Brief Life History of Monroe Hobert
When Monroe Hobert Cox was born on 12 October 1898, in Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, United States, his father, George Jethro Cox, was 31 and his mother, Sabrina Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rigney, was 30. He married Grace May Cox on 10 September 1924, in Macomb, McDonough, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Terre Haute, Henderson, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 7 October 1978, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Terre Haute, Henderson, Illinois, United States.
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- Hope Cox, "United States Census, 1940"
- Monroe Hope Cox, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Monroe Hobart Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
When W. D. Boyce was visiting London, he encountered a boy that helped him find his destination. The boy refused the tip that Boyce offered to him and told him that he was just doing his daily good turn. Being inspired, Boyce incorporated the Boy Scouts of America to help teach young men how to have an attitude of service always. Since its foundation, The Boy Scouts of America has become one of the largest Scouting organizations in the United States. Around 110 million people have been participants at some time in their life. The BSA was established to help young people make better choices in life and showing selflessness by serving the community.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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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