Chester Claude Cox was born 1 April 1875 in Elk City, Kansas. His parents were Henry Cox and Nancy Collett. He married Lillie Mae Harmon (1878-1963), daughter of Joseph Clinton Harmon and Leah Lovia Merrill, in 1898. They had nine children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kansas.

With Genealogy as Found in Early Dutch Church Records, State and Government Documents, Together with Sketches of Colonial Times, Old Log Cabin Days, Indian Wars, Pioneer Hardships, Social Customs, Dress and Mode of Living of the Early Forefathers

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