Brief Life History of William Richard
When William Richard Cox was born on 18 June 1881, in Tow, Llano, Texas, United States, his father, Jesse Thomas Cox, was 32 and his mother, Amanda Theresa Sanders, was 26. He married Sally Bryan on 2 March 1902, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 7, Jones, Texas, United States in 1940 and Red Springs, Baylor, Texas, United States for about 8 years. He died on 3 November 1968, in Seymour, Baylor, Texas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Henson Cemetery, Baylor, Texas, United States.
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- William R Cox, "United States Census, 1950"
- W.R. Cox, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- William Richard Cox, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1890
Historical Boundaries: 1890: Baylor, Texas, United States
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
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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