Cadet Wm H. Cox ~ Jonesboro, Tennessee.
N 36° 17.756 W 082° 28.189
17S E 368021 N 4017774
The gravestone of Cadet Wm H. Cox, a Midshipman in the US Naval Academy, has a upside down life boat and a drowning man in the water that diplicts his death by accidental drowning near Annapolis, MD in April of 1875.
Waymark Code: WMNZH5
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2015
Views: 2
Inscription reads:
"Thus He Perished"
Cadet Wm H. Cox
Midshipman, US Naval Academy Annapolis, MD.
Born
OCT'R 25, 1855
Accidentlly Drowned near Annalopis
APRIL 14, 1875
Son of James C & Sophia E. Cox
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Type of Death Listed: Accident
Website (if available): Not listed
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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