Susan Jane Cox

Brief Life History of Susan Jane

When Susan Jane Cox was born on 25 June 1865, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, her father, John Henry Cox, was 25 and her mother, Narcissus Artilly Brown, was 22. She married George Washington Fockler in 1888, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Swandale, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Loudon District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 14 October 1958, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Fockler
1861–1938
Susan Jane Cox
1865–1958
Marriage: 1888
Edna Lee Fockler
1889–1948
Daisie Willa Fockler
1891–1982
Anna Laura Fockler
1892–1978
Fay Robert Fockler
1895–1972
Ada Beckly Fockler
1897–1979
Willa Rose Fockler
1898–1993
Mary M Fockler
1900–1979
Nellie Ockletree Fockler
1902–1982
Joseph Scott Falkner
1905–1984
Richard Delbert Fockler
1908–1911

Sources (38)

  • Susan Cose, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Susan Jane Cox, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Susan Jane Cox, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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