Samuel Bailey Coxon

Usworth Hall (originally Usworth Place) where Samuel lived for most of his life, was built in 1800. However he was born in Seaham Harbour when his father, Joseph Coxon, was employed by Lord Londonderry to construct a harbour there for seagoing vessels. Previously the little town had been known simply as Seaham with its stately home of the Milbankes where Lord Bryon had married Anabella Milbanke.
Lord Londonderry's aim in trying to construct a harbour had been to allow his colliers to load and unload at a port that virtually belonged to him, thereby saving him the port dues levied on his ships at Sunderland and Hartlepool. It was considered an almost impossible task as the shafts had to be sunk through solid rock, and this had rarely been successfully attempted before. However Joseph's father, another Samuel, had evidently once succeeded and was thereafter always known as "Sinker Sam."
All the Coxons appear to have been mining engineers and good ones and it was to Joseph that Lord Londonderry entrusted the task. His trust was not misplaced and the shaft was sunk and the harbour opened.
This was to Londonderry's huge delight. He subsequently boasted that he would "see the grass growing in the streets of Sunderland." This, of course, never happened. In those

thriving Victorian days there was trade enough for all.
Samuel Bailey followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps and became a partner and associate of George Elliot, the "pit boy millionaire," one of the north's self made entrepreneurs. Among their many interests were several collieries, and in Samuel's case, especially Usworth which the firm sank in 1845. He married Susannah Bell Noble in 1858 and by her had a family of no less than fifteen children. She died 1875, and though many children died relatively young, the widower was still left with a large brood to bring up. However his sister, Ann, who had also married a Noble was by this time herself a widow. She and her four children came to live in Usworth Hall where both families apparently co-existed very happily together.
Juliet and Kate, usually called Kitty, both went to finishing school in Belgium and were both converted to the Catholic faith. Juliet took the veil and eventually became Mother Superior in the Order of the Sacred Heart at Tal Bullot in Malta. It was an enclosed and strict Order. When her nephew, Noble Coxon, then only about nineteen, was on a Mediterranean cruise he called there but was only allowed to talk to her through a grille. Family photos that were sent her were returned.

Susannah Bell Noble 1837-1875

Susannah was born on 19 May 1837, the daughter of Thomas Noble and Susannah Bell, at Penshaw, County Durham. She had a very untimely early death at age 38.
I have identified the following children.

Jean Bailey	Born 2 Sep 1858	Penshaw	Died in Infancy
Joseph	Born 18 Nov 1859	Penshaw, Durham	Died 1875, Age 15
Susannah Georgina	Born abt 1860	Usworth, Durham
Thomas Noble	Born 26 Feb 1862	Usworth, Durham	Died 1874, Age 12
Anne	Born abt 1864	Usworth, Durham	Married William Donkin
Elizabeth May	Born abt 1865	Usworth, Durham	Never Married
George Elliot	Born 7 May 1866	Usworth, Durham	Married Clara Harding Dora Lumsdon
Rosalind Jessica	Born 9 Jun 1867	Usworth, Durham	Married George Herbert Allison
Samuel Bailey	Born abt 1869	Usworth, Durham	Died in Infancy
Juliet	Born 15 Jul 1870	Usworth, Durham
Samuel Bailey	Born 14 Dec 1871	Usworth, Durham
Kate "Kitty"	Born 4 May 1873	Usworth, Durham	Married George Golding
John Bailey	Born Jul 1874	Usworth, Durham	Died in Infancy
Henry Coxon	Born 16 Jun 1875	Usworth, Durham	Married Elizabeth Coxon Noble
Robert Noble	Born 16 Jun 1875	Usworth, Durham	Died in Infancy

Birth of Parents

Samuel Bailey Coxon

b: 3 May 1833 c: 4 Aug 1833 Dalton le Dale, County Durham
son of Joseph Coxon and Jane Bailey, Seaham Harbour

Susannah Bell Noble

b: 19 May 1837 Painshaw, County Durham
daughter of Thomas Noble and Susannah Bell

Marriage

10 Apr 1858
Samuel Bailey Coxon
Susannah Bell Noble

Benfieldside 1858 2Q Durham 10a 293

Children

Jane Bailey Coxon

b: 2 Sep 1858 Penshaw, Durham 1858 4Q Houghton 10a 287
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died 1858 4Q Houghton le Spring 10a 187

