Rebecca Ann (Coppock) Mattox with Lula, Cliff, and Lilly, circa 1887 (photo courtesy of Kathy Collins)

Rebecca Coppock Mattox was my 2nd great grandmother.  According to her headstone and a biography on her father, she was born July 16, 1861 in Lewis Township, Clay County Indiana.  Her parents were Benjamin Coppock and Zeresh Puckett, and she had four siblings–Jemima Cooprider, Mary Worth, Ida May Worth, and Thomas B Coppock.

There is some discrepancy out there in the posted family trees as to Rebecca’s early identity–there seems to be two Rebecca Coppocks born around 1861 in Indiana.  According to Quaker Monthly Meeting minutes from Central Indiana, there was a Rebecca Alice Coppock born in 1862 near Indianapolis to a Robert Coppock and his wife.  This is not my 2nd great grandmother whose middle name was Ann.  Further confirmation of her parentage is given in Benjamin’s biography published in History of Clay County, IN by William Travis in 1909.

Rebecca married Calvin Mattox in 1877 and they had 8 children between them: Lulu, Clifford, Lillie, Earl, Susie, Ivan, Curtis, and Zeda.  Benjamin’s biography lists Zeda’s name as Zeresh.  This could simply be a mix-up on the part of the author since Rebecca’s mother’s name was Zeresh.

Rebecca lived the rest of her life out in Clay County.  She passed away on April 14, 1928 and is buried next to her husband Calvin at Sanders Cemetery.