, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6970329, -76.0600662

16. Landing Neck Cemetery
Trappe Landing, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7000008, -76.0402985

17. Woodlawn Memorial Park
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8610992, -76.0597000

18. Royal Oak Cemetery
Bellevue, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7421989, -76.1774979

19. DeShields Cemetery
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8278008, -76.1678009

20. Banning Graveyard
Easton, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7205353, -76.1647339

21. Kings Creek Cemetery
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8167000, -75.9527969

22. Hammond Family Plot
Saint Michaels, Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7495600, -76.1988400

23. Mount Zion Cemetery
Bethlehem, Caroline County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7500000, -75.9430900

24. Tuckahoe Friends Meeting House Burying Ground
Talbot County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8253460, -75.9531270