Last Updated: March 24, 2022
John E. Cox Family
(2 known wives)
(Cox or
Cock – indexed as Cox)
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1. Cox,
John E. |
Parents: Thomas & Matilda
(Harris) Cox. Research by
John Cox on Descendants of John & Sarah Sowers Cox Submitted March 2019. Thanks John! 1832 Birth: 3-4-1832 Montgomery Co.,
VA. 1850: 1853 Marriage #1: John Cox m. Sarah Sowers 01-04-1853 Floyd Co., VA by Thomas G. Shelor of the Christian Church. He s/o Thomas Cox per permission note. She d/o David Sowers per permission note. 1860 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA,
Christiansburg PO, H165: …… Cox, John 26 yo w/m
laborer, b. VA, $100, HOH. ………… Sarah 25 yo w/f, b.
VA. ………… Mary E. 6 yo w/f, b.
VA. ………… Matilda 4 yo w/f, b.
VA. ………… David T. 2 yo w/m, b.
VA. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA,
Jacksonville Twp, H520: …… Cox, John 38 yo w/m
farmer, b. VA, $0/$100, HOH. ………… Sarah 37 yo w/f, b.
VA, housekeeping ………… Elizabeth M. 16 yo
w/f, b. VA. ………… David T. 12 yo w/m, b.
VA. ………… John A. 9 yo w/m, b.
VA. ………… William H. 7 yo w/m,
b. VA. ………… Daniel W. 4 yo w/m, b.
VA. ………… Landon W. 1 yo w/m, b.
VA. 1874 Marriage #2: John Cox m. Mary Palmer
01-13-1874 at Owen Sumner's, Floyd Co., VA by Owen Sumner. He 42 yo widowed
w/m farmer, b. Montgomery Co., VA & living in Floyd Co., VA, s/o Thomas
& Matilda Cox. She single 26 yo, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o Madison
& (blank) Palmer. Mary A. or C. Palmer, b. 1-1-1845 Floyd Co., VA, d. 2-10-1926 Green Sulphur Springs, Summers Co., WVA, d/o Madison Thomas & Louisa (Vaughn) Palmer. [palmer] 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA, Green Sulphur
District 135, H257: …… Cox, Jno.
48 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, parents b. VA, HOH. ………… Mary 35 yo wife, b.
VA, parents b. VA, keeping house. ………… Marilda
C. 23 yo single daughter b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… David T. 22 yo single
son, b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… John A. 18 yo single
son, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write. ………… Wm Harvey 17 yo single
son, b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write. ………… Daniel W. 14 yo son,
b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot write. ………… Landon W. 11 yo son,
b. VA, parents b. VA, cannot read or write, dislocated hip. ………… Calahill
5 yo son, b. VA, parents b. VA. ………… Lillie Boyd 2 yo
daughter b. WVA, parents b. VA. ………… Rosa Ellen 1/12
daughter b. May WVA, parents b. VA. 1900 Residence:
Summers Co., WVA, Green Sulphur District 128, H130: …… Cox, John Sr 68 yo w/m
farmer, b. Mar 1832 VA, parents b. VA, m. 46y, owns farm, HOH. ………… Mary 57 yo wife, b.
Jan 1843 VA, parents b. VA, m. 46y, 14 children with 12 living. ………… Lily B. 22 yo daughter
b. Feb 1878 WVA, parents b. VA. ………… Rosa E. 20 yo daughter
b. Jany 1880 WVA, parents b. VA, school. ………… Rowena M. 18 yo
daughter b. June 1881 WVA, parents b. VA, school. ………… Bertha B. 16 yo
daughter b. Jany 1884 WVA, parents b. VA, school. …… Harris, Alex 16 yo
grandson, b. Jany 1884 WVA, parents b. WVA. 1919 Death of John Cox: 2-11-1919 Summers Co.,
WVA. 1919 Burial of John Cox: Cox Cemetery, Green
Sulphur Springs, WVA.
(src: Find A Grave; photo
added by H. Ellis) 1926 Death of Mary (Palmer) Cox: 2-10-1926 Green Sulphur
Springs, Summers Co., WVA 1926 Burial of Mary (Palmer) Cox: Cox Cemetery, Green
Sulphur Springs, WVA.
