Brief Life History of William Trousdale
When William Trousdale Cox was born on 2 August 1849, in Gibson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Moses Cox, was 47 and his mother, Mary Porter, was 38. He married Bettie Smith on 16 August 1877, in Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Williamson, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 18 June 1921, in Bartlett, Williamson, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Bartlett, Williamson, Texas, United States.
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Sources (21)
- William T Cox, "United States Census, 1920"
- W T Cox, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- W F Cox in entry for Mae Lyn Grasse, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1849–1921 Male
1857–1943 Female
Children (5)
1882–1981 Male
1884–1946 Male
1886–1886 Male
1887–1887 Female
1890–1942 Female
Parents and Siblings
1802–1890 Male
1810–1889 Female
Siblings (12)
1827–1905 Female
1829–1904 Male
1831–1869 Male
1833–1869 Female
1835–1854 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1861
Age 12
1863
Age 14
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 19
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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