John Ervin Cox (1921 - 1994)

Born 31 Jan 1921 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Nadine (Kessler) Cox — married 4 Jan 1947 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1994 at age 73 in Odessa, Ector, Texas, United States

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Biography

When John Ervin COX was born on January 31, 1921, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, his father, Crofford, was 40 and his mother, Mattie, was 34. He married Jane Nadine KESSLER on January 4, 1947, in his hometown. They had four children during their marriage. He died on March 2, 1994, in Odessa, Texas, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mountain Home, Arkansas.

Sources

• 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census", database with images
  Year: 1930; Census Place: Pigeon, Baxter, Arkansas; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2339800
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #110782701 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Irvine Cox (9), single son, in household of Crofford G Cox (49) in Pigeon, Baxter, Arkansas, USA. Born in Arkansas.

• 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census", database with images
  Year: 1940; Census Place: Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00118; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 3-13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #99264486 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Ervin Cox (19), single son, in household of Mattie Cox (53) in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas. Born in Arkansas.

• Military: "Arkansas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current", database
  Baxter Bulletin; Publication Date: 11/ Sep/ 1942; Publication Place: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/412430567/?article=e4e80e96-f1c9-4d30-a0ea-28bb0e170169&xid=5595&terms=John_Ervin_Cox
  Ancestry Record 50028 #4352888388 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John Ervin Cox; Topic: Military; Residence Date: 11 Sep 1942; Residence Place: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA; Newspaper Title: Baxter Bulletin.

• Military: "U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946", database
  National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, USA; Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946; NAID: 1263923; Record Group Title: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, 1789-ca. 2007; Record Group: 64; Box Number: 13086; Reel: 74
  Ancestry Record 8939 #4248676 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John E Cox; Race: White; Marital Status: Single, with dependents (Single); Rank: Private; Birth Year: 1921; Nativity State or Country: Arkansas; Citizenship: Citizen; Residence: Baxter, Arkansas; Education: Grammar school; Civil Occupation: General farmers; Enlistment Date: 14 Sep 1942; Enlistment Place: Little Rock, Arkansas; Service Number: 38237444; Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA; Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men); Source: Civil Life; Height: 66; Weight: 142.

• Marriage: "Arkansas, Marriage Certificates, 1917-1972", database with images
  Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Marriage Certificates; Year: 1947; Film: #1; Certificate Number: 000798
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61775 #946674 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  John E Cox (25) marriage to Jane Kessler on 4 Jan 1947 in Mountain Home, Baxter, Arkansas, USA.

• Marriage: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current", database
  Baxter Bulletin; Publication Date: 10/ Jan/ 1947; Publication Place: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/412402188/?article=b5d0bfc5-823f-49ea-8af1-1306bff9aa15&focus=0.1352622,0.14309108,0.25590137,0.26978663&xid=3398
  Ancestry Record 62116 #112728660 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Ervin Cox marriage to Nadine Kessler on 4 Jan 1947.

• Birth of child Cox: "U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2", database
  Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
  Ancestry Record 1732 #68987271 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: Ervin S Cox; Birth Date: 8 Nov 1947; Address: 2211 SE 131st; Residence Place: Warrensburg, Missouri, USA; Zip Code: 64093.

• Birth of child Cox: "Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1921, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1971", database
  Idaho State Department of Health; Boise, Idaho; Idaho Birth and Stillbirth Index, 1913-1964
  Ancestry Record 8973 #150073873 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Cox born to John Ervin Cox and Nadine Kessler on 6 Sep 1950 in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA.

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census", database with images
  National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Eden, Jerome, Idaho; Roll: 22; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 27-13
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #4421010 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  J Ervin Cox (29), married, Farmer, head of household in Eden, Jerome, Idaho, USA. Born in Arkansas.

• 1960 Directory: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995", database with images
  Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2469 #1019664089 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John E Cox; Gender: Male; Residence Year: 1960; Street Address: 34f Cottage av; Residence Place: Pocatello, Idaho, USA; Occupation: Foreman; Spouse: Nadine J Cox; Publication Title: Pocatello, Idaho, City Directory, 1960.

• Residence: "U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2", database
  Original data: Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residential Records, and Other Household Database Listings
  Ancestry Record 1732 #139913908 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John E Cox; Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921; Address: 4322 Locust Ave; Residence Place: Odessa, Texas, USA; Zip Code: 79762-5713.

• Death: "Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000", database
  Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000. Austin, TX, USA: Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit
  Ancestry Record 4876 #3279441 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  John Cox death 2 Mar 1994 in Ector.

• Death: "U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014", database
  Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File
  Ancestry Record 3693 #12854216 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  John E Cox death 2 Mar 1994 (born 31 Jan 1921) residing at 79762, Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA.

• Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current", database
  Baxter Bulletin; Publication Date: 4 Mar 1994; Publication Place: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/412906990/?article=53f6e132-39c9-4c62-b726-7f2b37bdd2c4&focus=0.03654867,0.81459844,0.36135492,0.9673405&xid=3355
  Ancestry Record 61843 #605121244 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John Ervin Cox; Gender: Male; Death Age: 73; Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921; Birth Place: Mountain Home, Kerr, Texas, USA; Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1947; Marriage Place: Mountain Home; Residence Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA; Death Date: 2 Mar 1994; Death Place: Odessa, Ector, Texas, USA; Obituary Date: 4 Mar 1994; Obituary Place: Mountain Home, Arkansas, USA; Newspaper Title: Baxter Bulletin; Spouse: Jane Nadine Kessler; Child: E. Sam Cox Koni Maltsberger Elaine Miller; Siblings: Paul Cox Zada Dover Margie Thacker Mattie Jones Minnie Russell.

• Burial: "U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current", database with images
  Find A Grave: Memorial #61377215
  Ancestry Record 60525 #15954288 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  John Ervin Cox burial (died on 4 Mar 1994) in Quality Ridge Cemetery, Mountain Home, Baxter County, Arkansas, United States of America. Born on 31 Jan 1921.

• 1994 Social Security: "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007", database
  Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007
  Ancestry Record 60901 #38269636 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: Ervin Cox [John E Cox]; Gender: Male; Race: White; Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921; Birth Place: Mtn Home Bax, Arkansas; Death Date: 2 Mar 1994; Father: Grando C Cox; Mother: Mattie McGee; Notes: Mar 1941: Name listed as ERVIN COX; 09 Mar 1994: Name listed as JOHN E COX.

• Military: "U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010", database
  Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Page number: 1
  Ancestry Record 2441 #10856618 (accessed 25 April 2024)
  Name: John Ervin Cox; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 31 Jan 1921; Death Date: 2 Mar 1994; Enlistment Branch: ARMY; Enlistment Date: 28 Sep 1942; Discharge Date: 28 Nov 1945.

• Obituary:

"Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013"
citing Digital film/folder number: 100464031; FHL microfilm: 100464031; Image number: 2448
FamilySearch Record: QVS8-TXP7 (accessed 25 April 2024)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89V3-Q8HG
Name: John Ervin Cox; Death Date: 02 Mar 1994; Death Place: Odessa, Texas; Obituary Date: 1994; Obituary Place: Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States; Relationship To Head: Deceased; System Of Record: SLS.