(src: Find A Grave; photo
added by H. Ellis) |
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…+ Cox, Sarah |
Parents: David & Margaret (Spangler)
Sowers. 1833 Birth: 1833 Floyd Co., VA. 1860 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with
husband John Cox. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
husband John Cox. 1871 Death #1: 12-7-1871 Floyd Co., VA.
(src: transcribed death record #1) Sarah Cox, 41 yo w/f, b.
Floyd Co., VA. Parents: David & Margaret Sowers. COD: consumption. 1872 Death #2: 12-7-1872 Little River
District, Floyd Co., VA. (src: transcribed death record #2; this is the
record used by desc. John Cox.) Sarah Cox, 39 yo married
w/f, b. abt 1833 Floyd Co., VA. Spouse: John Cox. Parents: David &
Margaret Sowers. 1873 Death #3: 12-7-1873 Little River
District, Floyd Co., VA. (src: transcribed death record #3) Sarah Cox, 39 yo w/f, b.
Floyd Co., VA. Parents: David & Margaret Sowers. I’m thinking the death record YOD must have been
hard to read. Burial: |
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…2. Cox, Margaret Elizabeth |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1854 Birth: 5-28-1854 Floyd Co., VA. 1860 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with
parents as “Mary E.” 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents as Elizabeth M. And 1870 Residence:
Floyd
Co., VA, Jacksonville Twp, H167: …… Sowers, David S. or Sr
62 yo w/m farmer, b. VA, $1,000/310, HOH. ……… Margaret 60 yo w/f, b.
VA, housekeeping, cannot read or write. …… Cox, Margaret E. 16 yo
adopted w/f, b. VA, cannot write. (d/o John & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers) Cox [Cox_JohnE_2wives] …… Sowers, Gideon 24 yo w/m
on farm, b. VA, cannot write. ……… Mary E. 20 yo w/f, b.
VA, housekeeping, cannot read or write 1873 Marriage #1: Margaret E. Cox m.
01-02-1873 William F. Hatcher at David Sower's, Floyd Co., VA by Amos
Dickerson. He 23 yo single w/m farmer, b. Franklin Co., VA & living in
Floyd Co., VA, s/o John D.
&
Kesiah Hatcher. (check again – should be B.) She
single 18 yo, b. & living in Floyd Co., VA, d/o John & Sarah Cox. William Foster Hatcher, s/o
John B. & Kizziah (Hubbard) Hatcher. [Hatcher_JohnB_Kezziah] 1928 Death: 4-3-1928 Amsterdam District, Botetourt
Co., VA. Mrs. Marget
E. Hatcher, 72y 10m 5d, widowed w/f, b. May 28, 1854 Floyd Co., VA. Spouse:
blank. Father: John Cox, b. Floyd Co., VA. Mother: Mary Cox, b. Floyd Co.,
VA. Informant: Joe Hatcher, Troutville, VA. COD: tuberculosis of lungs. Burial:
Floyd, Apr 5, 1928. Undertaker: W. H. Rader, Troutville, VA. Image
of Death Record contributed by John Cox
Apr 2019 1928 Obit: "The Floyd (VA) Press, 4-12-1928
(contributed to this site by John Cox) 1928 Burial: Zion Lutheran Church
Cemetery, Floyd Co., VA. (src: John Cox Apr 2019) |
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…2. Cox, Matilda Catherine |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1855 Birth: 10-1-1855 Floyd Co., VA. 1860 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with
parents. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1883 Marriage #1: Matilda Cox m. Robert A.
Harris 1883 Summers Co., WVA. Robert Alexander Harris, b.
abt 1825 Greenbrier Co., VA, d. 1891-1892 Green Sulphur, Summers Co., WVA.
[no file] 1892 Marriage #2: Matilda Harris m.
