Samuel Steele COX

1869 - 1965  (96 years)

• Name	Samuel Steele COX
  Born	10 May 1869	Union District, Ritchie Co, WV   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870, 1880	Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
  Census	1900	McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Occupation	1901  [3]
  	West Union Grocery Company
  Occupation	1910  [4]
  	salesman in store
  Census	1910, 1920	West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
  	In 1920, location specified as 101 Court Street.
  Occupation	1920  [5]
  	manager of hardware store
  Occupation	1923, 1924
  	mayor of West Union
  Occupation	1925, 1926
  	member of West Virginia House of Delegates from Doddridge County
  	http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html
  Census	1930
  Residence	1935	Hamiltonban Twp (Fairfield), Adams Co, PA   [6]
  Census	1940	Hamiltonban Twp (Fairfield), Adams Co, PA
  Occupation	1940
  	farmer
  Residence	1942	Detroit, Wayne Co, MI   [7]
  Died	21 Dec 1965  [1]
  Buried	Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Oakland Co, MI   [1]
  Notes	Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 12 1916, in its entirety: "The Rail Road Company dumped a lot of dirt into the low place in the street running to the R. R. bridge near the residence of S. S. Cox, and the corporation has smoothed it out, making quite an improvement to the road. The corporation has also improved the road under the rail road bridge at the South end of town."
  Person ID	I59669	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Hiram Clarke COX,   b. 1844,   d. 1901  (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Martha A. HARRIS,   b. 1849,   d. 1908  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F18103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cora Florence HALL,   b. Dec 1875
  Married	15 Feb 1894	Ritchie Co, WV   [2, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Esta Beulah COX,   b. 1 Dec 1894, Ritchie Co, WV ,   d. 28 Jun 1922, Salem, WV  (Age 27 years)   2. Guy H. COX,   b. 24 May 1896,   d. 27 Aug 1925  (Age 29 years)   3. Maple Gladys COX,   b. 25 Feb 1898,   d. 27 Oct 1898  (Age 0 years)   4. Hayse Ross COX,   b. 25 Mar 1901, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. Dec 1977  (Age 76 years)   5. Bernice C. COX,   b. 17 Oct 1906, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 25 Sep 1987, Berkley, Oakland Co, MI  (Age 80 years)   6. Samuel Steele COX, Jr.,   b. 19 Oct 1910, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 17 Jan 1980, Gardners, Adams Co, PA  (Age 69 years)   7. Marcia Kathryn COX,   b. 8 Aug 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 31 Jan 2009  (Age 95 years)
  Documents		59669_COX_SamuelS_1900Census_DoddridgeCoWV_McClellanDist_15Jun1900.jpg
  Family ID	F24699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S934] Findagrave.com. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District). [S1596] Newspaper article, Clarksburg Telegram, 1 Nov 1901. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S127] 1940 Census. [S2708] World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com). [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).