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Name: Rolland Leonard Cox
Sex: M
Birth: 28 JUN 1896 in Paton or Dana, Greene, Iowa ^{1 2 3 4}
Death: 27 NOV 1957 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota ¹
Burial: Madison, Lake, South Dakota. ¹
Person Id: I21
Tree Id: 231024

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Parents

Father:

Isaac Lewis Cox: Birth: 4 SEP 1871 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana. Death: 30 MAR 1944 in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota

Mother:

Myrtle Anna Ferguson: Birth: 17 MAY 1878 in Dana, Greene, Iowa. Death: 26 MAY 1960 in Madison, Lake, South Dakota

Family
Marriage:

Married: Helen Esther Bombeck on 3 MAY 1927 at Madison, Lake, South Dakota.^{1 5 6 7}
Helen Esther Bombeck: Birth: 17 OCT 1905 in Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa Underwood, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Death: 6 JAN 1990 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, SD

Sources

1.	Title: Bombeck Heritage Author: Lela Dutro Constance and Maxine Bucy Hendrix Publication: written about 1977-1978
2.	Title: Weeks-Grist Family Genealogy, compiled by Bessie (Kelly) Hobbs. Written before 1982
3.	Title: Thomas and Julia Cox, Isaac and Myrtle Cox, Edwin & Sarah Ferguson, Francis and Mary Ferguson & families 1900 12th Census of the United States Paton Township, Greene County, Iowa Supv. Dist. No. 10, Sheet No. 9, Enum Dist. No. 95, Lines 18-20, 27-30, 37-43 Microfilm Roll No. 1240433
4.	Title: Rolland Leonard Cox Delayed Certificate of Birth filed 23 May 1955
5.	Title: Rolland Leonard Cox and Helene Esther Bombeck Certificate of Marriage 3 May 1927
6.	Title: Rolland Cox and Helen Bombeck, wedding announcement the Leader White ?, South Dakota May 1927
7.	Title: Obituary of Helen Cox Madison Daily Leader Madison, South Dakota 8 January 1990

Notes

Note: Rolland Cox Sr. served in the army as a private during World War I. He was stationed in France in 1918-1919. At the time of his honorable
discharge from the army in 1919, he was 22 years of age, had blue
eyes, auburn hair, sandy complexion, and was 5 feet 2 inches in
height. (#4269073 Pvt. 1st class, cas. Dep. 1464 Demob. Group last
assigned: Co. "K" 28th infantry.)
For most of his adult life, he lived in Madison, SD where he worked
for Wenks Produce, a poultry buying/processing business. During his
early years his job required riding "chicken cars" by railroad as they
delivered live chickens to Chicago. Later he drove a truck to
surrounding small communities buying poultry and eggs for his
employer. For several months before his death, he worked as a radio
operator for the Madison Police Department.

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