Pembroke B. Miller 1892 Summers Co., WVA. [no file] Pembroke B. Miller, b. 1855
Monroe Co., WVA, d. 1911 Summers Co., WVA. [no file] 1920 Marriage #3: Matilda Harris m. Johnsey Leif Carson 1920 WVA. Johnsey Leif Carson, b. 1870
Summers Co., WVA, d. 1952 Summers Co., WVA, s/o Charles A. & Amanda
(Rollyson) Carson. [no file] 1944 Death: 6-12-1944 Mt Lookout, Nicholas Co.,
WVA. 1944 OBITUARY: Charleston Daily Mail, Friday Evening, June 12,
1942. (src: Research by John Cox on Descendants of John &
Sarah Sowers Cox) "Mrs. Matilda Carson--88, died early Friday,
home of daughter Mrs. A. B. Shackelford of Mt. Lookout, Nicholas county. Survivors: four sons, Alex Harris of Pax, Norban Harris of Meadow Bridge, Walter Miller of Scarbro and Homer Miller of Omar, and a daughter, Mrs.
Dora Kincaid of Bellepoint. Body is at the nickell
mortuary, East Rainelle." The Charleston Gazette, Sunday, June 14, 1942 Mrs. Matilda Carson, 85, died Friday at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. A. B. Shackleford, at Mt. Lookout, Nicholas county.
Survivors are another daughter, Mrs. Dora Kincaid, of Bellepoint,
and four sons by two previous marriages, Alex Harris of Pax, Norban Harris of Meadow Bridge. Walter Miller of Scarbro and Homer Miller of Omar; her husband, Lee
Carson, and two brothers, William Cox of Akron, O.. and Landon Cox of
Elton. Funeral services will be held
at 1 p. m. today at the Green Sulphur Springs Baptist church, with Rev. J. L.
Forren of Rupert and Rev. Walter Harrah of Beckley
officiating. Burial will be in the
Gwinn cemetery at Green Sulphur by Nickell mortuary of East Rainelle. 1944 Burial: Gwinn Cemetery, Green
Sulphur, Summers Co, WVA. |
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…2. Cox, Thomas David |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1858 Birth: 2-22-1858 Floyd Co., VA. 1860 Residence: Montgomery Co., VA with
parents as David T. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents as David T. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1884 Marriage #1: Thomas David Cox m. Elizabeth
J. Goddard 12-31-1884 Summers Co., WVA. He 25 yo single w/m farmer, b. Floyd
Co., VA, s/o John & Sarah Cox. She 18 yo single w/f, b. Greenbrier, VA,
d/o Geo. W. & Mary J. Goddard. Elizabeth J. Goddard, b.
1-6-1869 Greenbrier Co., VA, d. 1931 Green Sulphur Springs, Summers Co., WVA,
d/o Geo. W. & Mary J. (unknown) Goddard. 1941 Death: 9-1-1941 Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WVA. 1941 Obit: The Charleston Gazette, Tuesday.
September 2, 1941. (src: Transcribed from NewspaperArchive
by John Cox) Thomas David Cox, 81,
retired farmer of Green Sulphur Springs, Summers county, died yesterday
morning in an Oak Hill hospital after an illness of two weeks. Mr. Cox, a member of the
Methodist church, is survived by three sons, Walter Cox of Lawton, Owen W.
