Bert Osco Cox  1879 - 1956

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• Birth	3 Jun 1879	Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1900 Census	14 Jun 1900	Lee Twp., Boone County, Arkansas   [4]
  1910 Census	19 Apr 1910	Pierce Twp., Stone County, Missouri   [5]
  1920 Census	7 Jan 1920	Indepenence City, Montgomery County, Kansas   [6]
  Misc.	20 Apr 1930	Letter to Mary Cox Capps   [7]
  1930 Census	22 Apr 1930	Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan   [8]
  Draft Registration	Montgomery County, Kansas   [9]
  Died	30 Jan 1956	Los Angeles County, California   [10]
  Person ID	I2896	Whole Family
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2009
  Father	Jonathan W. Cox,   b. 11 Dec 1846, Greene County, Tennessee ,   d. 10 May 1920, Crane, Stone County, Missouri
  Mother	Teleta W. Sivils,   b. 24 Jan 1841, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Apr 1920, Crane, Stone County, Missouri
  Married	22 Jul 1866	Bradley County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1273	Group Sheet
  Family	Margaret Amanda "Manda" Edwards,   b. Aug 1880, Arkansas ,   d. 15 Aug 1964, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
  Married	1899	Harrison County, Arkansas   [2]
  Children	1. Luther Blaine Cox,   b. 11 Oct 1899, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas ,   d. 10 Sep 1945, Los Angeles County, California   2. Ora Frances "Frances" Cox,   b. 20 Dec 1901, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas ,   d. 27 Jan 1978, Venice, Los Angeles County, California   3. Clifford Roscoe Cox,   b. 14 Jan 1904, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas ,   d. 6 Aug 1953, Los Angeles County, California   4. Living   5. Living   6. Edna A. Cox,   b. 30 Mar 1912, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas ,   d. Dec 1989
  Family ID	F1378	Group Sheet

• Photos		Bert and Amanda Edwards Cox

• Notes

  [cppshmby.FTW] [capps.FTW] [envelope] Mrs Mary Capps 104 Lincoln St. Carthage Mo. [letter] Detroit mich 1930 April 20 1 well sis will anser your letter was glad to hear from you and to no you all was well this Leves us all well well mary it is a little cool hear to Day has Bin Rain a rite smart Last week and cool But i think it will warm up no well mary have you heard from Johns [brother John W. Cox] They sure havin Hard luck we got a letter from them the other day and Zoney [John's his wife] had lost one of her eys she got one of hir eys hurt some say and Had to have it taken out and she was affel Bad when they wrote she had hir Eye taken out on the 5 of this month we wrote Rat Back to them and told them to 2 write Rat Back and let us no How she was gittin along But hant heard from them yet so i dont no how she is gittin a long sure is to Bad well mary if you and ambers neds that money fore a while keep it fore i dont need it now fore awhile the Plant is running good now i make from $34,38 to over $35,00 a week we all are working good time now well mary to day Easter is Joe luther Birth day and i got him a nice sute of clothes fore his Birth day and i got Pauline a nice dress to They sure was Proud mary when you get Redy to send. that money Just git a casher check at the Bank OVER 3 i ant in no Hurry Just when you have it to spair and want to send it well i dont no much to write so write soame from Your Brother Bert Cox 9627 frarrer ave Detroit mich transcribed by tkp

• Sources

  [S967] 1880 Boone Co., AR Census, First name given as "Burton", which his sister Mary also names one of her sons. [S420] Susan Conway Burden, (noted 19 July 2001). [S1374] California Death Records Index online. [S1554] 1900 Boone Co., AR Census, Lee Twp., S.D. 3, E.D. 22, 8B/86B, 14 & 15 June 1900 by James S. Goodwin, line 60, 141/141 COX, James A. Head WM Aug 1866 33 M 12 Tennessee N.Carolina Tennessee, Martha A. Wife WF Oct 1870 29 M 12 5/4 Arkansas Un Un, Teleta E. Daughter WF Nov 1888 11 S Arkansas Tennessee Arkansas. [S39] 1910 Stone Co., MO Census, State Missouri, County Stone, Pierce Township, s.d. 12, e.d. 196, Sheet No. 6A/246, Crane City, 19th April 1910 by Omer K. Parsons, line 6, 117/123 COX Boley W. Head MW 39 M1 20 Tennessee Tennessee North Carolina Laborer/[illegible] Rail Road Own Mortgaged Home. [S2770] 1920 Montgomery Co., KS Census, State Kansas, County Montgomery, Independence City, 5th Ward, S.D. 103, E.D. 193, Sheet No. 5A/149A, 7 January 1920 by Mrs. Florence O Mears, 1114 N. 13th [street], line 7, 98/99 COX Bert Head R[ents] WM 40 M /yes/yes Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Peanut Vender/Own Wagon. [S3330] [S1211] 1930 Wayne Co., MI Census, Detroit City, Precinct 7, Ward pt 22, Block: 2600, E.D. 92-859, S.D. 18, Sheet No. 28A/272, April 22, 1930 by Catherine M. Carney, 9627 Farrar? Street, line 10, 2/2 COW, Bert O. Head O 5000 MW 51 M 14? no yes Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Janitor/Fisher Products Co.. [S1416] WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, ancestry.com, Bert Osco Cox 3 Jun 1879 White Not Stated, Montgomery, KS [lists wife as Manda Cox, 113 E. Rose Ave, Caney, Montgomery Co., Kansas]. [S1374] California Death Records Index online, COX Bert Osco b. 06/03/1879 Tennessee, Mother Maiden: SIVILS, Father's Name: COX M d. Los Angeles (19) 01/30/1956 550-01-0875 76 yrs.