Family Group Sheet
NameDr. George Newton Cox, Half 2C3R
Birth27 Dec 1861, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death15 Apr 1936, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
BurialMachpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky
FatherBenjamin Frankin Cox (1817-1897)
MotherMalinda Jane McCormick (1837-1899)
SpouseCarrie Wood
Birth20 Oct 1867, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
Death22 Apr 1927, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
BurialMachpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky
Notes for Dr. George Newton Cox
His death certificate records Dr. George Newton Cox, age 74 years 3 months 18 days, born 27 Dec 1861 in Menifee Co., Ky, died 15 Apr 1936 at Mary Chiles Hospital in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky, usual residence W. High St., widowed, late wife Carrie Wood Cox, occupation physician, father B. F. Cox born in Virginia, mother’s maiden name Malinda McCormick, born in Menifee Co., Ky, cause of death generalized peritonitis due to intestinal obstruction, informant Mr. Neal Cox, Mt. Sterling, Ky, burial in Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Stering Advocate of April 16, 1936 ran a front page obituary that reported:
"Death Claims Dr. G. N. Cox.---Veteran Local Physician Dies At Mary Chiles Hospital Following A Short Illness. Autopsy revealed ruptured appendix. He had been an active practicing Physician in Montgomery Co. for 51 years and had delivered more than 1000 babies. He was known to practically every man, woman, boy and girl in the area and was 74 years old. He had a ready wit and dry humor. He never kept any books and collected his accounts solely on his patients ability to pay. He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hollis Allen (Alma), St. Petersburg, FL., Mrs. W. B. Ferguson (Kathryn) and Miss Ivatilla Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY., and four sons, J. Morrison Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY., Ben W. Cox of St. Petersburg, FL., A. Russell Cox of Dayton, Ohio and Neale Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY. Services were held in the Ferguson home with burial in Machpelah Cemetery Mt. Sterling, KY. He lived with daughter Kathryn and son-in-law William Ferguson when wife was ill until his death.”
His gravestone is a simple block inscribed “Dr. G. N. Cox, 1861 - 1936”.
The Mt. Stering Advocate of April 16, 1936 ran a front page obituary that reported:
"Death Claims Dr. G. N. Cox.---Veteran Local Physician Dies At Mary Chiles Hospital Following A Short Illness. Autopsy revealed ruptured appendix. He had been an active practicing Physician in Montgomery Co. for 51 years and had delivered more than 1000 babies. He was known to practically every man, woman, boy and girl in the area and was 74 years old. He had a ready wit and dry humor. He never kept any books and collected his accounts solely on his patients ability to pay. He was survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hollis Allen (Alma), St. Petersburg, FL., Mrs. W. B. Ferguson (Kathryn) and Miss Ivatilla Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY., and four sons, J. Morrison Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY., Ben W. Cox of St. Petersburg, FL., A. Russell Cox of Dayton, Ohio and Neale Cox of Mt. Sterling, KY. Services were held in the Ferguson home with burial in Machpelah Cemetery Mt. Sterling, KY. He lived with daughter Kathryn and son-in-law William Ferguson when wife was ill until his death.”
His gravestone is a simple block inscribed “Dr. G. N. Cox, 1861 - 1936”.
Notes for Carrie Wood
Her gravestone is inscribed Carrie Wood Cox, 1867 - 1927.
