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Ira Dale COX

Ira Dale COX

Male 1873 - 1958  (84 years)

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  • Name Ira Dale COX 
    Born 30 Apr 1873  Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880, 1900  Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    salesman 
    Census 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Wichita Falls, Wichita Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, oil & gas producer  [1, 2, 5] 
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 10 Mar 1958  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I56826  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2018 

    Father Oliver Perry COX,   b. Aug 1836,   d. 1912  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Sarah E. KNISELEY,   b. Jul 1837,   d. 1901  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Family ID F23532  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dora Alice PRITCHARD,   b. 2 Mar 1876, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1912  (Age 35 years) 
    Married 30 Apr 1905  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, Village of Pullman), enumerated on Apr 26 1910 on Holbrook Road:
      Hesikiah B. Tharp, 82, farmer, married 62 yrs; wife Elisabeth Tharp, 81, married 62 yrs, mother of 6 children (none still living); grandson-in-law Ira D. Cox, 38 (?), farmer, married 4 yrs; granddau Dora A. Cox, 36, married 4 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); great-granddau Lucile Cox, 3. All born in West Virginia except for Elisabeth, born in Pennsylvania.

      1920 Census, City of Wichita Falls, Texas:
      Ira D. Cox, 46, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), married, farmer, one of many roomers in a hotel on Ohio Street. No one else on the census page had any discernible West Virginia connection.

      1930 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 29 1930 at Middle Fork of Hughes River:
      Ira D. Cox, 56, widowed, farmer. No other household member.

      1940 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Apr 2 1940 at Route 7/18:
      Ira D. Cox, 66, single, farmer. No other household member.
      NOTE: Based on neighboring households, it appears that the 1930 and 1940 locations were the same.
    Children 
    +1. Lucille Elsie COX,   b. 30 Nov 1906, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 1991  (Age 84 years)
     2. Maxie Irene COX,   b. 4 Oct 1910,   d. 23 Aug 1911  (Age 0 years)
    Documents
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    Family ID F23531  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    56826_COX_IraDale_1873-1958_DeathCertificate.jpg    		56826_COX_IraDale_1873-1958_DeathCertificate.jpg
    999999_Snowstorm-in-Doddridge-County_24-25Nov1950.jpg    		999999_Snowstorm-in-Doddridge-County_24-25Nov1950.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

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

    3. [S2086] 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District).

    4. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    5. [S1883] Goldenseal Magazine, (West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html), Winter 1996, p. 31.

    6. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Ira D. Cox, 32, of Gilmer Co; and Dora A. Pritchard, 28, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Apr 30 1905.