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Jacob Martiney COX

Jacob Martiney COX

Male 1867 - 1959  (92 years)

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  • Name Jacob Martiney COX  [1, 2] 
    Census 1870, 80, 1900, 40  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 17 Feb 1867  Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1940  Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1950  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [9] 
    Died 18 Jun 1959  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10, 11] 
    Buried Childers Cemetery, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I8092  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2023 

    Father Newton Benjamin COX,   b. 1840, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1922  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann V. DENNISON,   b. 17 Dec 1844, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1931, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F7522  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Lona "Lany" SNIDER,   b. 9 Jan 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1903  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 22 Apr 1888  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
      Jacob M. Cox, 33, b. Feb 1867, married 12 yrs; wife Mary L, 33, b. Jan 1867, mother of 6 children (all still living); son Charley E, 10, b. Oct 1889; son Ora S, 9, b. Mary 1891; dau Vadia E, 7, b. Aug 1892; son (not named), 5, b. Jul 1894; son Clyde B, 2, b. Jul 1897; dau Dessie L, 10 months, b. Jul 1899.

      Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Oct 26 1916, in its entirety:
      "Jacob Cox and Wm. Sousae left Tuesday evening on a hunting trip in the eastern part of the state." [14]
    Children 
    +1. Charles Elphray COX,   b. 15 Oct 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1928  (Age 39 years)
    +2. Ora Florent COX,   b. 14 Mar 1890, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Oct 1977, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Vada Esta COX,   b. 18 Aug 1892, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1987, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     4. (Unnamed male) COX,   b. 16 Jul 1894, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Brent Clyde COX,   b. 12 Jul 1897, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1991, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +6. Dessie L. COX,   b. 8 Jul 1899, Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1977, Grantsville, Calhoun Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F6054  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emma Blanche WILLIS,   b. 23 Mar 1876, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1975, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years) 
    Married 16 Nov 1904  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 15] 
    Children 
     1. (Unnamed) COX,   b. 20 Jan 1906, Market, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Denver Willis COX,   b. 14 Apr 1907, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1994, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Carl Newton COX,   b. 16 Aug 1908, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1982, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Mary Rose COX,   b. 20 Mar 1910, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Mar 1992, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    +5. Hilda Claire COX,   b. 24 Feb 1912, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1991, Conway, Horry Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +6. Ilena COX,   b. 24 Mar 1914, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 2012, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 98 years)
    +7. Geraldine COX,   b. 4 Mar 1916, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1977, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    +8. Cecil Claude COX,   b. 25 Feb 1919, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1945, at sea, off Okinawa, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     9. (Infant son) COX,   d. IN INFANCY
    Family ID F2890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    2. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    3. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    4. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    5. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 264.

    7. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 225.

    8. [S1603] Newspaper wedding announcement of daughter.

    9. [S310] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    10. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    11. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    12. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    13. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 264.
      Identified as Jacob M. Cox, age 21, b. in Doddridge Co; and Mary L. Snider, age 21, b. Doddridge. Ceremony held at "residence of the bride's father, G. W. Snider."

    14. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    15. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 7, p. 225.
      He is identified as J. M. Cox, age 36, b. in Doddridge Co; and she as Blanche Willis, age 29, b. in Doddridge Co. Ceremony was held "on public road in Doddridge County, W.Va," by J. T. Folger, a licensed minister of the M. P. Church.