Brief Life History of Robert Franklin
Robert Franklin Cox was born on 2 December 1893, in Durango, La Plata, Colorado, United States as the son of John R. Wilmer. He married Hannah Cook Douglas on 23 July 1914, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1930. He died in 1942, in Martinez, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Sunset View Cemetery, El Cerrito, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- Robert F Cox, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Franklin Cox - birth-name: Robert Franklin Cox
- Robert Franklin Cox, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Cocke and Cook , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish (Ulster): mistranslation of Mac Con Coille (‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’), as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dutch and Flemish: genitivized patronymic from the personal name Cock, a vernacular short form of Cornelius .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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