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Silas B. COX

Silas B. COX

Male 1843 - 1932  (89 years)

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  • Name Silas B. COX 
    Born 28 Apr 1843  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Age given at marriage would put birth in about 1849.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1910, 1920  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Died 10 Dec 1932  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Buried Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Death record gives burial location as Cox Cemetery.
    Person ID I36062  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2017 

    Father Levi COX,   b. CA 1811, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1898, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Mother Phebe P. SUTTLE,   b. CA 1811, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1887, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Family ID F12700  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Caroline NICHOLSON,   b. 2 May 1856,   d. Bef 1920  (Age 63 years)  [6] 
    Married 25 Feb 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 19 1880:
      Silas B. Cox, 36, farmer; wife Elizabeth C, 24; dau Flora A, 4; dau Sarah F, 2; dau Marth S A, 2 months (born in March).

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Apr 25 1910:
      Silas Cox, 65, farmer, married 35 yrs; wife Elizabeth E. Cox, 53, married 35 yrs, mother of 11 children (8 still living); son Johny Cox, 20, single; dau Mary Randolph, 26, married 5 yrs, mother of 2 children (1 still living); granddau Pearl Randolph, 1y 11m; mother-in-law Sarah A. Nicholson, 76, widowed, mother of 5 children (all still living). [8]
    Children 
     1. Flora A. COX,   b. CA 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Sarah Frances "Fannie" COX,   b. 18 Apr 1878, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1953, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    +3. Martha S. A. COX,   b. 20 Mar 1880, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1954, Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     4. Mary "Mollie" COX,   b. CA 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Levi L. Edward COX,   b. 13 Sep 1886, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1944, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +6. John William COX,   b. 22 Jun 1889, Meathouse Fork, Big Isaac, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1943, Industrial, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F14284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2076] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District).

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S1604] Death record of son.

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 370.

    8. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).