NameJames Frank Cox, 4C3R
Birth23 Mar 1897, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death1980
BurialPaint Creek Cemetery, Camden, Carroll Co., Indiana
Marriage8 Nov 1916, Morgan Co., Kentucky
SpouseLucy Josephine Brown
Birth29 Jan 1898, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death6 Jan 1968, Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana
BurialPaint Creek Cemetery, Camden, Carroll Co., Indiana
Children
Birth27 Sep 1917, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death2 Feb 1977, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
Birth10 Jan 1919, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death10 Jan 1919, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1922, Carroll Co., Indiana
Birthabt 1924, Carroll Co., Indiana
Birth29 Apr 1928, Carroll Co., Indiana
Death17 Jul 1993, Carroll Co., Indiana
Notes for James Frank Cox
His WW I draft card, filed 5 June 1918 in Carroll Co., Indiana, records James Frank Cox, age 21, residence R.R. 2, Camden, Ind., born 23 March 1897 in Morgan Co., Ky, employer Howard Hinkle, Camden, Ind, nearest relative Lucie Cox, same address.
Notes for James Frank & Lucy Josephine (Family)
Morgan Co., Ky marriage records list the marriage on 8 Nov 1916 of Jim Frank Cox and Lucy Brown.
Census
1920 census of Carroll Co., Indiana, Washington township, enumerated 7 Jan, lists on p. 2B as family #42:
Cox, Jim, 23, farmer; Lucy, wife, 22; Clifton, son, 2 1/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The preceding household is that of Jim’s father John Cox and his second wife Lizzie.
1930 census of Cass Co., Indiana, Logansport, enumerated 10 April, lists on p. 9A as family #207/210, at 101 Lockwood:
Cox, James F., 33, age at first marriage 19, knocking fire at steam RR; Lucy, wife, 32, age at first marriage 18; Clifton D., son, 12; Helen V., 8, dau; Genevia A., 6, dau; James J., son, 1 11/12; Brown, Florence, mother-in-law, 58, widowed, age at first marriage 24. The three younger children born Indiana Ky Ky, Clifton and his parents and Florence Brown all born Ky Ky Ky.
1940 census of Cass Co., Indiana, Logansport ward 5, ED 9-26, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 15A as family #319, at 1809 Erie Ave:
Cox, James, 43, laborer on Penn railroad; Lucy, wife, 42; Clifton, son, 22, cab driver; Helen V., dau; Avanell, dau, 16; James Jr., son, 11; Douglas, son, 9; Lindy Lou, dau, 3. James through Clifton born in Ky, younger children in Indiana. Living in same house in 1935. Clifton and Helen are recorded as married, but there are no spouses for them in the household, so it may be in error.
Brown, John J., brother-in-law, 35, laborer at radiator mfg co; Lena, sister-in-law, 35; James Jr., nephew, 16; Chester, 14, nephew; May, nephew (female), 12; Josephine, niece, 7; Eulah, niece, 4; Tommy, nephew, 2; William, nephew, 7/12. John through Chester born in Ky, May through William in Indiana. All living in same place but not same house in 1935.
Miller, Luther, lodger, 49, single, b. Indiana, signal man for Penn Rail Road, living in Indianapolis in 1935.