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A.B. Cox Cemetery

Grayson County, Virginia

Location: Fox

Directions: This cemetery is on a hilltop south of Wilson Hwy (US 58) about 0.8 mile west of Bridle Creek Rd. Access to the cemetery is via a private drive. As you enter the drive there is a second drive to the left with a gate. It is reportedly possible to drive closer to the cemetery via this road.

GPS Coordinates: N36.61541 W81.25691

Surveyed by: Rich Ballard, 4 Apr 2009

Comments: This cemetery is in poor condition. The fence is down and all but one marker has been knocked down. Family information was provided by Donna Cox Dietrich and Lucille Cox Thompson.

A.B. Cox Cemetery, Grayson County, Virginia
Name Birth Death Comments
Row 1
COX, Lucy Wave footstone “L.W.C.”; head stone is face down
COX, Clair Boyer [20 Mar 1901?] [21 Mar 1902?] [died in infancy]; footstone “C.B.C.”; head stone is face down
COX, Mary A. [26 Sep 1870] [d/o A.B. & M.A. Cox]; footstone “M.A.C.”; head stone is face down
COX, Lelia S. [2 Apr 1875] [died in childhood]; footstone “L.S.C.”; head stone is face down
Row 2
COX, Martha A. 6 Apr 1844 14 Aug 1889 dau of Wm & Elizabeth Pugh, married A.B. Cox 22 Feb 1866; 45 y 4 m 8 day
COX, A.B. 11 Apr 1845 7 Aug 1931 UDC marker “CSA 1861-1865”; [Arius B., s/o John & Nellie Ward Cox; m1 Martha Ann Pugh, m2 Lucy Boyer]
COX, Lucy Boyer 13 Oct 1867 29 Jun 1935 [d/o Morgan & Polly Boyer; m1 Wiley E. Mink, m2 Aras B. Cox]
Row 3
DESHAZO, Ida V. 1882 1942 [d/o A.B. & Martha Cox]; double stone with next
DESHAZO, James W. 1879 1941 [s/o N.C. Deshazo]