A family bible was located at the Nemaha County Historical Society in Seneca, Kansas. This bible contains family information for the Zahm/Cox families and is transcribed below.
The Holy Bible
containing the
Old and New Testaments
Translated out of
The Original Tongues
and with the former
translations diligently compared and revised
New York:
American Bible Society
1848
Frontpiece
John W. Cox
Almarinda L. Cox
Ther bible 1850
bought April 8th 1850 [in pencil]
In back of bible
[in black ink]
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Zahm were
married Nov 14 1888
at Seneca Kans
Births
Hazel Josephine Zahm
born Sept 23 - 1890
Iscah Marian Zahm
born Dec 29th 1896
Harry Kenneth Zahm
born born March 28 - 1899
Floyd Glen Zahm
born Nov 22 - 1908
Deaths
Harry Kenneth Zahm died
June 16th - 1899
Floyd Glen Zahm died
Feb 14 - 1914, were buried
in Seneca church yrd
[The following is writtin in pencil and very hard to read.]
Cox
Wm Rufus Cox born June 22d 1848
?John? P. Cox born April 9th 1850
Calvin S. Cox born Feb 12th 1852
Sarah Virginia Cox born Dec 19th 1854
White Everson Cox born April 7th 1856
Josephus Cox born June 22, 1858
James R Cox born Jan 9th 1860
Geo W. Cox born Dec. 19th 1862
Mary Jane Cox born June 20th 1864
Flora Cox born Oct 6 1868
John W. Cox born
1828
Almarinda S. Johnson
born Jan 22d 1830
The above named
were married
Aug. 29th 1847
(in a different handwriting)
Almarinda Susan Cox died May
?26?, Thursday 20 1880
1830 [handwritten in pencil by someone else]
50 [handwritten in pencil by someone else]
she died at the age of 48 in
Seneca Kansas at Mr
Stirk's house
she died of consumption
Calvin S. Cox
died Mar 6th 1857
White Everson Cox
died June 17th 1857
Sarah Virginia Cox
died Sept 5th 1858
Mary Jane Cox
died Nov 19th 1868
June 1997