Little Family Genealogy

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Tracing the Little Family from Rowan County, NC, into Lincoln County, TN.
Tracing the Winstons from Virginia into Tennessee and Alabama.
Tracing the Bayless Family from Long Island, NY into Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama.
Tracing the Descendants of Josiah Brandon, A Revolutionary War Soldier.
Tracing the Burley family of Henrico County, VA.
Also Tracing the Oldhams of Arkansas and the Boone Family.
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  • ID: I2182
  • Name: Ruth Elizabeth COX
  • Surname: Cox
  • Given Name: Ruth Elizabeth
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 5 Dec 1903 in , , Virginia 1
  • Death: 21 Dec 1988 in Richmond, , Virginia 2 3
  • Burial: 24 Dec 1988 Riverview Cmtry, Richmond, Virginia 4
  • _UID: 7C5F701EC324C549951196305C42B2152F2C
  • Census: 1930 Richmond, Independent City, Virginia 5
  • Note:
    RUTH COX FERGUSSON PERKINS - She was actually the NIECE of Florence.

    Born Dec. 5, 1903; died Dec. 21, 1968 (per Soc. Sec. and obit)
    (Birth records not required by state in 1904; birth not found City of Richmond Public Health Dept. Birth Records)
    Married first to Charles Burt Ferguson
    Marriage not found Lib. of Va. Husbands Index 1922-1929 or 1930-1935)

    She was Ruth Elizabeth Perkins when she died; husband not shown as a survivor.
    Shown as Ruth Cox, niece-in-law of William O. Burley, age 6 on 1910 census.
    She was also with them on 1920 census and 1930 when she and husband Charles Fergusson were shown as boarders.
    She was shown as their daughter in obits of William O. and Florence Burley.
    William O. Burley?s will indicates she is his niece. She is probably Florence?s actual niece; Florence was a Cox before her marriage.


    Richmond News Leader, Friday, August 3, 1973, Pg. 6
    FERGUSSON
    Died Thursday, August 2, 1973, Mr. Charles B. Fergusson of 510 S. Laurel St. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth C. Fergusson; two sisters, Mrs. Connie Mae Dunn of Miami, Fl. and Mrs. Helen Bland of Richmond. His remains rest at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, Third and Marshall Sts. where services will be held, Saturday, 2 P.M. with interment in Riverview Cemetery.

    Richmond Times Dispatch, Friday, December 22, 1988, Pg. B2)
    PERKINS
    Ruth Elizabeth Perkins of Richmond passed away December 21, 1968. She leaves behind a loving family; a sister, Dorothy Claytor; a cousin, Frances Maloney; a brother, Linwood Cox; three nieces, Royce Claytor, Darlene Beets and Carol Clotfelter. Her remains rest at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, Third and Marshall Sts. where services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday. Interment Riverview Cemetery.
  • Change Date: 28 Oct 2012 at 01:00:00



    Father: William Oscar BURLEY b: 25 Mar 1856 in , Henrico County, Virginia
    Mother: Florence Belle COX b: 10 Apr 1882 in Richmond, , Virginia

    Marriage 1 Charles Burt FERGUSSON b: 24 Apr 1894 in Richmond, , Virginia

      Marriage 2 PERKINS

        Sources:
        1. Title: Social Security Death Index
          Author: U.S. Social Security Administration
          Publication: Internet Web Site
        2. Title: "Obituaries: Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch"
          Page: Fri., Dec 22, 1988, pg B2)
          Note: PERKINS - Ruth Elizabeth Perkins of Richmond, passed away December 21, 1988. She leaves behind a loving family, a sister Dorothy Claytor; a cousin Frances Maloney; a brother Linwood Cox; three nieces, Royce Claytor, Darlene Beets, and Carol Clotfelter. Her remains rest at the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, Third and Marshall Sts., where services will be held at 10am Saturday. Interment Riverview Cemetery.
        3. Title: Social Security Death Index
          Author: U.S. Social Security Administration
          Publication: Internet Web Site
          Note: RUTH C PERKINS 05 Dec 1903 Dec 1988 23220 (Richmond, Richmond City, VA) (none specified) 229-28-8671 Virginia
        4. Title: Family Records: Desper, Nancy
          Author: Desper, Nancy
          Publication: E-mail message from Nancy Desper , various dates in 2003.
          Note: Ruth Perkins and Charles Fergusson are buried in Riverview in the section with William and Florence. According to my notes on Riverview cemetery, she was buried on Dec. 24, 1988.
        5. Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
          Author: Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001
          Publication: Internet Web Site- database online
          Note: Name: Ruth E Fergusson
          Gender: Female
          Birth Year: abt 1905
          Birthplace: Virginia
          Race: White
          Home in 1930: Richmond, Richmond (Independent City), Virginia
          Marital Status: Married
          Relation to Head of House: Boarder
          Father's Birthplace: Virginia
          Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
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