Vanette, I agree with your conclusion regarding Lilly Alexander. Isabelle Place's husband was William David Cox and that correction to Green Hills Pioneers will be posted on Jan 15th. I cannot identify any Lilly Alexander or Lilly Cox born about 1884. It would be helpful to find some news account of Lilly's suicide. Jim Stout ----- Original Message ----- From: <VanetteHobbs@aol.com> To: <modavies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [MODAVIES] Fwd: Lilly May " COX" Alexander death > > In a message dated 1/11/2008 5:29:56 P.M. Central Standard Time, > ozarkn@grm.net writes: > > It is as follows: >> LILLY ALEXANDER died in Nodaway County Missouri February 18, 1922 of >> Strycnine poisoning. >> Her parents were: >> WILLIAM M COX and MARY PLACE. >> It states on the death record that she was shipped back to Gallitan to >> be buried and that she was divorced at the time of death. >> It only states that she was about 38 yrs. of age but according to the >> " Green Hills Pioneers " she was born in August 1899 to WILLIAM M COX >> and ISABELLE "BELL" PLACE. >> It states that they ( William & Isabelle were married 17, March, 1889 > > > > > In trying to figure out who fits where in the above, I looked at the image > of the death certificate and I believe it shows her father as simply > William > Cox, not William M, which may be important. It's abbreviated Wm with two > dots > below the "m". Lilly and both her parents are shown as born in MO. Her > name > is given simply as Lilly Alexander, no middle name or initial. Cause of > death is also listed as suicide (due to poisoning). There is nothing > showing how > cause of death was determined. If she was age 38, she would have been > born in > 1884. Surely they would not have her age off by 16 years on the death > certificate? I think her father must be a different William Cox. > > I have the William married to Isabelle as William David Cox, not William > M. > > I have no Mary Places of the right age to be Lilly's mother. This is > quite > a challenge. > > I wonder if there is a news article somewhere that refers to the incident? > > Vanette > > > > **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. > http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MODAVIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message