Brief Life History of Joseph Herbert
When Joseph Herbert Cox was born on 5 November 1893, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, his father, David Burton Cox, was 30 and his mother, Virginia B Daniel, was 30. He married Esther Barbara Rector on 9 July 1927, in Yankton, Yankton, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Schoolcraft Election Precinct, Madison, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Highland Election Precinct, Madison, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 20 March 1970, in Battle Creek, Madison, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Battle Creek, Madison, Nebraska, United States.
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- Herbert Cox, "United States Census, 1930"
- Joseph Herbert Cox, "Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913"
- Joseph Herbert Cox, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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