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Calvin Hart Cox1,2,3,4,5,6,7

#4, b. 30 August 1894, d. 15 December 1965
FatherCalvin Milton Cox3,2,1,7 b. c 27 Nov 1866, d. 29 Dec 1913
MotherLinda Sarah Hart1 b. c Dec 1869, d. 4 Mar 1955
Calvin Hart Cox, 1950's or 60's
Calvin and Willie Fleming Cox, c 1920
Birth30 Aug 1894Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi1,3,4,5,6,7,8 
Marriage17 Feb 1919Willie Lyle Fleming; Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi; Calvin and Willie met when they both worked on the Local Exemption Board in Meridian, MS. Calvin appears to have been assigned there as part of his military duty. Willie's father, the Circuit Clerk, was head of the board, which was doubtless the reason she was working there.9,5,6,10,7,11 
Death15 Dec 1965Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana7 
BurialForest Park Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana7 
Census1900Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi2
Census1910Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi3
Residence1917Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi4
Census1920Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana5
Census1930Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana6
Occupation1917: a clerk at Yazoo Hardware Company, Yazoo City, Mississippi
1919: working at the Lee Hardware Co, Shreveport, Louisiana
1930: Assistant Sales Manager at a Blow Pipe company (blow pipe companies manufactured piping for industrial purposes such as steam boilers and material conveyors). There were at least two blow pipe companies in Shreveport around this time: "Shreveport Blow Pipe and Sheet Iron Works" and "Whittle Blow Pipe".
1940: Worked for a distributor of industrial and building supplies (might be the blow-pipe company)
1965: cashier at Frank Wholesale Company, Shreveport4,9,5,6,7
MilitaryCalvin enlisted or was drafted into the US Army 7 Sep 1918, in Shreveport, LA. He was sent to work as an assistant clerk at the Local Exemption Board in Meridian, MS. He was discharged in December, 1918 at Camp Shelby, MS.12,9

Family

 Willie Lyle Fleming b. 14 Jan 1900, d. 27 Jul 1994
Children 1.William Calvin Cox+8,6,13 b. 18 Jan 1921, d. Oct 1996
 2.Jack Clayton Cox6,10 b. 21 Aug 1925, d. 11 Jan 1966
ChartsAncestors of William C. Cox
Descendants of Hiram and Katherine Fleming
Descendants of Nelson and Sarah Clark
Descendants of Joseph and Rachel Hart
Descendants of William and Missouri Reeves
Descendants of Solomon and Mary Cox
Notes
The wedding announcement in the Yazoo paper says Calvin registered for the draft in Yazoo City, but was living in Shreveport at the time. This would have been Jun 1917
Calvin had brown hair and eyes.4

Citations

  1. [S1033] Mississippi Delayed Certificate of Birth, Calvin Hart Cox, Yazoo County, Aug 30 1894.
  2. [S1103] 1900 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Calvin M. Cox, Beat 3, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, SD4 ED118, sh 14B, Dwelling/Family number 291/337.
  3. [S1021] 1910 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Calvin M. Cox, Beat 3, Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Mississippi, SD8 ED86, sh 16B, Dwelling/Family number 266/277.
  4. [S1342] "World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry: Calvin Hart Cox, 4 Jun 1917, Yazoo County, MS.
  5. [S1028] 1920 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Calvin Cox, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, SD143 ED66, sh 5A (210), Dwelling/Family number 87/105.
  6. [S1029] 1930 U.S. Census population schedule, (http://www.ancestry.com, Accessed: various), database and images, Entry for Calvin Cox, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, SD1 ED9-43, sh 6A (254), Dwelling/Family number 100/116.
  7. [S1211] Louisiana Certificate of Death, Calvin Hart Cox, Caddo Par., no 20754 (988392 stamped), issued 17 Dec 1965.
  8. [S1036] State of Louisiana, Certificate of birth, Caddo Parish, William Calvin Cox, 1921.
  9. [S1034] Calvin H Cox and Willie Fleming Wedding notice.
  10. [S18] Willie Fleming Cox.
  11. [S5810] "Lauderdale County, Mississippi Marriage Records - White Male Index 1839-1938", Lauderdale County, MS Archives & History, Inc., Meridian, MS http://www.kithandkinofthesouth.org/white-marriage-index-1839-1938.html, downloaded 11 Sep 2011, Cox Calvin H and Fleming Willie, 1919 Book 19, p160.
  12. [S1035] Calvin H. Cox Army discharge papers.
  13. [S98] William C. Cox Marriage License.