Joseph Coxon

b: 18 Nov 1859 c: 18 Jan 1860 Penshaw, Durham 1860 2Q Houghton le Spring 10a 345
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died Age 15, 1875 2Q Houghton le Spring 10a 296

Susannah Georgina Coxon

b: abt 1860 c: 27 Jan 1861 Penshaw, Durham 1860 4Q Chester le Street 10a 342
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

1861 Census	RG9-3754	8 April 1861	Penshaw, County Durham
Whitefield Pit
Thomas Noble (Widower) Thomas R. Samuel B. Coxon (SonLaw)(M) Susannah Coxon (Dau)(M) Joseph Coxon (GSon) Susannah G. Coxon (GDau) Plus 3 Servants	Age 69 Age 24 Age 26 Age 23 Age 1 Age 5 Mon.	Fire Brick Mfgr. Fire Brick Mfgr. Mining Engineer	Gateshead Penshaw Seaham Penshaw Penshaw Usworth	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham	abt 1792 13 Feb 1840 3 May 1833 abt 1837 18 Nov 1859 abt 1860

Thomas Noble Coxon

b: 26 Feb 1862 Usworth, Durham 1862 1Q Chester le Street 10a 407
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died Age 12, 1874 2Q Houghton le Spring 10a 324

Anne Coxon

b: abt 1864 c: 27 Jul 1864 Usworth, Durham 1864 2Q Chester le Street 10a 427
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Elizabeth May Coxon

b: abt 1865 Usworth, Durham Elizabeth Mary = 1865 2Q Chester le S. 10a 467
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died Age 69, 1934 2Q Wandsworth 1d 532

George Elliot Coxon

b: 7 May 1866 Usworth, Durham 1866 2Q Chester le Street 10a 480
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died Age 52, 1918 3Q Castle W. 10b 418

Rosalind Jessica Coxon

b: 9 Jun 1867 Usworth, Durham 1867 3Q Chester le Street 10a 445
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died Age 47, 1915 1Q Sunderland 10a 1066

Samuel Bailey Coxon

b: abt 1869 Usworth, Durham 1869 2Q Chester le Street 10a 480
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died 1869 3Q Houghton le Spring 10a 228

Juliett Coxon

b: 15 Jul 1870 Usworth, Durham 1870 3Q Chester le Street 10a 485
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

1871 Census	RG10-4994	3 April 1871	Usworth, County Durham
Usworth Hall
S. B. Coxon Susan Bell (Wife) E. May G. Elliot Rose J. Juliett Plus 4 Servants	Age 37 Age 33 Age 6 Age 5 Age 4 Age 8 Mon.	Mining Engineer	Seaham Penshaw Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham	3 May 1833 abt 1837 abt 1865 7 May 1866 9 Jun 1867 15 Jul 1870

1871 Census	RG10-4979	3 April 1871	Houghton le Spring, County Durham
Kepyer School
Joseph Coxon (Pupil) Thomas N. Coxon (Pupil)	Age 11 Age 9	Scholar Scholar	Penshaw Usworth	Durham Durham	18 Nov 1859 26 Feb 1862

Samuel Bailey Coxon

b: 14 Dec 1871 Usworth, Durham 1872 1Q Chester le Street 10a 511
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Kate "Kitty" Coxon

b: 4 May 1873 Usworth, Durham 1873 2Q Chester le Street 10a 600
daughter of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

John Bailey Coxon

b: Jul 1874 Usworth, Durham 1874 3Q Chester le Street 10a 632
son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died 1874 3Q Chester le Street 10a 368

Susannah Bell Coxon with (some of) her children.
The only boy in the picture is George Elliot Coxon.

Henry Coxon Coxon

b: 16 Jun 1875 Usworth, Durham 1875 2Q Chester le Street 10a 698a
twin son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Robert Noble Coxon

b: 16 Jun 1875 Usworth, Durham 1875 2Q Chester le Street 10a 699
twin son of Samuel Bailey Coxon and Susannah Bell Noble

Died 1875 3Q Chester le Street 10a 355

Death

Susannah Bell (Noble) Coxon

Died 18 Jun 1875, Age 38, 1875 2Q Chester le Street 10a 324
Burial 21 Jun 1875, Holy Trinity Churchyard

