Family Group Sheet
NameOttis James Cox, 4C2R
Birth11 Sep 1904, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Mar 1979, Florida
BurialEdgewood-Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka, Orange Co., Florida
FatherJohn M. Cox (1869-1948)
MotherAbigail Crisp (1870-1947)
Other spousesOpal Fannin
Marriageabt 1935, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseEula Elam
Birth10 Oct 1911, Kentucky
Death18 Feb 1998
BurialEdgewood-Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka, Orange Co., Florida
Children
1 MRobert “Bob” Ray Cox, 5C1R
Birth24 Jan 1936, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death12 Aug 2009, Eustis, Lake Co., Florida
2 MJackie Cox , 5C1R (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
Notes for Ottis James Cox
He was recorded as James O. Cox age 5 in the 1910 census, but in all later records (including on his gravestone) as simply Ottis.
Notes for Ottis James & Eula (Family)
1940 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown precinct, ED 103-9, enumerated 4 May, lists on p. 9A as family #131, on Laurel Creek:
Cox, Ottis, 34, farmer; Eula, wife, 28; Bobbie, son, 4; Jackie, son, 2; Glen, son, 13; Delmer, son, 12. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
There is a notation in the surname area next to Glen and Delmer that says “(by first wife)”. The next household is headed by Ottis’ parents.
Cox, Ottis, 34, farmer; Eula, wife, 28; Bobbie, son, 4; Jackie, son, 2; Glen, son, 13; Delmer, son, 12. All born in Kentucky, living in same house in 1935.
There is a notation in the surname area next to Glen and Delmer that says “(by first wife)”. The next household is headed by Ottis’ parents.
