Husband: George Minter Cox
Born: May- 5-1855 1,2,3
Died: Nov- 1-1926 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 4,3
Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 1,5
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: carpenter 1
Occupation: Doddridge County commissioner 6
Occupation: 1900 farmer 7
Father: Philip Sheridan Cox (1817 - 1902)
Mother: Elizabeth Minter (1815 - 1890)
Wife: Alice Nicholson Married: Nov-16-1876 in Doddridge Co, WV 8
Born: 1860 3,2 (see note 1) Died: Feb-20-1943 5,3 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1900 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Zachariah Nicholson (1839 - 1862) Mother: Margaret Roberta Nicholson (1837 - 1909)
F Child 1: Hettie Amanda Cox Also known as: Etta A. Cox 9 Born: Sep-27-1878 3 Died: Aug- -1966 3 Buried: in Greenlawn Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 5 Census: 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Elk District, Harrison Co, WV Husband: Osten Evan Freeman b. May- 8-1877 d. Jun- 7-1963 Census name: Austin E. Freeman Married: May- 9-1897 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 2: Gracie A. Cox Born: May- -1884 7 Census: 1900 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: Ora Minter Cox Birth name: O. M. Cox 10 Born: Jun- 7-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,7 Died: Jul- 5-1952 in Grafton, Taylor Co, WV 10 Census: 1900 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: machine repairman 11 Wife: Georgia Leona Snider b. Jul-16-1888 Married: Jul-30-1907 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 4: Flossie Purinton Cox Born: Mar- -1889 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,12 (see note 2) Died: 1976 12 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 12 Census: 1920, 1930, 1940 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1915 in Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV 14 Census: 1900 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William Lee Davisson b. Dec- 8-1874 d. Apr-29-1967 Also known as: Lee Davisson 15,9 Married: Sep- 1-1915 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17
Sources: (1) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as George Minter Cox, occupation carpenter, b. May 8 1855, son of P. S. Cox & Ellen Mennes (sic), d. Nov 1 1926 at Clarksburg, buried Greenlawn Cemetery. Informant: O. M. Cox (relationship not given). (5) Findagrave.com. (6) Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter. (7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (8) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as George M. Cox, 21. res. Doddridge Co, son of Philip S. & Elizabeth; and Alice Nicholson, 16, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Zachariah & Margaret. Married Nov 16 1876. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (10) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (11) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) Social Security Death Index. (13) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online database) (14) Newspaper wedding announcement. (15) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 375. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Lee Davisson, 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Flossie Cox, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 1 1915 "at the Columbian Hotel, West Union.", MR p. 429 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795185&Type=Marriage. (17) Newspaper wedding announcement, In part: "The Columbian parlors was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 1st, when Mr. Lee Davisson of Beech Lick and Miss Flossie Cox of Coldwater were united in marriage, Rev. John D. Runkle, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating in his usual pleasant and impressive manner.", Doddridge County Republican, Thursday, September 9, 1915. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date in 1900 Census is Feb 1861. But date on headstone is 1860, while "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 373, reports it as as Aug 6 1860. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1890. But her birth record shows it as Mar 21 1889, while the SSDI has Mar 31 1889.