Life History

Notes

• 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma Territory, 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 48
  #1203   Eng Name Emmett Cox Male Father age 45 [b abt 1851]
  #1204 Ind Name Nau-nooc-co        Female Wife age 23 [b abt 1873]
  #1205                   Eng Name Nethi Cox Female  Dau age 7 [b abt 1889]
  #1206                   Eng Name Mary Cox Female  Dau age 6 [b abt 1890]
  #1207                   Eng Name [No Name] Female  Dau age 2 [b abt 1894]
  
  The child born in 1894 matches the 1900 child named Nora (Noera) and Norah in 1910.  The 10-year old child reported in 1900 matches Mary of the 1896 report.  Mary's name in 1900 is Nan nio Nina (transcribed by Ancestry as Nannie Nina).  Ages varying a year or two is very close for the census reports.  After getting the 1900 census, I could tell this Unknown 2-year-old child of 1896 is Norah.  The actual year of birth for Norah looks like it should be 1894 at the latest, not 1895, as reported here.
  
  Norah's age is reported as 5 in 1900, but 13 in 1910, making it appear she was  born in about 1896 or 1897.  In the 1900 census she was reported as 5 years old, yet with a birthday in December 1895.  In June 1900 she would be only 4.5 years old, and should be reported as 4 years old.  If really 5 years old, then she was born in 1894.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory, 7 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 252, page 74A, Hse #793, Fam #798
  Cox, Emmet Head Ind M Oct 1852 47 Married 17 yrs MO KY VA Farmer Owns Comanche Father White Mother White 1/2 White Not Polygamous
  Cox, Nah mack ir  Wife Ind F Feb 1873 27 Married 8 yrs 5 children/3 living OklaTerr [should be Texas] OklaTerr [Comancheria] OklaTerr [Comancheria]  Comanche Comanche Comanche 1/4 White
  Cox, Nillie Dau Ind F Dec 1883 14 Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Student Comanche White Comanche/2 [sic]
  Cox, Nan nio nina Dau Ind F June 1890 10 Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  Cox, Noera Dau W F Dec 1895 5 Single OklaTerr MO Okla Terr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  Cox, Joseph Son W M Nov 1899 1mo Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  
  Note that in the 1896 census Norah was reported as already 2 years old.  If born in December 1895, she would have still been an infant about 6 months old.  This is a common problem in the 1900 census, often reporting the birth a year later than actual.  it appears that poor math was involved, probably largely because very few people were edicted.  It appears the procedure was for the enumerator to ask for the age, then the birth day or birth month, then infer the year, often in error.  Many people would not know or focus on dates, which we now take as so utterly necessary.
  
  If she was born in December 1894, she would have been 1.5 years old in June 1896.  so technically, to be really 2 years old in June 1896, she would have had to be born in December 1893.  But in practical terms, it was probably 1894.  Her gravestones has 1895 as the birth year, which does not match the ages reported in censuses, but does match the 1900 report.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
  Cox, Emmet E Head M Ind 57 [b abt 1885] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs White/MO White/KY White/VA Farmer Full blood White English mother tongue Owns No allotment
  Cox, Nam-mah-ka Wife F Ind 27 [b abt 1883] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs 9 children/6 living Comanche/TX Unknown/TX Comanche/TX 3/4 blood Comanche mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Norah Dau F Ind 13 [b abt 1897] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood English mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  
  In the 1926 Comanche census, Nora is listed as head of the household (since her husband is white) with her two sons, close to her parents.  The other houses aournd are her siblings.
  
  1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
  #1164 Emmett Cox Head b 1851 m Household #473
  #1165 Nau noc ca  wife b 1873 f
  #1166 William Murray Cox son b 1908 m
  #1167 James Monroe Cox son b 1914 m
  
  #1172 Nora Cox Davis (Moyete) head b 1894 f Hsehld #473 1/2
  #1173 Emmet Edward Davis son b 1914 m
  #1174 Jack Davis son b 1918 m
  
  U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current
  Nora Davis
  BORN 25 Dec 1895
  Died Dec 1984
  Last Residence Altus, Jackson, Oklahoma 73521
  SSN 448-05-4785 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)
  
  Nora Cox Davis
  Birth 1895
  Death Dec. 2, 1984
  Parents:
  Emmet Earl Cox (1852 - 1927)
  Cynthia Ann Parker Cox (1873 - 1946)
  Spouse John W. Davis (1891 - 1958)
  Siblings:
  Mildred Nell Cox Wilson (1882 - 1926) (Half-sibling)
  Joseph William Cox (1899 - 1966)
  William D. Cox (1908 - 1939)
  James Monroe Cox (1914 - 1996)
  Burial Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma ,Plot: Block 24, Lot 12
  Created by Trapper John Aug 23, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #41029955, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41029955

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 2. 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory
  • 7 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 252, page 74A, Hse #793, Fam #798
• 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 4. 1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 6. 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Reservation, Oklahoma Territory
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 48