Brief Life History of America Ann
When America Ann Cox was born on 19 August 1879, in Belton, Bell, Texas, United States, her father, William H Cox, was 25 and her mother, Martha Josephine Curry, was 23. She married William Julius Keefer on 13 September 1896, in Madison, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 4, Madison, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 8 June 1963, in Orange, Orange, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in North Zulch, Madison, Texas, United States.
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- Amerise Kiefer in household of William Kiefer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: America Ann Cox - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: America Ann Cox
- America Cox, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Midland, Texas, United States
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
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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