Basil Branchley Cox (1879 - 1941)

Born 23 Feb 1879 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Mary (Macy) Cox — married 12 Nov 1901 in Montgomery County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1941 at age 62 in Columbiana County, Indiana

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Biography

Phyllis' cousin Lucille told her Basil B. Cox earned his doctorate at Brown University and taught at Wabash College in Montgomery County, Indiana. He later worked for Dupont and was instrumental in the development of nylon. Lucille and Basil's son Norman were nearly the same age and she knew the family well.^[1]This information would seem to be at odds with the Ohio Death Record for Basil which lists his occupation as Boiler Fireman.

1900 census Montgomery County, Indiana^[2]

Lewis C Cox Head M 72 Kentucky

Delia M Cox Wife F 55 Indiana

Ida B Cox Daughter F 36 Indiana

Joseph A Cox Son M 28 Indiana

Phillip A Cox Son M 26 Indiana

Nannie J Cox Daughter F 24 Indiana

Basil B Cox Son M 21 Indiana

Howard H Cox Son M 18 Indiana

Basil B. Cox married Ethel Macy on 12 November 1901 in Montgomery County, Indiana. ^[3][4][5] They had two children Margaret and Norman.

Ohio Death Record ^[6]

Name Basil B Cox

Death Date 06 Nov 1941

Death Place East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio

Address 1st St.

Gender Male

Age 62

Marital Status Married

Race W

Occupation Boiler Fireman

Birth Date 23 Feb 1879

Birthplace Crawfordsville, Ind.

Burial Date 08 Nov 1941

Cemetery Locust Hill

Father's Name Lewis Cox

Father's Birthplace Tenn.

Mother's Name Mahalia Mcnalty

Mother's Birthplace Ind.

Spouse's Name Margaret Cox^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Family Tales related to Phyllis Paetzmann by her cousin Lucille. Shared in an e-mail to Connie Graves dated March 17, 2004.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9MN-K6K : accessed 9 January 2017), Lewis C Cox, Wayne Township Waynetown town, Montgomery, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 17A, family 392, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,394.
3. ↑ Montgomery Co., IN, Marriage Book 14, p 555
4. ↑ Cox Basil B marriage Crawfordsville Daily Journal 13 Nov 1901 pg 5 col 4 Macy, Ethel
5. ↑ Cox Basil B marriage Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 15 Nov 1901 pg 3 col 4
6. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X83Y-TML : 8 December 2014), Basil B Cox, 06 Nov 1941; citing East Liverpool, Columbiana, Ohio, reference fn 65215; FHL microfilm 2,023,972.
7. ↑ Cox Basil B. obituary Crawfordsville Journal Review 11 Nov 1941 pg 8 col 2 Ethel Macey

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K831-QNN : 24 December 2021), Basil Branchley Cox, 1917-1918.