Cox of Laurel Creek and Robert Cox of Danese; a
daughter, Mrs. Lula Allen of Danese; and two brothers, William Cox of Toledo, O.,
and Landa Cox of Elton. Services will be held at 2
p. m. tomorrow in the Presbyterian church at Green Sulphur Springs. The
Collins mortuary of Thurmond will have
charge of burial in Green Sulphur Springs cemetery. The body will be removed
this afternoon to his daughter's home at Danese,
where it will remain until time of services. 1941 Burial: Green Sulphur Springs
Cemetery, Green Sulphur Springs, Summers Co., WVA. |
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…2. Cox, John A. |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1860 Birth: Jul 1860 Floyd Co., VA,. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1886 Marriage #1: John A. Cox m. Elizabeth
S. Bennett 7-8-1886 Summers Co., WVA. He 25 yo single w/m farmer, b. Floyd
Co., VA, s/o John & Sarah Cox. She 25 yo single w/f, b. Greenbrier, VA,
d/o John F. & Rebecca F. Bennett. Elizabeth S. “Lizzie”
Bennett, b. 1857 Greenbrier Co., WVA, d/o John T. & Rebecca F. (unknown)
Bennett. [no file] 1908 Death: April 1908 Sandstone, Summers Co.,
WVA. 1908 News Article: The Raleigh Herald (Beckley, West Virginia), 9
April 1908, Thursday, Page 1: Funeral Party Delayed. On Sunday, the corpse of
John Cox, a miner who was killed in a mine accident on New River, was being
unloaded at Sandstone, and while being taken from the baggage car the train
started, catching the box between the baggage door and a box car. The box and
casket were so badly smashed up that the funeral party, which was enroute to
Green Sulphur Springs, had to wait until another casket could be brought from
Hinton----Alderson Advertiser. 1908 Burial: Green Sulphur Springs,
Summers Co., WVA. Name of cemetery unknown. |
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…2. Cox, William Harvey “Bill” |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1863 Birth: 3-8-1863 Floyd Co., VA. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1886 Marriage #1: Nancy Ann “Nannie” Egnor 1886 Summers Co., WVA. Nancy Ann “Nannie” Egnor, b. 1863 Rockbridge Co., WVA, d. 1927, Green
Sulphur, Summers Co., WVA. 1942 Death: 11-8-1942 Toledo, Lucas Co., OH. 1942 Burial: |
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…2. Cox, Daniel Washington |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1864 Birth: abt 1864 VA. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1886 Marriage #1: Daniel W. Cox m. Sarah E.
Lusher 11-24-1886 Summers Co., WVA. He 21 yo single w/m, b. Floyd Co., VA,
s/o John & Sarah Cox. She 21 yo single w/f, b. Fayette Co., WVA, d/o Woodspn & Cynthia A. Lusher. Sarah Emma Lusher, b. 1865
WVA, d. 1949 Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WVA as Sarah Martin. She m. 2nd
Henry Clay Martin 1897 Summers Co., WVA. 1893 Death: 10-28-1993 Summers Co., WVA. Daniel W. Cox, 29 yo
married w/m farmer, b. VA, s/o John & S. J. Cox. Informant: Sarah E. Cox,
wife. COD: consumption. 1893 Burial: |
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…2. Cox, Landon Warfield |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox. 1867 Birth: 10-18-1867 Floyd Co., VA. 1870 Residence: Floyd Co., VA with
parents. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
father & step mother. 1892 Marriage #1: Landon W. Cox m. Mary M.
Martin 1892 Summers Co., WVA. Mary Margaret “Maggie”
Martin, b. 1876 Summers Co., WVA, d. 1966 Tuscarawas Co., OH, d/o Henry Clay
& Mary M. (Foster) Martin. [no file] 1952 Death: 10-10-1952 Ronceverte, Greenbrier
Co., WVA. 1952 Obit: (NOTE: Transcribed (contains name spelling errors)
from NewspaperArchive.Com by John Cox) BECKLEY POST-HERALD,
BECKLEY, W. VA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1952Rites Incomplete For
Landon W. Cox ANJEAN, Oct. 10, an-- Anjean resident, Landon W. Cox, died late Thursday
shortly after entering a hospital at Ronceverte where he was removed after becoming ill at the home of a
son, Johnny Cox at Bellburn. Cox was born in Floyd County,Va., Oct. 18, 1867. He was a member of the Church
of Christ at Elkton. Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Mary Cox; three daughters, Mrs. Lura Mailen of
Anjean: Mrs. Virginia Stronske
of Beneld,
I11.; and Mrs. Ora Holliday of Blacksburg,. Va.; and four sons, Homer of
Clintonville; Estle of Rupert; Jesse of Yorksville, Ohio; and Johnnie of Bellburn.
Also surviving are
four half sisters,
Mrs. Rosa Duncan of Huntington; Mrs. Roena Harris
of Meadow Bridge; Mrs. Lilly Martin of Elton: and Mrs. Bertha Fleshman of Crab Orchard; also 32 grandchildren and 36
greatgrandchildren. The body is at Wallace
& Wallace Mortuary where funeral arrangements are incomplete. BECKLEY POST-HERALD,
BECKLEY, W. VA., FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1952 (NOTE: Transcribed by John Cox)
Cards of Thanks We wish to thank our many friends for their
kindness and sympathy shown to us during our recent bereavement, the death of
our dear father and husband, Landon W. Cox.
