My sixth cousin once removed.
Born: 2 Aug. 1894, Maryville, MO. 1 3 4
Parents: BENONI ALEXANDER COX AND MISSOURI BELLE RICE
Married: multiple.
Death: 5 Nov. 1951, Guilford, MO, acute cardiac failure. 4
Burial: 6 Nov. 1951, Pleasant Grove, Graham, MO. 4
Notes:
Listed as single and a farm laborer on the home farm living in the household of his sister Myrtle (Outs) in the 1910 Federal Census, White Cloud, Nodaway, MO.
As of 5 June 1917 John was living with his first wife at Bernard, Nodaway County, MO and farming for Peter Maurer around Graham, MO; he was tall and stout, with gray eyes and black hair. 3
Listed as a widower and a farm laborer living in the household of his sister in the 1920 Federal Census, Grant, Nodaway, MO.
Listed as a farmer in the 1930 Federal Census, White Cloud, Nodaway, MO.
Spouse (1): UNKNOWN m. about 1915 d. between 1917 and 1920. 2
Spouse (2): EDNA MAY (UNKNOWN) b. about 1905, MO m. about 1926. 2
CHILDREN OF JOHN WESLEY COX AND EDNA MAY (UNKNOWN) 2:
(my seventh cousins)
FLORENCE E. COX b. 1928, Missouri.
WILLIAM A. COX b. 1930, Missouri.
Sources:
1. 1900 Federal Census, White Cloud, Nodaway, MO.
2. 1930 Federal Census, White Cloud, Nodaway, MO.
3. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
4. Missouri Certificate of Death.
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