Brief Life History of Clayton Ernest
When Clayton Ernest Cox was born on 31 August 1892, in Greenwood, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Ernest Eli Cox, was 27 and his mother, Laura Belle Cook, was 19. He married Emma Powers Bates on 20 December 1916, in Porter, Rock, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Rock, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. He died on 23 July 1963, in Edgerton, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Clayton Cox, "United States Census, 1910"
- Clayton Cox, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clayton Cox, "United States Census, 1930"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment
The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
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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