Matthew Jesse Cox (1831-1911)

Mary M. Elliott (1835-1899)

William Smith Belote (1827-1863)

Mary Lucinda Lowdermilk (1827-1907)

Jasper John Cox (1860-1933)

Mary Emeline Belote (1860-1926)

Samuel Benton Cox (1887-1967)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Mary Etta Roberts Samuel Dolvis Cox+ Claude Marion Cox+ Bessie Chestina Cox+ Minnie Lee Cox+ William Warren Cox James Augustus Cox+ Ada Lorraine Cox Jasper Edwin Cox Mary Etta Cox+ Jamie Nell Cox+ Alton Cooper Cox Sr+ Robbie Dale Cox+ Samuel Benton Cox 1 2 3 Born: 17 Nov 1887, Shawnee, Benton County, Mississippi 4 5 Marriage (1): Mary Etta Roberts on 19 Dec 1908 Died: 10 Jun 1967 at age 79 4 6 Buried: Liberty Cemetery, Ashland, Benton County, Mississippi 7    Another name for Samuel was Sam Benton Cox.5   General Notes: Samuel's parents Jasper John Cox and Mary Emeline Belote were born in Mississippi. His brother Earl married his wife Mary's first cousin Cliffie Perle Reid. When Sam registered for the WWI draft on 5 Jun 1917, he was farming for himself in Benton County, Mississippi. He had a wife and 4 children but didn't claim an exemption. At the time of the 1920 and 1930 census, Sam was a general farmer in Benton County, Mississippi. Social Security had his last residence as Ashland, Benton County, Mississippi. Samuel married Mary Etta Roberts, daughter of Robert Lee Roberts and Ada Fidella Cooper, on 19 Dec 1908. (Mary Etta Roberts was born on 1 Jan 1890 in Mississippi,8 died on 23 Sep 1980 6 8 and was buried in Liberty Cemetery, Ashland, Benton County, Mississippi 7.)

1 1920 United States Federal Census, Beat 4, Benton, Mississippi; Roll T625_870; Page: 2B; Enum eration District: 124; Image: 17. Repository: Ancestry.com.

2 1930 United States Federal Census, Beat 4, Benton, Mississippi; Roll 1138; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 573.0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

3 Steven Rutherford, Tippah County Mississippi Connecting Family's ([email protected], RootsWeb.com Gedcom rutherford).

4 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 427-72-9178; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1955. Repository: Ancestry.com.

5 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Registration Location: Benton County, Mississippi; Roll 1682701; Draft Board: 0. Repository: Ancestry.com.

6 Robbie Dale Cox, materials mailed 21 Sep 2010.

7 FindAGrave.com.

8 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Database online), Number: 587-04-2660; Issue State: Mississippi; Issue Date: 1973. Repository: Ancestry.com.