Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Elbert Newton Cox    
                Born: Jun- 1-1868           1,2
                Died: Jul-10-1954          in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father: Daniel Sedwick Cox   (1840 - 1929) 
              Mother: Anarie Kendall   (1843 - 1923) 
                Wife: Nancy L. Carpenter   3  
                Born: May-22-1870           1
                Died: Sep-21-1961          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: William B. Carpenter 
              Mother: Lyda C. Wigner 
           M Child 1: Ira Glenn Cox      
         Census name: Glen Cox 
                Born: Mar-12-1895          in Kansas  4,5,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-16-1971          in Harrison Co, WV  7,4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  8
             Resided: 1942                 in Mead, Spokane Co, WA  6
              Census: 1930                 in Buckeye, Maricopa Co, AZ  
              Census: 1920                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1919                 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9
             Resided: 1918                 in Akron, Summit Co, OH  5
          Occupation: 1930                 service station owner  10
          Occupation: 1918                 rubber worker at Goodyear Rubber in Akron  5
            Military:                      Pvt, Ord Dept, US Army, World War I  11
                Wife: Audra Pearl Ward  b. Nov-12-1896  
         Census name: Audrie P. Ward 
             Married: Apr-19-1919          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  9
           M Child 2: Arthur Rex "Stubby" Cox      
                Born: Sep-29-1900          in Ritchie Co, WV  12
                Died: Dec-  -1971           4
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  13
                Wife: Ona Mae Swadley  b. Dec-28-1910  d. Aug-23-1990  
             Married: Sep- 4-1965          in Ritchie Co, WV  14

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(3) Marriage record of son. 
(4) Social Security Death Index. 
(5) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(6) National Archives and Records Administration, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in California before 1951. 
(9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(10) 1930 Census. 
(11) Military Grave Marker. 
(12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) 
(13) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as 
Arthur Rex Cox, divorced, b. Sep 29 1900 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Elbert Newton & Nancy L. (Carpenter) 
Cox; and Ona Mae Haught, widowed, b. Dec 28 1910 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Harper Roscoe & Minnie Mabel 
(Wilson) Swadley.  Married Sep 4 1965. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in marriage record as Ritchie County, but census records and
draft registrations indicate Kansas.  Exact location in unclear, however, as his
WW I draft registration states Topeka in Shawnee County, while his WW II draft
registration states Tonanoxie in Leavenworth County.  Birth date was the same in
both cases.







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