Leota LeCretia (Cox) Mowers (1889 - 1979)

Born 29 Nov 1889 in Bloomfield, Greene, Indiana, United States

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Died 20 Oct 1979 at age 89 in Boerne, Kendall, Texas, United States

Biography

Leota was born in 1889. She is the daughter of Ashbel Cox and Florence Miller. She passed away in 1979.

Aug. 19, 1909 the Phillips School in Monroe Co., Ind. had a home coming reunion and picnic. Miss Lola Cox of St. Augustine Fla. attended. She was called Lola, the Cox Record (by Cassius Weller) calls her Leela, It was stated she was a daughter of Florence Miller Cox, a former pupil and teacher.

Sources

• My husband's people : the Cox family, Richardson, Neva P. (Neva May Plain), b. 1904
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3JQ-FTC : accessed 30 June 2018), Leola Cox in household of Willard Cox, Tallapoosa city (north part), Haralson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60, sheet 4B, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,203.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C392-PW2 : accessed 30 June 2018), Leota Mowers in household of Joshua Mowers, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 58, sheet 9A, line 43, family 142, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2294; FHL microfilm 2,342,028.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4WW-H1T : accessed 30 June 2018), Leota Mowers in household of Fred J Mowers, Area A, San Antonio, Justice Precinct 1, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 259-16, sheet 61A, line 3, family 206, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4201.
• "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVZJ-PYC : 5 December 2014), Leota Lecretia Mowers, Kendall, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
• "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZZZ-G21 : 24 May 2014), Leota Mowers, 20 Oct 1979; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Kendall, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-C282 : 15 September 2015), Leota Mowers, died 20 Oct 1979; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #1016520