We especially wish to thank Rev. P. R. Roberts, the singers from McRoss Church, and the Wallace & Wallace Funeral
Home. Wife, Sons and
Daughters, Rupert, W. Va. 1952 Burial: End of the Trail
Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WVA.
(src: Find A Grave; photo
added by Pamela Pomeroy) |
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…2. Cox, male infant |
Parents: John E. & 1st wife Sarah (Sowers)
Cox.. 1872 Birth: 1872 Floyd Co., VA. 1872 Death: 1872 Floyd Co., VA. Not named Cox, w/m b. &
d. 1872 Floyd Co. VA, s/o John & Sarah. 1872 Burial: |
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…2. Cox, Calahill Leander |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1875 Birth: 10-29-1875 Floyd Co., VA. 1880 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
parents. 1897 Marriage #1: Calahil
L. Cox m. Estella A. Hix 8-19-1897 Summers Co., WVA. He 22 yo single w/m, b.
Floyd Co., VA, s/o John & Mary Cox. She 17 yo single w/f, b. Summers Co.,
WVA, d/o A. J. & Susan Hix. Estella A. Hix or Esta Alice Hicks, b. 1880 Summers Co., WVA, d. 1929
Fayette Co., WVA, d/o A. J. & Susan (unknown) Hix/Hicks. [no file] 1900 Residence:
Summers Co., WVA, Green Sulphur District 128, H127: …… Cox, Calahil
L. 24 y ow/m farmer, b. Oct 1875 VA, parents b. VA, m. 3y, rents farm, HOH. ………… Esta
A. 19 yo wife, b. April 1881 WVA, parents b. WVA, m. 3y, 2 children with 1
living. ………… Emerson O. 1 yo son,
b. Mar 1899 WVA, father b. VA, mother b. WVA. 1928 Death: 6-10-1928 Green Sulphur District,
Summers Co., WVA. Calahil Leander Cox, 52y 7m 11d,
married w/m farmer, b. Oct 29, 1875 Floyd Co., VA. Father: John Cox. Mother:
Mary Palmer, b. Floyd Co., VA. Informant: Edith Cox of Green Sulpher. COD: pleurisy with heart failure. Burial:
(Glenview?), June 11, 1928. 1928 Burial: Gwinn Cemetery #2, Green
Sulphur Springs near I64, Summers Co., WVA. (src: John Cox, Apr 2019) |
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……+ Cox, Estella A. ……+ Cox, Esta Alice |
Parents: A. J. & Susan (unknown) Hix. 1881 Birth: April 1881 WVA. 1900 Residence:
Summers Co., WVA with husband Calahill Cox. |
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……3. Cox, Emerson O. |
Parents: Calahill
& Esta A. (unknown) Cox. 1899 Birth: Mar 1899 WVA. 1900 Residence:
Summers Co., WVA with parents. |
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…2. Cox, Alice Sarah |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1876 Birth: 2-12-1876 Floyd Co., VA. 1880: CHECK
1880 again may have missed her 1898 Marriage #1: Cary P. Tincher 1898
Summers Co., WVA. Cary P. Tincher, b. 1875
Greenbrier Co., VA, d. 1913 Summers Co., WVA. 1919 Marriage #2: Charles Harrison Goddard
1919 Summers Co., WVA. Charles Harrison Goddard,
b. 1865 Grenbrier Co., WVA, d. 1936 Summers Co.,
WVA. 1950 Death: 1-29-1950 Beckley, Raleigh Co., NC.
1950 Obit: Raleigh Register. Beckley, W. Va., Tuesday Afternoon, January 31,
1950 (NOTE: Transcribed by John Cox) Goddard Funeral Rites WednesdayHinton--Funeral services are to be conducted at
2 p.m. tomorrow for Mrs. Sarah Alice Goddard, 73, of Elton, who died at 6:20
p.m. Sunday in the Raleigh General Hospital.
Entering the hospital on Thursday, her death followed a two week's
illness. Rites are to be conducted
from the Green Sulphur Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Jones, assisted
by the Rev. Eugene Zickafoose, officiating. Burial
will follow in the Crotty Cemetery. Survivors include a half brother, Landon Cox, of Creichton;
the following brothers and sisters:
Miss Lillie Martin, of Elton, Mrs. Bertha Fleshman,
Crab Orchard, Mrs. Rose Duncan, Huntington; Mrs. Rowena Harris, of Meadow
Bridge, and the following children: J.
G. Tincher, of Columbus, O., J. C. Tincher, of Elton, and Mrs. Janie Egnor, of Green Sulphur. Ten grandchildren also survive. Active pallbearers will be
Russell Martin, Lester Duncan, Robert Duncan, Clarence Surbaugh, Bill
Surbaugh and Bal Bragg. 1950 Burial: Crotty Cemetery. |
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…2. Cox, Lillie Boyd |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1878 Birth: 2-17-1878 Elton, Summers Co., WVA. 1880, 1900 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
parents. 1904 Marriage #1: John Franklin “Jahue” Martin 1904 Elton, Summers Co., WVA. John Franklin “Jahue” Martin, b. 1874 Elton, Summers Co., WVA, d. 1943
Summers Co., WVA. 1959 Death: 2-14-1959 Charleston Hospital,
Charleston, Kanawha Co., WVA. 1959 Obit: Publication Unknown (Provided to John
Cox by Gene & Elta Harris) Martin Funeral To be
Tuesday Funeral services will be held at
2 p.m. Tuesday in the Green Sulphur Springs Baptist church for Mrs.
Lillie Martin, 80, of Smoot, who died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after
a two month illness. Mrs. Martin is a former
Summers county resident, being a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Cox of Elton where she was born. Rev. L. A. Saunders will
have charge of the church service and burial will be made in the Dave Gwinn
cemetery near Meadow Bridge. Her husband Jahue Martin preceded her in death in 1943. Surviving are five sons,
Hubert, Rupert; Luster, Green Sulphur
Springs; Harry, Smoot; Melvin, Meadow Bridge; and Cecil, New Hampshire; five
daughters, Mrs. Virgie Graham, Hinton; Mrs Mary
Surbaugh, Washington, D. C., Mrs. Gladys Surbaugh, Rupert; Mrs. Bernice Fox,
Newport News, Va., and Mrs. Thelma Moore, Toledo, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Roena
Harris, Meadow Bridge; Mrs. Bertha Fleshman, Crab
Orchard, and Mrs. Rosie Duncan, Huntington; 44 grandchildren, and 12
great-grand-children. John Cox's residence instead of cemetery". 1959 Burial: Dave Gwinn cemetery near
Meadow Bridge, Fayette Co., VA. |
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…2. Cox, Rosa Ellen |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1880 Birth: May 1880 WVA. (src: 1880 census) 1889 Birth: Jan 1880 WVA. (src: 1900 census) 1880 Birth: 1-1-1880 Green Sulphur
Springs, Summers Co., WVA. (src: Research
by John Cox on Descendants of John & Sarah Sowers Cox) 1880, 1900 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
parents. 1901 Marriage #1: Thomas Edward Duncan 1901
Summers Co., WVA. Thomas Edward Duncan, b.
1881 WVA, d. 1960 Cabell Co., WVA. 1967 Death: 6-4-1967 Huntington, Cabell Co., WVA. 1967 Obit: Charleston Daily Mail, MONDAY. JUNE 5, 1967 HUNTINGTON –
(NOTE: Transcribed as published). Mrs. Rosa Duncan, 87, died Sunday at home here. She
was a Summers County native. Mrs. Duncan belonged to
Jefferson Avenue Baptist Church and Daughters of America. Survivors: daughters, Mrs.
