Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jacob Martiney Cox 1,2
Born: Feb-17-1867 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 3,4,5,6,7,1,2 Died: Jun-18-1959 in Doddridge Co, WV 8,9,5 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Resided: 1940 in Market, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 40 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Newton Benjamin Cox (1840 - 1922) Mother: Mary Ann V. Dennison (1844 - 1931) Other spouse 1
Wife: Emma Blanche Willis Also known as: Blanche Willis 7,4 Married: Nov-16-1904 12,9
Born: Mar-23-1876 in Market, Doddridge Co, WV 13,1,2 Died: Feb-26-1975 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Buried: in Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Granville Willis (1842 - 1916) Mother: Mary Magdalene Broadwater (1846 - 1930)
? Child 1: (Unnamed) Cox Born: Jan-20-1906 in Market, Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Denver Willis Cox Born: Apr-14-1907 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 15,13 Died: Jun-20-1994 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 16,17,13 Wife: Macel Claire Hart b. Oct-14-1908 d. Jun-24-2003 Married: Oct- 9-1939 18
M Child 3: Carl Newton Cox 19,20 Born: Aug-16-1908 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 21,13,22,23 Died: Jul- 6-1982 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 24,23 Buried: in K of P Memorial Park Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 13,25 Resided: in Salem, WV 13 Census: 1930, 1940 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: farmer, Doddridge County school bus driver 13 Military: Jan-14-1944 - Dec-16-1945 U.S. Navy, World War II 26,27,13,28 Wife: Irene Virginia Hart b. Jan-25-1913 d. Sep-17-2002 Census name: Virginia I. Hart Married: Jan-14-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 29,18
F Child 4: Mary Rose Cox Born: Mar-20-1910 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 30,13 Died: Mar-15-1992 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13 Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 13 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 28,31,16,17,13 Husband: Dorris D. "Dutch" Giles b. Jul- 5-1907 d. Mar- 3-1984 Married: May-28-1932 in Doddridge Co, WV 29,18,9
F Child 5: Hilda Claire Cox Born: Feb-24-1912 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 32,13 Died: Oct-22-1991 in Conway, Horry Co, SC 13 Buried: in Hillcrest Cemetery, Conway, SC 13 Resided: in Myrtle Beach, Horry Co, SC 28,16,13 Resided: 1980 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13 Resided: 1968 in Verdunville, Logan Co, WV 33 Resided: 1945 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 28 Husband: Carl Barnett b. Dec- 3-1910 d. Mar-12-1995 Married: Jan-19-1935 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 34
F Child 6: Ilena Cox Born: Mar-24-1914 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 35,13,36 Died: May-10-2012 in Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV 37 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 13,36 Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: pharmacy technician at Michels Pharmacy in West Union (8 yrs) 13 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1937, class president) 13,38 (see note 1) Husband: Charles Richard "Dickie" Nicholson b. Dec-15-1917 d. Nov- 8-1994 Also known as: Richard Nicholson 39 Married: Jan-24-1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 40,41
F Child 7: Geraldine Cox Born: Mar- 4-1916 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 42,13 Died: Jan- 2-1977 in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 13 Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 13 Resided: in Weston, Lewis Co, WV 13,28 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. 38 Husband: Laco Grant Warner b. Jan- 5-1912 d. Dec-26-1994 Married: Sep- 5-1937 9
M Child 8: Cecil Claude Cox Born: Feb-25-1919 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 43,44 Died: May- 4-1945 at sea, off Okinawa, Japan 45,46,44 Buried: at sea, off Okinawa, Japan 45 Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: defense worker, Hinton, WV 13 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1938) Military: FC3C, US Navy, USS LSM(R)-190, World War II (killed in action) 47 Wife: Helen Eliza Ingram b. Oct- 3-1921 d. Dec-13-1990 Married: Jun- 8-1940 in Doddridge Co, WV 48
M Child 9: (Infant son) Cox Died: in infancy 31 Notes 49
Sources: (1) Birth record of son. (2) Birth record of daughter. (3) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (4) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (5) Headstone (year only) (6) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 264. (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 225. (8) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (9) Obituary of wife. (10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (11) Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter. (12) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, He is identified as J. M. Cox, age 36, b. in Doddridge Co; and she as Blanche Willis, age 29, b. in Doddridge Co. Ceremony was held "on public road in Doddridge County, W. Va," by J. T. Folger, a licensed minister of the M. P. Church. MR Bk 7, p. 225. (13) Obituary. (14) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 24. (15) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 25. (16) Obituary of half-brother. (17) Obituary of sister. (18) Obituary of husband. (19) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk Del-1, p. 32-N. (20) Marriage record of daughter. (21) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed certificate filed by father Nov 5 1955. BR Bk Del-1, p. 32-N. (22) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 114. (23) Social Security Death Index. (24) Obituary, Obituary of wife incorrectly gives his death date as July 5 1982. His own obituary specifies Tuesday, July 6 1982 at 7:05pm. That date was in fact a Tuesday. SSDI states only July 1982. (25) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (26) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (27) Military Grave Marker. (28) Obituary of brother. (29) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (30) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed certificate filed by father Nov 5 1955. BR Bk Del-1, p. 32-N. (31) Obituary of mother. (32) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 29. (33) West Union Record, 10/10/1968. (34) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (35) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 31. (36) Newspaper birthday announcement, Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, 4/3/2011, p. D3. (37) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (38) West Union Record, 4/18/1935. (39) Marriage record of son. (40) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 12. (41) Betty Mayfield (compiler) & Matha Byrd (editor), Obituaries, Marriage & Births from Weston Independent and/or Weston Democrat, 1939-1940 (Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Jane Lew, WV, April 1996), p. 66. (42) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, Delayed certificate filed by father Nov 5 1955. BR Bk Del-1, p. 32-N. (43) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 34. (44) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html. (45) Immediate family. (46) West Union Herald-Record, 5/26/1998, p. 13 - Article by VFW Post 3408. (47) West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Database, http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvmemory/wvvetmem.html, Cecil Cox's widow was informed by letter that his ship, the USS LSM 190, was sunk 30 miles off the coast of Okinawa. The website www.navsource.org states that the LSM 190(R) was launched on Sep 21 1944, commissioned on Nov 23 1944, and participated in the Okinawa Gunto Campaign Mar 26 to May 4 1944. The ship was hit and sunk by a Japanese Kamikaze plane off Okinawa, 4 May 1945, while on radar picket duty. , http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/06/06190.htm. (48) Doddridge County Court House, West Union, WV, MR Bk 15, p. 17. (49) Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 4, p. 27. Event Notes Note (1) Obituary states 1927, an apparent typographical error.Name Index