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Winfield Elsworth "Worth" COX

Winfield Elsworth "Worth" COX

Male 1863 - 1947  (83 years)


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  • Name Winfield Elsworth "Worth" COX
    Birth 25 Nov 1863  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Murphy District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Eva, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 11 Mar 1947  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Burial Hardman Chapel Cemetery, Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I17801  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2009

    Father William Floyd COX,   b. 22 Feb 1832, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1910 (Age 78 years)
    Mother Eliza Jane FOX,   b. 8 Oct 1836, Augusta Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jul 1915 (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F18097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rose Ann HAYHURST,   b. 25 May 1866, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1948, Burnt House, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [6]
    Marriage 15 Jan 1885  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Murphy District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Worth E. Cox, 34 (corrected from 35), b. Dec 1865, farmer, married 15 yrs; wife Rosanna, 32, b. Aug 1867, mother of 5 children (4 still living); dau Bessie A, b. Jan 1886; son Worick A, 10, b. May 1890; son Wrexil (?) A, 7, b. Jan 1893; son Fleet D, 1, b. Dec 1898.
      (Note: Ages and birth dates for this family are at variance with those found in other records.)
    Children 
    >1. Bessie Ann COX,   b. CA 1886
    +2. Dennis Fleet COX,   b. 4 Dec 1898, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1986, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F6468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S283] Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 298.

    4. [S1783] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998)).

    5. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    6. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    7. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Winfield E. Calhoun, 21, of Ritchie Co; and Rosanna Hayhurst, 17, of Marion Co. Married Jan 15 1885.