D. S. York of San Antonio, Tex., Mrs.
Carl Jacobs of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. W. D. Thompson of Huntington; son, Edward B., of Vinton,
Ohio; sisters, Mrs. Roena Harris, of Meadow Bridge, Mrs. Bertha Fleshman of Crab Orchard. Service will be conducted
Tuesday at 10:30 a. m. in Reger Funeral Home here
by the Rev. Dr. Paul S. Warren, with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery
here. Friends may call at the funeral
home today after 7 p. m. 1967 Burial: Spring Hill Cemetery,
Huntington, Cabell Co., WVA. |
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…2. Cox, Roena Mable |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1881 Birth: 6-10-1881 Elton, Summers Co., WVA. 1900 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
parents. 1902 Marriage #1: Cary Walter Harris 1902
Summers Co., VA. Cary Walter Harris, b. 1879
Summers Co., WVA, d. 1940 Meadow Bridge, Fayette Co., WVA. 1968 Death: 1-2-1968 Beckley, Raleigh Co., VA. 1968 Obit(s): (src: Research
by John Cox on Descendants of John & Sarah Sowers Cox) Publication: Unknown. "Fayette Woman Taken
By Death - MEADOW BRIDGE (RNS)- Mrs. Roena Mable
Harris, 86, of Meadow Bridge died Tuesday afternoon in a Beckley after-noon
after a long illness. Born June 10,
1881, at Elton, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Cox. Survivors include a son; Eugene H. of
Meadow Bridge; a sister, Mrs. Bertha Fleshman of
Crab Orchard; four grand-children and four great-grandchildren. The body is at the Don Smathers
Funeral Chapel in East Rainelle.
Arrangements are incomplete." (TYPED AS PUBLISHED). Publication: Unknown. "Roena
Mable Harris Funeral Set Friday - MEADOW BRIDGE (RNS) - Funeral services for
Mrs. Roena Mable Harris, 86 of Meadow Bridge, will
be held at 11 a.m. Friday in the Don Smathers Furneral Chapel in East Rainelle with Rev. G. C. Musick in charge.
Burial will be in Wickline Cemetery at Meadow Bridge. Mrs. Harris died Tuesday afternoon in a
Beckley hospital after a long illness.
The body is at the funeral chapel where friends may call after 2 p.m.
today." (TYPED AS PUBLISHED). Thursday, Jan. 4, 1968, The
Charleston Gazette---12 Obituary Notices
HARRIS, Mrs. Roena Mable----Service 11 a.m. Friday, at Don Smathers Funeral Home, East Rainelle. Wickline Cemetery. Mrs. Harris, 86, of Meadow Bridge, Fayette
County, died Tuesday, Pine Lodge Nursing Home, Beckley. Native of Meadow Bridge. Surviving; son, Eugene H. of Meadow Bridge;
sister, Mrs. Bertha Fleshman of Crab Orchard.
(NOTE: Transcribed by John Cox) 1968 Burial: Wickline Cemetery Meadow
Bridge, Fayette Co., WVA. |
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…2. Cox, Bertha Bell |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1884 Birth: 1-24-1884 Summers Co., WVA. 1900 Residence: Summers Co., WVA with
parents. 1905 Marriage #1: Roman Fleshman
1905 Summers Co., WVA. Roman Fleshman,
b. 1888 WVA, d. 1970 Raleigh Co., WVA. 1970 News Article: (src: Research
by John Cox on Descendants of John & Sarah Sowers Cox) Beckley Post-Herald, April 16.1970 Yesterday And Today— Bertha Fleshman Still
'Pieces' Quilts By SHIRLEY DONNELLY In connection with the death and burial of Roman Fleshman (June 10, 1888-March 15, 1970), a number of
interesting things cropped out about this estimable Raleigh County citizen
and his family. It was 64 years ago on
Sept. 20 that he and Miss Bertha Cox were married. Few couples have a married life that lasts
so 1ong "ere death do them part." as ceremony has it. His death was the first death in the
immediate family of Roman and Bertha Fleshman. Few families remain an unbroken circle for
64 years before death breaks it up. BERTHA FLESHMAN'S own family roots run
back into the hills of Franklin County, Va.
Mother of Mrs. Roman Fleshman's grandmother
was a Mrs. Palmer of Franklin County.
