Jerome Rockhold Cox

M, b. 25 May 1894, d. 8 September 1978
     Jerome was born on Friday, 25 May 1894 at Preston, Caroline County, Maryland. He was the son of Jerome A. & Lillian Cox. On 15 August 1923, he married Helena Jane Mills in Washington D.C. Helena died 15 November 1936. He married Elrose Anna Randall on 14 February 1939 at Hillsborough County, Flordia.1 10 April 1940, Jerome and his wife, Elrose, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, at 827 North Forrest. Enumerated in this household were Jerome Cox [45 Maryland], Elrose [26 Oklahoma], Jerome Jr. [14 Washington DC] & Ferris [4/12 Indiana]. They own their home valued at $6000. He has finished 7 years of college, she 2 years of college. Jerome and his name sake were at the same place in 1935; Elrose was in Chicago. He is an attorney working for a manufactuerer.2 He died Friday, 8 September 1978 at Mt. Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, at age 84 years, 3 months and 14 days. He was buried at Reynoldsberg in Glen Rest Memorial Estate.

Family

Elrose Anna Randall b. 2 Oct 1913, d. 5 Jan 2001
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Citations

  1. [S146] Florida, County Marriages, 1823-1982.
  2. [S65] 1940 United States Federal Census, South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana - Enumeration District 97-13, Sheet 63A, Line 27.