Vada Esta COX
1892 - 1987 (94 years)
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Name Vada Esta COX Born 18 Aug 1892 Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 
[1, 2] Gender Female Census 1940 New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Residence New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 3] Died 17 Feb 1987 Salem, WV [2] Buried Willis Cemetery, Market, Doddridge Co, WV [2, 4] Notes - She had retired as the owner and operator of Willis' Grocery and Service Station on Route 18, south of West Union. Her middle name was given as "Ester" in her obituary, but as "Esta" elsewhere.
In the 1930 Census of Doddridge Co WV (New Milton District), Vada Cox (34, single) was listed as a boarder in the household of Mary M. Willis (83, widowed) and Mary's son Kirtus C. Willis (45, single).
Person ID I17824 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 16 Jun 2013
Father Jacob Martiney COX, b. 17 Feb 1867, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 18 Jun 1959, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 92 years) Mother Mary Lona "Lany" SNIDER, b. 9 Jan 1867, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 23 Sep 1903 (Age 36 years) Family ID F6054 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family William Curtis WILLIS, b. 12 May 1884, Doddridge Co, WV , d. 20 Apr 1945 (Age 60 years) Married 30 Jul 1930 Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV [5, 6] Family ID F6473 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- She had retired as the owner and operator of Willis' Grocery and Service Station on Route 18, south of West Union. Her middle name was given as "Ester" in her obituary, but as "Esta" elsewhere.
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Sources - [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 55.
Identified in Birth Record as Vada E. Cox, b. Aug 18 1892, dau of Jacob Cox (age 26, nationality English) and Lany Snider (age 24, nationality Irish), this being the mother's first child. Other records contradict the last item. The original entry had only the last name, with the date in August not entered. First name, middle initial and specific date were added later. This record and the one for an unnamed daughter of these parents, also born in Aug 1892, are entered consecutively in the birth record book. Barring an inadvertent double entry, one can only assume that the birth was of twins, only one of whom survived. Note, however, that the children subsequently born to these parents, the unnamed son on Jul 16 1894 and Brent Clyde Cox on Jul 12 1897, are identified in their birth records as their mother's 4th and 5th children respectively. But their next child, Dessie Cox born on Jul 8 1899, is also identified as the mother's 5th child, so that particular statistic is obviously not highly reliable. The 1900 Census entry for this family states that Jacob M. Cox's wife, Mary L, was the mother of six children, all of whom were still living. - [S14] Obituary.
- [S1608] Obituary of stepmother.
- [S934] Findagrave.com.
- [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 12, p. 331.
- [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
- [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 2, p. 55.