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Jacob Cox

Artist: Jacob Cox Birth: November 9, 1810 Birth City: Philadelphia, Pa Birth County:  Philadelphia Death: 1892 Death City:  Indianapolis, In. Burial:  Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis Married: Nancy Baird Children: Margaret Jane Cox Artist Summary Formal Training:  Self-Taught Subject Matter:  Landscapes, Portraits, Still Life's, Panorama's Media:  Oil, Etching Art Associations:  None Art Awards:  Unknown Art Exhibitions:  Cincinnati and Indianapolis, Western Art Union Biography of Jacob Cox Jacob Cox early years "Pogue's Run" by Jacob Cox 1871 Jacob Cox was born in Philadelphia, but tragically both of his parents drowned when Jacob was a young boy.  His mother was drowned when he was eight years old in a ferry-boat accident on the Delaware River. His father met a similar fate two years later when the boat he was on sunk in the mobile bay. After his father's death, the children went to live with an au...