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Naomi DeSelms Cox's 1931 Diary

Farm Life in Plain Township, Wood county, Ohio, continued

Naomi Esther DeSelms Cox born in Ohio October 19, 1855.  She is 75 years old as 1931 begins.

She married John Hughes Cox in Wood Co OH 27 April 1879.  She referred to him in the diary as "Pa". The early years of their marriage, (pre diary years) they lived in Perrysburg, on the farm of his parents Joseph and Jane Rebecca Underwood Cox. After the death of the parents they moved to Plain township on Hannah Road, where they lived by 1911.In the spring of 1918 she and "Pa" moved   into the town of Bowling Green to 627 Wallace Avenue. They still owned the farm and son Jason and his family lived there and worked the farm, Pa frequently helping. In 1922 Naomi and Pa  moved back to a  Plain township farm next to where the Thompson's farmed and lived. Their near neighbors included Ernest and Elnora McConnell and their children James, Fannie, John, Walter and Russell. The Thompson household consisted of Earl and Maggie and their son Norman who was 22. By the 1930 census the old Hannah Road neighbors (now called Union Hill Rd), where their son Jason lived, included Bradleys: Wayne, Ortha, son Bobby, and Father George; Frank and Emma Self, Jesse (the sexton of Union Hill cem.) and Jennie Box; the 3 Smith households: Frank, Carrie and Byron; Ralph, Mabel, George and Anne; Dan, Minnie, Clyde and Grace, Harve and India Everett and their daughter Vinnie and son in law William F "Frank" Wammes nearby. 

                       ***Note the links to findagrave, and other web sites that may be of interest. Italics indicate my added notes.***

There are several "Virtual Cemeteries" on findagrave related to these diaries. A new one is made for 1928-1931. Will try to add absolutely every one mentioned in these years, even if the mention is to note only their burial  The first Virtual Cemetery  called "Naomi's Diary" became unwieldy in size. These diaries have mentioned over 600 different people among family, friends, which included their neighbors from Perrysburg forward, and their children's neighbors, church members from the U.B. church, trades people and other business people. 

To view previous years, change the year in the url, like this: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbaracox/naomi_1917.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbaracox/naomi_1916.html

etc, back to 1911 which is the first diary we have of Naomi DeSelms Cox at  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barbaracox/naomi_1911.html

( 20160120-1138)  This is being uploaded to internet now.  When I find corrections, or make connections, the entries are corrected or clarified and uploaded to internet, replacing the older versions.   Anywho.... onward......@bjc)

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