This great-grandmother of Mrs. Roman Fleshman
was taken captive by the Indians in the period which followed Braddock's
defeat. All the members of Mrs. Fleshman's family have gone out with the tide of
time. She is the last remaining one of
the Cox family, the last leaf on her family tree. She and her deceased husband were about the
same age. ---- IN HER SUNSET years,
Mrs. Fleshman has whiled away hundreds of hours at
her favorite pastime of quilting, or "piecing" as some choose to
call it. There is a woman mentioned in
the Bible who was handy with needle and thread. Her name was Dorcus --or Tabitha, as it is
in the original (Acts 9:36). After her
death "the widows stood by Peter weeping and showing the coats and garments
which Dorcas made, while she was with them" (Acts 9:39). I don't know
how much sewing Dorcas did but my guess is that Mrs. Bertha Fleshman has done far more than Dorcus did, simply
because Mrs. Fleshman has lived longer than the
Bible character. ---- BACK IN DAYS of yore in the churches in
some sections, they had what they called Dorcas Societies. Those societies were made up of groups of
church women, who got together and sewed for needy families of the church.
All sewing was done by hand and a tedious task it was. Long ago the Dorcus Societies went out of
fashion and no longer exist. --- SOME
YEARS AGO, in my church, a number of women would meet at the church to
quilt. They would spend a whole
afternoon at the quilting frames. I
never knew what they did with the finished product, but the occasion was a
period of great sociability. Many a word was spoken when they got together,
and a good time was had by all. Often
out our way in the country, piecing and selling quilts was one means of
financing the church. Not long ago
when a mission carried me out by a nice little country meeting house, quite a
number of cars were seen parked at
random around the quaint little house of worship. Out of sheer interest in seeing what was
going on, a stop was made. In the
basement of the church eight or 10 women were engaged in making' quilts. They
wanted to sell me one but as we had a quilt the offer had to be turned down.
They were selling their quilts "for the church." ---- AN ELDERLY WOMAN told how, when she was a
young girl, they used to piece quilts to get money to pay the preacher. For a silver coin, a person could have his
name stitched on the quilt with colored thread. After a hundred or so names were written in
thread, the finished quilt and the money thus raised were given to the
minister. Those were the days of
leisure and a time when church members
were not given to generosity as they are in the churches of today. There used to be a song about seeing Nellie
home from Aunt Dinah's, quilting party!
That was quite popular in the days of another generation but few of
today's young people have heard it.
(NOTE: Transcribed as
published). 1982 Death: 2-23-1982 Raleigh Co., WVA. 1982 Obit: Obituary provided to John Cox by
Helena Ellis August 24, 2017. The Raleigh Register-Post Herald,
Wednesday, February 24, 1982 Bertha B. Fleshman Mrs. Bertha Bell Fleshman, 98, of Crab Orchard died Tuesday at 6 a.m. in a
Beckley hospital after a long illness. Born January 24, 1884, in
Summers County, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Cox. Mrs. Fleshman
was a member of the Crab orchard Baptist Church. Her husband, Roman Fleshman, preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons,
Leonard and Frank Fleshman, both of Crab Orchard;
seven grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. Services will be Thursday
at 11 a.m. at Blue Ridge Funeral Home in Prosperity with the Rev. Wesley
Jenkins officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in
Prosperity. Friend may call today from
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pallbearers will be Larry
Lyons, Homer Brooks, Cloynden Wills, L. J. Combs,
Joe Fondale and Robert Fleshman.
1982 Burial: Blue Ridge Memorial
Gardens, Prosperity |
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…2. Cox, Not named male infant |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1886 Birth & Death: May 1886 Summers Co., WVA. (src: WVA birth
record indicates he was born dead May 1886 – John Cox using this unless
something else more concrete is found) 1886 Death: Oct 1886 Summers Co., WVA. src: WVA death record indicates
he died Oct 1886) 1886 Burial: |
|
…2. Cox, Pearl |
Parents: John E. Cox & 2nd wife Mary
(Palmer) Cox. 1902 Birth: abt 1902 Summers Co., VA. 1905 Death: 2-5-1905 Green Sulphur Springs,
Summers Co., WVA. 1905 Burial: John Cox’s residence. |
End of John E. Cox
Family (2 known wives).