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Oliver Perry COX

Oliver Perry COX

Male 1836 - 1912  (~ 75 years)

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  • Name Oliver Perry COX 
    Born Aug 1836  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [1] 
    merchant 
    Residence Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Died 1912  [2] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Person ID I44691  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2018 

    Father Philip COX,   b. 20 Jul 1800,   d. 9 Dec 1876, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Susan KNISELEY,   b. 1803,   d. (UNMARKED) 
    Family ID F18086  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah E. KNISELEY,   b. Jul 1837,   d. 1901  (Age ~ 63 years)  [6] 
    Married CA 1859  [1] 
    Children 
     1. George Heckert COX,   b. 8 Dec 1861, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1922, Burnet Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     2. Franz Ellsworth COX,   b. 6 Oct 1863, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jul 1939, San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     3. Sarah S. COX,   b. CA 1867
     4. Isaac Perry COX,   b. Feb 1871, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1938, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
     5. Ira Dale COX,   b. 30 Apr 1873, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Mar 1958, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Roy COX,   b. CA 1879
    Family ID F23532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 332.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).
      Name on headstone: O. P. Cox

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1883] Goldenseal Magazine, (West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html), Winter 1996, p. 26.