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Flossie Purinton COX

Flossie Purinton COX

Female 1889 - 1976  (~ 86 years)

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  • Name Flossie Purinton COX 
    Born Mar 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as June 1890. But her birth record shows it as Mar 21 1889, while the SSDI has Mar 31 1889.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1900  New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Coldwater (New Milton), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1918  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1920  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930, 1940  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Beech Lick, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1952  Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 1976  [2] 
    Person ID I37522  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 May 2024 

    Father George Minter COX,   b. 5 May 1855,   d. 1 Nov 1926, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Alice NICHOLSON,   b. 6 Aug 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Feb 1943, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F11776  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Lee DAVISSON,   b. 8 Dec 1874, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1967, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)  [6] 
    Married 1 Sep 1915  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District):
      Lee Davisson, 45, farmer; wife Flossie, 30; dau Elnore, 7 months.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930:
      William L. Davisson, 55, farmer; wife Flossie P, 41; dau Elnore F, 10; father Edgar, 83, widowed; servant Opal Gallien, 18, single.

      1940 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Greenbrier District), enumerated on Apr 25 1940:
      W. Lee Davisson, 65, farmer; wife Flossie P, 51; son-in-law Brent B. VanScoy, 34, school bus driver; dau Eleanore F. VanScoy, 20.
    Children 
    +1. Eleanor Faith DAVISSON,   b. 6 Jun 1919, Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1988, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Photos
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    Documents
    37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_MarriageRecord_1Sep1915.jpg    		37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_MarriageRecord_1Sep1915.jpg
    37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_WeddingAnnouncement_DCRepublican_9Sep1915.jpg    		37521_LeeDavisson_FlossieCox_WeddingAnnouncement_DCRepublican_9Sep1915.jpg
    Family ID F14909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement.

    4. [S1875] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, National Archives and Records Administration, (Ancestry.com online database).

    5. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    6. [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. 375.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 429 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795185&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Lee Davisson, 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Flossie Cox, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Sep 1 1915 "at the Columbian Hotel, West Union."

    8. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, Doddridge County Republican, Thursday, September 9, 1915.
      In part: "The Columbian parlors was the scene of a pretty wedding Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 1st, when Mr. Lee Davisson of Beech Lick and Miss Flossie Cox of Coldwater were united in marriage, Rev. John D. Runkle, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating in his usual pleasant and impressive manner."