1881 Census	RG11-4984	4 April 1881	Usworth, County Durham
Usworth Hall
Samuel B. Coxon (Widower) Annie Elizabeth M. George E. Rosalind J. Juliet Samuel B. Kate Henry C. Ann B. Noble (Sister)(W) Susannah B. Noble (Niece) Thomas G. Noble (Nephew) Elizabeth C. Noble (Niece) Catherine Temperly (Niece)(s) Jessie Holman (Visitor) William Player (Visitor)(M) Plus 4 Servants	Age 46 Age 17 Age 15 Age 14 Age 13 Age 10 Age 9 Age 7 Age 5 Age 43 Age 18 Age 16 Age 11 Age 24 Age 27 Age 52	Coal Mining Engr. Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Scholar Mining Engr. Scholar Artist Landscaper	Seaham Harbour Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth Usworth Seaham Harbour Penshaw Penshaw New Harrington Consett Torquay Potters Bar	Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Durham Devonshire Hertfordshire	3 May 1833 abt 1864 abt 1865 7 May 1866 9 Jun 1867 15 Jul 1870 14 Dec 1871 4 May 1873 16 Jun 1875 abt 1837 abt 1862 abt 1865 abt 1870 abt 1856 abt 1853 abt 1828

Death

Samuel Bailey Coxon

Died 28 Dec 1887, Age 53, Elsham Road, Kensington, London 1887 4Q Fulham 1a 180
Burial 31 Dec 1887, Usworth, County Durham

THE LONDON Observer, 31 December 1887

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH AT OLYMPIA On Thursday Afternoon, Dr. Diplock Held An Inquiry At 55 Elsham Road, Kensington, Touching The Death Of Samuel Bailey Coxon, Aged 53, mining engineer, who died suddenly in Olympia on Boxing Night. Miss Kate Semplay stated that the deceased was her uncle, and appeared in good health. On Monday night they went to Olympia. He said something in the way of a joke, and then appeared to feint, and died. Dr. Sanctuary, of Holland Road, said he was called to the deceased and found him dying. The cause of death was disease of the heart. The jury returned a verdict of "Natural Death"
Inspector Pearson mentioned, that by the wish of the friends, he had the body conveyed home in a cab.

1891 Census	RG12-4081	6 April 1891	Barnard Castle, County Durham
District North Easton County School
Henry Coxon Coxon (Boarder) Plus 237 other boys	Age 15	Scholar	Usworth	Durham	16 Jun 1875

1901 Census	RG13-1109	1 April 1901	Basing, Hampshire
District Basingstoke Union Workhouse
Thomas Arter Alice (Wife) Winifred Alice (Dau) Walter Briscoe Rachel Annie (Wife) George Ashby Minnie Crockford Kate Coxon Mabel Pearce Mary Ewing Bessie Butler Rose Stubbington Plus 1 Servant	Age 45 Age 46 Age 9 Age 27 Age 32 Age 24 Age 29 Age 27 Age 22 Age 38 Age 21 Age 21	Workhouse Master Workhouse Matron Cook Asst. Matron Porter Girls Attendant Supt. Nurse Asst. Nurse Asst. Nurse Asst. Nurse Asst. Nurse	Stauway Norton Bromyard Manchester Llanelly Tysoe Greenwich Usworth Sturminster Newton Stirling Basingstoke Overton	Gloucester Gloucester Hereford Wales Warwick Kent Durham Dorset Scotland Hants Hants	abt 1865 abt 1864 abt 1891 abt 1873 abt 1868 abt 1876 abt 1871 4 May 1873 abt 1878 abt 1862 abt 1879 abt 1879

THE LONDON GAZETTE, December 23, 1904

Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service The undermentioned Ladies to be Staff Nurses
(Provisionally) :-
Miss Kate Coxon, Dated 6th Dec, 1904,
Miss Ernestine Eardley, Dated 6th Dec, 1904,
Miss Frances A. L. Smith, Dated 6th Dec, 1904,
Miss Florence N. Roberts. Dated 7th Dec, 1904

THE LONDON GAZETTE, August 27, 1907

Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service The undermentioned Staff Nurses to be Sisters.
Dated 1st August 1907 :-
Miss Kate Coxon,
Miss Ethel St. Quintin.

1907 Tempe, Orange Free State, South Africa Kate "Kitty" Coxon, is pictured on the left in both photos. She became a nursing sister and went out to nurse in the Boer War. She was so seasick that she was medically advised that if she went home she should only do so by land. Consequently she never returned home, becoming matron of a military hospital.

From the photo album of Ronald Anderson Bryden, RAMC

THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 September 1912

Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service Sister Miss Kate Coxon resigns her appointment. Dated 1st September, 1912.