Lloyd Porter Cox

1862 - 1932  (70 years)

• Name	Lloyd Porter Cox
  Nickname	Porter
  Birth	03 Sep 1862	Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Oct 1932
  Burial	Laughlin Cemetery, Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri
  Person ID	I619	Thompson
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Minister John Willis Burton Cox,   b. 19 Dec 1825, Rutherford County, Tennessee d. 24 Apr 1899, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Rockhold,   b. 26 May 1838, Carroll, Carroll County, Missouri d. 30 May 1925, Mercer County, Missouri (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	23 Oct 1856	Mercer County, Missouri
  Notes	Soon after they were married Burt and Mary took a baby boy by the name of Sam B. Baker to rear. Son of Sarah C. Cox Baker, to raise. He was a few years older than Jarrett Cox, who was born July 27, 1857. Burt and Mary also took to rear Tom Qualls and Tobe Molen. Tom Qualls became a very rich man as riches were reckoned in his day, $75,000 or more. Tobe Molen moved to Oklahoma about 1900. He worked on a farm for awhile then went to the oil wells or fields to work. He studied the oil business, learned how to find and map oil fields. He worked in both the United States and Canada. The last we heard of Tobe he was on an oil exploring trip in western Canada. Married: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Mary Jane Rockhold Name: Mary Jane Rockhold Gender: Female Birth Place: MO Birth Year: 1838 Spouse Name: John Willis Cox Spouse Birth Place: TN Spouse Birth Year: 1825 Marriage Year: 1856 Marriage State: MO Number Pages: 1
  Family ID	F214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Litton,   b. 24 Sep 1871, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 27 Jan 1929 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	10 Mar 1905	Mercer County, Missouri
  Divorce	09 Sep 1907
  Notes	Also found notes stating married: 10 April 1905 in Mercer County, Missouri. Divorce Filed: 09 September 1907, Mercer County, Missouri.
  Family ID	F775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2024

  
  

• Photos		Porter and Nannie Cox Porter and Nannie Cox, taken on 29 Mar 1906.
  		Lloyd Porter Cox Lloyd Porter Cox, taken on 29 Mar 1906.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census Record - Sommerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 15
  		1870 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Page 11
  		1900 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Sheet 3 A
  		1910 United States Federal Census Record - Somerset, Mercer County, Missouri - Sheet 6 A
  		Lloyd Porter Cox Lloyd Porter Cox Death Certificate Died 17 Oct 1932
  		Lloyd Porter Cox and Nancy Litton Marriage Application Lloyd Porter Cox and Nancy Litton Marriage Application 27 Mar 1905

  
  

  Headstones

  Lloyd Porter Cox Tombstone Lloyd Porter Cox 1862 - 1932

  
  

• Notes

  Also found spelling of first name as Loyd.