Enos Cox is recorded as a gardener at Hardington on the 1861, 1871 and 1881 census returns.

Enos was born at Hardington in about 1837. He was the only son of Thomas and Ann Cox. His father was a weaver and later a gardener.

In March 1851, Enos was an errand boy.

On 26 March 1877, at Corscombe, Enos married Emily Ann Hopkins, the daughter of Edward Hopkins and his wife, Maria. Enos and Emily set up a home together at Hill End, and despite Emily’s age of 37 when they married, they had three daughters: Mary, Rhoda and Rachel.

On 21 June 1890, Enos was admitted to the Somerset Lunatic Asylum. He died there on 21 October 1890, aged 53.[1]

Emily lived at Hill End until nearly the end of her life. The 1891 census recorded her address as Myrtle Cottage. On 14 February 1908, she advertised two freehold houses and an acre of orchard land for sale, stating that they were “in occupation of owner and a tenant.”[2] She died at Leigh, at the home of her daughter, Rachel, on 22 April 1909, at the age of 69.[3] She left an estate valued at £46-11s-9d, which she divided equally between her daughters, Mary and Rachel.[4]

References

[1] Lunacy Patients Admission registers, 1846-1921; Civil Registration Death Index.

[2] Western Gazette, 14 February 1908, p.7.

[3] The will of Emily Ann Cox, dated 28 June 1908, proved at Blandford on 1 June 1909; Civil Registration Death Index.

[4] The will of Emily Ann Cox, dated 28 June 1908, proved at Blandford on 1 June 1909.