Life History

Notes

• 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
  Cox, Emmet E Head M Ind 57 [b abt 1885] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs White/MO White/KY White/VA Farmer Full blood White English mother tongue Owns No allotment
  Cox, Nam-mah-ka Wife F Ind 27 [b abt 1883] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs 9 children/6 living Comanche/TX Unknown/TX Comanche/TX 3/4 blood Comanche mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Edward Son M Ind 9 [b abt 1901] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood [No mother tongue rptd] Recd allotment 1900
  
  1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 27 January, Zella, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
  Cox, Emmet E Head Owns M W 67 Married MO KY KY Farmer
  Cox, Mary N Wife F W 48 Married TX TX TX
  Cox, Edward M Son M W 17 OK MO TX Student, Military School
  
  In 1926, Edward is the lone member of his own household, next door to his sister Ella, who is next door to their parents.  On the other side of Edward is his brother Joesph.
  
  1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
  #1164 Emmett Cox Head b 1851 m Household #473
  #1165 Nau noc ca  wife b 1873 f
  #1166 William Murray Cox son b 1908 m
  #1167 James Monroe Cox son b 1914 m
  
  #1168 Ella Cox head b 1906 f Hsehld #473 3/8
  #1169 Teddy Parker Davis son b 1925 m
  
  #1170 Edward Cox head b 1902 f Hsehld #473 1/8
  
  #1171 Joseph Cox head b 1899 m Hsehld #473 1/3
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
  Edward Cox
  Last Residence Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma 73533
  BORN 30 Sep 1902
  Died Apr 1977
  SSN 440-07-6252 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  
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  Edward Meredith Cox
  Birth Sep. 30, 1902 Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Death Apr. 4, 1977 Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  
  The Lawton (Okla.) Constitution
  Tuesday, April 5, 1977, page 5
  EDWARD M. COX
  
  Duncan (Staff) - Funeral for Edward M. Cox, 74, a former Lawtonian and a grandson of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Grantham Funeral Home Chapel here. Mr. Cox died at 6 a.m. Monday in a hospital here.
  
  Rev. Paul Duncan, minister of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be in Resthaven Cemetery here.
  
  Mr. Cox was the son of Nahmucuh Parker Cox, oldest child of the famed Comanche chief, and Emmet Cox, who operated Cox's Store east of Lawton for many years.
  He was born Sept. 30, 1902, in Lawton. He was married to Thelma Wilkinson in Chickasha in 1930. He was employed by Halliburton until his retirement in 1966.
  Mr. Cox is survived by his wife, of the home, one son, Quanah Cox, and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph Darter, both of Duncan; two brothers, Bill Cox, Forsythe, Mo., and James Cox, Midwest City; two sisters, Mrs. Ella Lutz, Duncan, and Mrs. Nora Davis, Altus, and six grandchildren.
  
  Inscription:
  Edward Meredith Cox
  1902 - 1977
  Thelma Wilkinson Cox
  1902 - 1992
  
  Burial Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  
  Created by Jean Jul 26, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #15045498, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=COX&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=38&GScntry=4&GSsr=1041&GRid=15045498&&ftm=1
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Sources

• 1. 1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 27 January, Zella, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 3. 1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
• 4. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry