Brief Life History of Martha Ellen
When Martha Ellen Cox was born on 12 November 1886, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, her father, Waller Staples "Walter" Cox, was 30 and her mother, Lucy Collier, was 29. She married William Floyd Webb on 21 September 1904, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Laurel Fork District, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 21 March 1949, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Webb Cemetery, Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Martha E Cox, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Martha E Webb in household of William F Webb, "United States Census, 1940"
- Martha E Cox in entry for Sherley Webb and Josephine Gregory, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
Spouse and Children
1882–1957 Male
1886–1949 Female
Children (7)
1905–1976 Male
1907–1909 Male
1908–1977 Male
1911–1994 Male
1913–1992 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1856–1925 Male
1857–1933 Female
Siblings (10)
1877–1885 Male
1879–1961 Male
1880– Male
1882–1915 Female
1884–1959 Male
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Age 8
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 17
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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