Lindsley COX
1842 - 1917 (~ 74 years)
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Name Lindsley COX Born Sep 1842 [1] Gender Male Census 1860 Monongalia Co, (W)VA 
Military From 25 Feb 1864 to 27 Jun 1865 [2, 3, 4] Pvt, Co C, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War Census 1870, 1880 Clinton District, Monongalia Co, WV Residence 1890 Fetterman, Taylor Co, WV [3] Census 1900 Winfield District, Marion Co, WV Occupation farmer [1] Died 16 May 1917 [5] Buried Fairview Cemetery, Rt 119, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV [5] - Lindsley Cox's veterans headstone application (submitted in 1939) is unclear as to burial location, having an initial entry of Catawba Cemetery in Marion County, which was lined through and corrected to Fairview, without specifying whether the Fairview Cemetery intended was the one in Monongalia County or the one in Marion County. Findagrave reported burial as Fairview Cemetery, Route 119, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV, with a photo posted of his military headstone.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11250303/lindsey-cox
Person ID I124211 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 27 May 2019
Father Thomas H. COX, b. CA 1810, Delaware , d. 2 Jul 1889, Taylor Co, WV (Age ~ 79 years) Mother Elizabeth DARNELL, b. CA 1811, Virginia (now West Virginia) Family ID F53737 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Frances L. BAILEY, b. 20 Nov 1852, d. 8 Jul 1927, Winfield District, Marion Co, WV (Age 74 years) [6] Married CA 1877 [1] Children + 1. George Henry Lindsey COX, b. 14 Jun 1890, Fetterman, Taylor Co, WV , d. 20 Dec 1961, Weston, Lewis Co, WV (Age 71 years)Family ID F53735 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Lindsley Cox's veterans headstone application (submitted in 1939) is unclear as to burial location, having an initial entry of Catawba Cemetery in Marion County, which was lined through and corrected to Fairview, without specifying whether the Fairview Cemetery intended was the one in Monongalia County or the one in Marion County. Findagrave reported burial as Fairview Cemetery, Route 119, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV, with a photo posted of his military headstone.
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Documents 
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Sources - [S2246] 1900 Census, Marion County, WV.
- [S2624] Military Grave Marker.
- [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).
- [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1604] Death record of son.
- [S2246] 1900 Census, Marion County, WV.