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Rodney Robert Cox
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Name Rodney Robert Cox Born 12 Apr 1898 Oregon, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Male AFN S1S6-D8 Died Yes, date unknown Person ID I2390 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Bert J Cox, b. Abt 1875, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Orofino Pearson, b. 23 Jun 1879, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 3 Sep 1943, King, Washington, United States (Age 64 years) Married 12 Aug 1896 Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States [3, 4, 5] Family ID F762 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eileen Catherine Edgerton, b. Abt 1900, d. Yes, date unknown Married 14 Sep 1921 [6, 7] Children + 1. Living 2. Living Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F848 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 12 Apr 1898 - Oregon, United States 
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Notes - 1898 BIRTH: ID: Rodney Robert Cox born April 12, 1898
1921 MARRIAGE: Rodney Robert Cox married Eileen Catherine Edgerton Sept 14th 1921, children: Audrey Catherine, Rodney Edgerton Cox...," no places shown
1930 CENSUS:WA,King-Seattle, Anc.com Img 49/87,sh 25-A,pg 205-Line 1-5,9 Apr Dw311/3114:
COX, Rodney R-head 33/ID (WA,OR)md fireman for fire dept-22 1st mg,
own home-value $4500; Aileen C-wife 23/Mich (Eng-Can,Eng-Can)
md-21 1st mg, no occ; Audrey C-dau 7/WA (ID,Mich) in school;
Leona YELTON-lodger 22/WA (US,IL) single, no occupation;
Cora COX-sis/law 29/VA (US,VA)single bookkeeper-food products
1947 HIST: VA-Norfolk: June 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson Hosmer doc #58: "Rodney now at Norfolk VA, has one girl & 1 boy."
1954-55 HIST,OCCUPATION: WA,King Co-Seattle: 1954 letter from Iva Wegner Royce Pound to Mary Marks, EAds doc#87b: "Mother's sisters Ora's boy his name is Rodney Cox and lives at Seattle."
Tiny slip paper, Eads doc #51: "Rodney R Cox, Eileen C Cox % Earl Edgerton, 1826-38 Ave North, Seattle 2, Wash."
June 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson, dau of Alice Pearson to Mary Marks, Eads doc #58: Rodney now of Norfolk, Va...1 girl & 1 boy." "5th Naval Division: Leutenant, lived on base, 8 years 1947-1955. Retired and became fire Marshall 1955 in Seattle. Retired as Captain, to Napa CA."
Feb 1955 letter from Ray C. Cox, Napa CA: "My oldest brother Rodney... just retired from the 5th Naval Dist, Headquarters at Norfolk VA, after living on base for past 8 yrs. He will be 57 in April. He retired from the Seattle Fire Dept., during the last war as a Capt, then entered the Navy as a Lt. He left the Navy in 1947 as a Lt. Commander to take the job of Fire Marshal for the 5th Naval Dist. ...He was able to build up another pension to add to what he gets from Seattle.
Rodney & his wife bought a house trailer, taking delivery at Tulsa OK... first of Feb this yr
- 1898 BIRTH: ID: Rodney Robert Cox born April 12, 1898
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Sources - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Your mother's marriage: Orofino Pearson md to Bert J Cox 1897, children bn: Rodney Robert Cox bn 1898, Ray Courtney, Earl Audrey Cox," no places shown
Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, filled in by one of the children [prob Rod], Eads doc#47
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Rodney Robert Cox birth April 12, 1898," no place shown
Small blue sheet [Chicago South Shore & South Bend RR, SF Calif at bottom]-no name, penciled in backhand, Eads doc#49
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Your mother's marriage: Orofino Pearson md to Bert J Cox 1897, children bn: Rodney Robert Cox bn 1898, Ray Courtney bn .., Earl Audrey Cox bn ... Oro divorced Bert Cox..."
Blue sheet in Mary Mark's handwriting, filled in by one of her children, Eads doc#47
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Orafino... md Bert Cox, no relation to Jim, had 3 sons: Rodney, Ray & Earl. Ora & Bert left Lewiston and went to Seattle when boys small, later separated..."
July 1954 letter from Elsie Hosmer to Mary Marks, Eads doc#59 - [S245] Western States Historical Marriage Record Index Web Site, http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/FamilyHistory.htm., ID# 148386, Vol 1 pg 82.
"Jay B Cox md Ora F Pearson on 12 Aug 1896 in Lewiston, Nez Perce Co, Idaho"
Date: 1896 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Rodney Robert Cox married Sept 14th 1921 to Eileen Catherine Edgerton. Children: Audrey Catherine, Rodney Edgerton Cox..."
Small blue sheet [Chicago South Shore & South Bend RR, SF Calif at bottom]-no name, penciled in backhand, Eads doc#49
Date: about 1955 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Eileen Catherine Edgerton md to Rodney Robert Cox, Sept 14, 1921," no place shown.
Small blue sheet, Eads doc #49b
Date: about 1955
- [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.