When William Elwell Cox was born on 5 May 1888, in Toccoa, Stephens, Georgia, United States, his father, William H Cox, was 41 and his mother, Susan A Davis, was 42. He had at least 5 sons with Lucinda Stephens. He lived in Centerville, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1930 and Anderson Township, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 7 February 1961, in Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Silver Brook Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson, South Carolina, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1905: Stephens, Georgia, United States
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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