Mary Belle (Elliott) Cox (1882 - 1964)

Born 5 May 1882 in Carroll County, Missouri

Ancestors

Wife of Wiley Ellis Cooper — married 7 Nov 1906 (to before 1911) in Carroll County, Missouri

Wife of Vader Gillespie Cox — married about 1911 in Missouri

Died 18 Nov 1964 at age 82 in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

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Biography

Mary Belle Elliott was born 5 May 1882 at Carroll County, Missouri. She was a daughter of Oliver Elliott and Elizabeth Frances Warren. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Bell M. Elliott appeared as a daughter in the household of Olliver Elliott on the 1900 U.S. Census at Moss Creek Township, Carroll County, Missouri. She was listed as 18 years old, and born May 1882 in Missouri. She could read and write. ^[2]

Wiley E. Cooper and Belle Elliott obtained a marriage license 4 November 1906 at Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. ^[4] They married on the 7th of November at Carrollton.^[1]

Belle Cooper appeared as wife in the household of Wiley Cooper on the 1910 U.S. Census at Kingston Township, Caldwell County, Missouri. She was listed as 27 years old, and born in Missouri. It was reported that she had been married six years (her first marriage). All of her three children were still living. She could read and write. She was living with her husband, and three children. ^[5]

Vader Gillespie Cox married Mary Belle Elliott about 1911 at Missouri. This estimate is based on the birth date of Belle’s first child with Vader Cox, about 1912.

Bell Cox appeared as wife in the household of Vader Cox on the 1920 U.S. Census at Hamilton Township, Caldwell County, Missouri. She was listed as 37 years old, and born in Missouri. She could read and write. She was living with her husband, and three children. ^[6]

Belle Cox appeared as wife in the household of Vader Cox on the 1930 U.S. Census at Hamilton Township, Caldwell County, Missouri. She was listed as 47 years old, and born in Missouri. It was reported that she was age 23 when first married. She was living with her husband. ^[7]

Belle Cox appeared as wife in the household of Vader Cox on the 1940 U.S. Census at Kidder Township, Caldwell County, Missouri. She was listed as 58 years old, and born in Missouri. It was reported that the highest grade she had completed in school was grade 8. She was living with her husband, and her mother. ^[8]

Mary B. Cox died 18 November 1964 at Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. She was 82 years old. On her death certificate, it was reported that she was born 5 May 1880 at Carrollton, Missouri. Her parents were listed as Oliver Elliott, and Elizabeth Warren. The informant was Audrey Owen, of Independence, Missouri. ^[3] Though her name is engraved on a grave stone, with Vader Cox, in Highland Cemetery at Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri,^[9] she was actually buried near the grave of her young son, in Buckner Hill Cemetery at Buckner, Jackson County, Missouri.^{[10] [11]}

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Family data, Oliver Elliott Family Bible; original in possession of David Pratt (Missouri), great grandson of Oliver Elliott's son, Walter Elliott.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Olliver Elliott household, 1900 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Missouri population schedule, Moss Creek Township, sheet 7A, page 198, dwelling 110, family 111, National Archives micropublication T623-846, enumerated 19 June 1900.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Mary B. Cox death certificate number 0044944 (1964), Missouri State Death Certificates, Missouri State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1964/1964_00044944.PDF, accessed 7 October 2016.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
5. ↑ Wiley Cooper household, 1910 U.S. Census, Caldwell County, Missouri population schedule, Kingston Township, sheet 14A, page 133, lines 11-15, dwelling 303, family 307, National Archives micropublication T624-773, enumerated 11 May 1910.
6. ↑ Vader Cox household, 1920 U.S. Census, Caldwell County, Missouri population schedule, Hamilton Township, sheet 1A, page 66, lines 11-15, dwelling 3, family 3, National Archives micropublication T625-910, enumerated 2 January 1920.
7. ↑ Vader Cox household, 1930 U.S. Census, Caldwell County, Missouri population schedule, Hamilton Township, sheet 3B, page 213, lines 52-53, dwelling 71, family 71, National Archives micropublication T626-1179, enumerated 9 April 1930.
8. ↑ Vader Cox household, 1940 U.S. Census, Caldwell County, Missouri population schedule, Kidder Township, sheet 1B, page 104, lines 63-65, visit 21, National Archives micropublication T627-2091, enumerated 2 April 1940.
9. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2018), memorial page for Mary Belle Elliott Cox (1882-unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #30347852, citing Highland Cemetery, Hamilton, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA; maintained by Caryn Hood. Site displays a photo of the grave stone.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 24 July 2018), memorial page for Mary Belle Elliott Cox (5 May 1882-19 Nov 1964), Find A Grave: Memorial #54271440, citing Buckner Hill Cemetery, Buckner, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; maintained by Rebekah Billings. Site displays a photo of the grave stone.
11. ↑ Letter from Bertha Nikirk (Emmett, Idaho) to Agnes Ollerdessen 2 September 1967; held in 2016 by L. Philpott. The late Bertha Nikirk was sister to Mary Belle (Elliott) Cox.