Husband: Claude Fillmore Cox
Census name: Claudius F. Cox 1
Born: Feb-15-1877 2,3,4,5
Died: Aug-29-1973 2,3
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6
Resided: 1964, 67 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: oil field worker 1
Occupation: 1930 farmer 7
Father: Philip Wesley Cox (1853 - 1933)
Mother: Mary Susan Nicholson (1854 - 1934)
Wife: Sallie Catherine Freeman 8
Married: May-30-1899 in Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Born: Aug-31-1882 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,2,4
Died: Jul- 8-1973 3,2
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6
Resided: 1967 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5
Census: 1940 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 7
Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: William Washington Freeman (1847 - 1939)
Mother: Christiana Lear Hughes (1850 - 1915)
M Child 1: Paul Hector Cox Born: Feb-25-1900 9,10 Died: Dec-26-1976 9,3 Buried: in Frederick (Nicholas H) Cemetery (aka Grass Run), Rt 47N, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Resided: in Cutler, Washington Co, OH 12 Resided: 1967 in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Resided: 1964 in Thursday, Ritchie Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Lillie Odell Frederick b. Oct-12-1895 d. Jul- -1984 Also known as: Odell Frederick 3 Married: Mar-10-1921 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Terry Rudolph "Ted" Cox Also known as: Ted Cox 15,16 Born: Dec- 2-1901 in Doddridge Co, WV 16,9 Died: Feb-21-1981 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex Co, NJ 17,9 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6 Resided: 40 years in Iselin, Middlesex Co, NJ 16,13,9 Resided: also in Wappingers Falls, Dutchess Co, NY 18 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: lineman, Western Union (44 yrs, retired 1965) 16 Wife: Lena M. Nicholson b. ca 1906 Married: Sep-17-1923 in Doddridge Co, WV 19 Wife: Mable Grace McNair b. Jul-16-1889 d. Aug-14-1972 Wife: Ruth Elizabeth Gaggett b. Sep- 1-1904 d. Dec- -1987 Married: Jun- 8-1975 3
F Child 3: Ruby Cary Cox 16 Also known as: Cara Ruby Cox 20 Born: May-16-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 21,9 (see note 1) Died: May- 2-1983 16,9 Buried: in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV 22 Resided: at Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 16 Resided: 1981 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 23 Resided: 1964, 67 in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Mathew A. Mathews b. Oct-28-1907 d. Oct-21-1979 Census name: Matthew Matthews 24 Married: Jan- 5-1928 in Doddridge Co, WV 25,26
F Child 4: Mona Lenora Cox 27 13 Also known as: Lenora Cox 13,4,28,8 Born: Sep-18-1906 in Harrison Co, WV 2,4 Died: May- 7-1960 2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6 Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Claude Ora "Bill" Travis b. Dec- 9-1903 d. Nov- 1-1964 Married: Sep-26-1925 in Doddridge Co, WV 29
F Child 5: Naomi Ruth Cox 16 Also known as: Ruth Cox 28,30,15 Born: Mar-28-1911 16 (see note 2) Died: Mar- 7-1993 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 31 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,15,16 Census: 1940 at Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: Myles Manufacturing Co of West Union (retired 1985, 30 yrs) 16 Husband: Paul Davis Cupp b. Sep- 4-1903 d. Jan- 3-1988 Married: Dec-26-1927 26
F Child 6: Katherine Virginia Cox Also known as: Catherine LaVaughn Cox 3 Born: Apr-27-1915 32 Died: Sep-23-1999 32 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 6 Resided: in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 13,15 Census: 1940 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV Resided: 1937 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV 33 Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Husband: Paul Maxwell b. Feb-19-1913 d. Nov-26-1980 Also known as: Richard Maxwell 34 Married: Mar-22-1933 in Doddridge Co, WV 4
M Child 7: Fillmore F. Cox Also known as: Fillamore F. Cox 35 Born: Sep- 9-1917 9 Died: Dec-26-1987 9 Resided: in South Plainfield, Middlesex Co, NJ 36,13,15 Resided: 1941 in Union Co, NJ 35 Census: 1920, 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Military: Mar-10-1941 - Sep-17-1945 Cpl, US Army, World War II 37,35,38
F Child 8: Mary Janet Cox Born: Jun- 6-1920 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 9,20 Died: Dec-14-1997 9 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 39 Resided: in Virginia Beach, VA 13,15,12 Resided: 1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1940 in Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1930 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV 7 Husband: Clayton Pratt b. Dec- 3-1917 d. Oct-14-1989 Married: Mar-22-1941 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 20,3
Sources: (1) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) (2) Headstone. (3) 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. 235. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Newspaper anniversary announcement. (6) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (7) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District). (8) Obituary of daughter. (9) Social Security Death Index. (10) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (12) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (13) Newspaper anniversary announcement of parents. (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (15) Obituary of sister. (16) Obituary. (17) Obituary - Hospital. (18) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New York before 1951. (19) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Terry Cox, 21, of Doddridge Co; and Lena Nicholson, 17, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 17 1923. (20) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (21) 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. 289. (22) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (23) Obituary of brother. (24) 1910 Census. (25) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Mathew A. Mathews, 22, b. Pennsylvania, res. Doddridge Co; and Cara Ruby Cox, 23, of Doddridge Co. Married Jan 5 1928. (26) Obituary of wife. (27) Obituary of granddaughter. (28) Marriage record of son. (29) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Claude O. Travis, 21, b. Wood Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Lenora Cox, 19, b. Harrison Co, d. Doddridge Co. Married Sep 26 1925. (30) Newspaper wedding announcement of son. (31) Obituary - United Hospital Center. (32) Newspaper memoriam. (33) Newspaper birth announcement of son. (34) Newspaper anniversary announcement of wife's parents. (35) U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (36) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in New Jersey before 1951. (37) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (38) Newspaper article. (39) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990), No dates on stone. Event Notes Note (1) Obituary states age as 78 and birth date as May 16 1905, but SSDI shows birth date as May 16 1904. Age 23 given at time of Jan 1928 marriage would support the 1904 date. Note (2) Long Run Note (3) In household of sister & brother-in-law, Katherine & Paul Maxwell.