US NAVAL OFFICER (War of 1812) whose war service ended at Battle of Boston Harbor (1813) when his ship, absent its mortally wounded captain (USS Chesapeake) was lost to British warship (HMS Shannon) after fierce fighting under controversial circumstances.
"...Then Midshipman Cox, who had been senior ranking officer at the time of capture, was first interned by the British and then , at the end of the war, returned to face a US court martial. Cox contested the findings, but was cashiered and disgraced. "
"Eventually, (1952), through petitions of his great grandsons, E.D. Litchfield of New York and Rev. William Cox Pope of St. Paul, MN, the Navy and Congress reversed the court marshall findings. William Sitgraeve Cox was reinstated with full rank and honors, with his court martialled disgrace removed. President Harry Truman signed the final reinstatement and, posthumously, Lt. William Cox regained his rank and honor.History can be revisited and corrected."
"William Cox had moved West since his ordeal with government service-first to Wisconsin and finally to Minnesota. His large family accompanied him. He pursued occupations in merchant trading and real estate investment with varied success. He died in St. Paul, MN. "
"The family chose the unusual, English-style, gravestone monument for Lt. Cox and his loyal wife, Jane Elisa. After being honored by the MN Society of War of 1812, his St Paul grave was marked in 1953 by the Minnesota Daughters of the National Society, Daughters of 1812. The 1812 marker was placed on his grave by his great great grand daughter, Emily Pope Eckel( Mts. Edward Eckel) of Tulsa OK. Unfortunately,the headstone appears to have been vandalized over the years,as the marker's honorific insignia was removed.(see current grave photo)...." from C.S. Cox manuscript, " The Life of Lt. William S. Cox- History Remade" 1949, St. Paul, MN. bio by D. Montgomery not to be copied/ quoted without permission and attribution.
"...Then Midshipman Cox, who had been senior ranking officer at the time of capture, was first interned by the British and then , at the end of the war, returned to face a US court martial. Cox contested the findings, but was cashiered and disgraced. "
"Eventually, (1952), through petitions of his great grandsons, E.D. Litchfield of New York and Rev. William Cox Pope of St. Paul, MN, the Navy and Congress reversed the court marshall findings. William Sitgraeve Cox was reinstated with full rank and honors, with his court martialled disgrace removed. President Harry Truman signed the final reinstatement and, posthumously, Lt. William Cox regained his rank and honor.History can be revisited and corrected."
"William Cox had moved West since his ordeal with government service-first to Wisconsin and finally to Minnesota. His large family accompanied him. He pursued occupations in merchant trading and real estate investment with varied success. He died in St. Paul, MN. "
"The family chose the unusual, English-style, gravestone monument for Lt. Cox and his loyal wife, Jane Elisa. After being honored by the MN Society of War of 1812, his St Paul grave was marked in 1953 by the Minnesota Daughters of the National Society, Daughters of 1812. The 1812 marker was placed on his grave by his great great grand daughter, Emily Pope Eckel( Mts. Edward Eckel) of Tulsa OK. Unfortunately,the headstone appears to have been vandalized over the years,as the marker's honorific insignia was removed.(see current grave photo)...." from C.S. Cox manuscript, " The Life of Lt. William S. Cox- History Remade" 1949, St. Paul, MN. bio by D. Montgomery not to be copied/ quoted without permission and attribution.
US NAVAL OFFICER (War of 1812) whose war service ended at Battle of Boston Harbor (1813) when his ship, absent its mortally wounded captain (USS Chesapeake) was lost to British warship (HMS Shannon) after fierce fighting under controversial circumstances.
"...Then Midshipman Cox, who had been senior ranking officer at the time of capture, was first interned by the British and then , at the end of the war, returned to face a US court martial. Cox contested the findings, but was cashiered and disgraced. "
"Eventually, (1952), through petitions of his great grandsons, E.D. Litchfield of New York and Rev. William Cox Pope of St. Paul, MN, the Navy and Congress reversed the court marshall findings. William Sitgraeve Cox was reinstated with full rank and honors, with his court martialled disgrace removed. President Harry Truman signed the final reinstatement and, posthumously, Lt. William Cox regained his rank and honor.History can be revisited and corrected."
"William Cox had moved West since his ordeal with government service-first to Wisconsin and finally to Minnesota. His large family accompanied him. He pursued occupations in merchant trading and real estate investment with varied success. He died in St. Paul, MN. "
"The family chose the unusual, English-style, gravestone monument for Lt. Cox and his loyal wife, Jane Elisa. After being honored by the MN Society of War of 1812, his St Paul grave was marked in 1953 by the Minnesota Daughters of the National Society, Daughters of 1812. The 1812 marker was placed on his grave by his great great grand daughter, Emily Pope Eckel( Mts. Edward Eckel) of Tulsa OK. Unfortunately,the headstone appears to have been vandalized over the years,as the marker's honorific insignia was removed.(see current grave photo)...." from C.S. Cox manuscript, " The Life of Lt. William S. Cox- History Remade" 1949, St. Paul, MN. bio by D. Montgomery not to be copied/ quoted without permission and attribution.
"...Then Midshipman Cox, who had been senior ranking officer at the time of capture, was first interned by the British and then , at the end of the war, returned to face a US court martial. Cox contested the findings, but was cashiered and disgraced. "
"Eventually, (1952), through petitions of his great grandsons, E.D. Litchfield of New York and Rev. William Cox Pope of St. Paul, MN, the Navy and Congress reversed the court marshall findings. William Sitgraeve Cox was reinstated with full rank and honors, with his court martialled disgrace removed. President Harry Truman signed the final reinstatement and, posthumously, Lt. William Cox regained his rank and honor.History can be revisited and corrected."
"William Cox had moved West since his ordeal with government service-first to Wisconsin and finally to Minnesota. His large family accompanied him. He pursued occupations in merchant trading and real estate investment with varied success. He died in St. Paul, MN. "
"The family chose the unusual, English-style, gravestone monument for Lt. Cox and his loyal wife, Jane Elisa. After being honored by the MN Society of War of 1812, his St Paul grave was marked in 1953 by the Minnesota Daughters of the National Society, Daughters of 1812. The 1812 marker was placed on his grave by his great great grand daughter, Emily Pope Eckel( Mts. Edward Eckel) of Tulsa OK. Unfortunately,the headstone appears to have been vandalized over the years,as the marker's honorific insignia was removed.(see current grave photo)...." from C.S. Cox manuscript, " The Life of Lt. William S. Cox- History Remade" 1949, St. Paul, MN. bio by D. Montgomery not to be copied/ quoted without permission and attribution.
Inscription
Double grave marker on surface of grave. Each side of stone has engraved information about William and his wife, Jane.
Grave has been defaced/damaged as some sort of medal or crest appears to have been pried off.
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