Cox Monument

A stone monument stands in the town of Pavia and located in Blue Knob State Park, Bedford County. The event that it represents is still a mystery today.
In April of 1856, two young boys, George Cox, 7 years old and his brother Joseph Cox, 5 years old, vanished. They had wandered off into the woods near their home and never returned.

A farmer that lived nearby, Jacob Dibert, had a dream that he had found the boys and they were dead. He told his dream to a friend, they searched the area and did find the boys had died from exposure.

The boys were buried in Mt. Union Cemetery on May 8, 1856. In 1906, on the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, the stone monument was erected in the area where the boys were found so the event would never be forgotten.

For more information on this monument and the story behind it all, you may visit the website: www.ghostrus.com (Ghost Research Foundation) or search for "Cox monument" and you will find several websites locations and related stories.