MARRIAGE Chester M. Cox (27y 9m 3d, of Salem, b Oregon, bank clerk) and Nelle Daphne Cowles (23y 7m 26d, of Woodburn, b Nebraska, stenographer) md 24 June 1911, Woodburn, Marion Co, Oregon

WWI Draft Registration Card Chester Miller Cox, 35y, of 1675 Fir, Salem, Oregon; b 21 Sept 1883; bank clerk; nearest relative Nelle D. Cox, 1675 Fir, Salem

1920 OR CENSUS Chester M. Cox (36y, b Oregon, bank teller) enumerated with wife Nelle D. (32y, b Nebraska)

1930 OR CENSUS Chester M. Cox (46y, b Oregon, married at age 27y, bank cashier) enumerated with wife Nelle D. (42y, married at age 21y, b Nebraska)

OSBH (Marion County 1939) #562 - Chester M. Cox, male, married (Nelle E. Cox), occupation Assistant Cashier at Ladd & Bush Bank, b. 21 Sep 1883 in Salem, Oregon, d. 5 Jul 1939 in Salem, Oregon (Salem General Hospital) at the age of 55 ys' 9 m's 14 d's, name of father J. W. Cox (b. Oregon), maiden name of mother Mary Miller (b. Indiana), interment IOOF 8 Jul, undertaker W. T. Rigdon, informant Nelle D. Cox of Salem.

CHESTER M. COX, BANKER, IS CALLED
HEART ATTACK FATAL FOR WELL KNOWN MEMBER OF SALEM FAMILY
33-Year Service With Bank Ended 
Chester M. Cox, 55, member of the staff of Ladd & Bush Bankers since 1906, died shortly before noon yesterday at Salem General hospital where he had been taken during the night after suffering another heart attack. He had been under a physician’s care at his residence, 262 West Lincoln street since Sunday morning, when he suffered an earlier attack. Funeral arrangements had not been completed last night, the W. T. Rigdon company announced. The son of J. W. and Mary Cox, Chester M. Cox was born in Salem September 21, 1883. Thomas Cox, his great grandfather, was one of the early merchants of Salem and one of the first six customers of Ladd & Bush. Mr. Cox attended the Salem schools, including the old East Salem school, and was for several years employed as purser for the Alaska Steamship company before entering the employ of Ladd & Bush December 3, 1906. He was elected as an assistant cashier December9, 1930. Chester M. Cox and Nellie Cowles of Woodburn were married in 1911. One of his principal interests was gardening and his gardens were known troughout the state. He was a member of the Salem Garden club and also of the old Illahee Country club, and the Salem Golf club. Active in the Oregon State Bankers association, Cox was a member of its executive committee. He also was close to the affairs of the Marion County Bankers association. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nellie Cowles Cox; a brother, Ralph Cox of Omaha, Neb. and a cousin, Dr. Burt Brown Barker of Portland. 
Oregon Statesman 6 July 1939 1:5 (photo accompanies article) 

COX RITES TODAY AT PRESBYTERIAN. 
Services for Chester M. Cox, assistant cashier of Ladd & Bush bank, who died Wednesday, will be held today at 11 o’clock at the First Presbyterian church, Chemeketa at North Winter. Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, president of Willamette university, will officiate and William Wright will sing. W. T. Rigdon company is in charge of arrangements. Honorary pallbearers will be A. N. Bush, William S. Walton, George Riches, Roy Burton, Tinkham Gilbert, Harry Holt, Roy Nelson, Henry V. Compton, David W. Eyre, T. A. Livesley, William Burghardt, Rex Sanford, Dan Fry, jr., and Ivan Stewart. Active pallbearers, will be Chandler Brown, Werner Brown, Frank Cross, Jacob Fuhrer, Monroe Gilbert, Thomas DeBeck Livesley, G. F. Chambers and Rex Gibson. Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Nelle Cowles Cox; brother, Ralph Cox of Omaha, Neb., cousin, Burt Brown Barker of Portland. Interment will be in the IOOF cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 8 July 1939 5:8 

HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF COX
Final Rites for Banker Held as Dr. Baxter Eulogizes Life 
Chester Miller Cox, assistant cashier of the Ladd & Bush Bankers, who died Wednesday was given last rites yesterday morning at the First Presbyterian church, as hundreds of friends gathered to pay last tribute to the member of a pioneer family. His sincerity and deep tolerance in life, his gentleness and love of home and garden was told by Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, president of Willamette university, wile Dr. Burt Brown Barker, vice-president of the University of Oregon and a cousin of the deceased traced the Cox family history in Salem and Oregon. 
Music is Offered 
William Wright sand and Prof. T. S. Roberts was at the organ. Final interment, with the W. T. Rigdon company in charge, was in the Cox family plot in the IOOF cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be A. N. Bush, William S. Walton, George Riches, Roy Burton, Tinkham Gilbert, Harry Holt, Roy Nelson, Henry V. Compton, David W. Eyre, T. A. Livesley, William Burghardt, Rex Sanford, Dan Fry, jr., and Ivan Stewart. Active pallbearers, will be Chandler Brown, Werner Brown, Frank Cross, Jacob Fuhrer, Monroe Gilbert, Thomas DeBeck Livesley, G. F. Chambers and Rex Gibson. Honorary pallbearers will be A. N. Bush, William S. Walton, George Riches, Roy Burton, Tinkham Gilbert, Harry Holt, Roy Nelson, Henry V. Compton, David W. Eyre, T. A. Livesley, William Burghardt, Rex Sanford, Dan Fry, jr., and Ivan Stewart. Active pallbearers, will be Chandler Brown, Werner Brown, Frank Cross, Jacob Fuhrer, Monroe Gilbert, Thomas DeBeck Livesley, G. F. Chambers and Rex Gibson. 
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Nelle Cowles Cox of Salem; brother, Ralph Cox of Omaha, Neb., and a cousin, Dr. Burt Brown Barker of Portland. 
Oregon Statesman 9 July 1939 3:2

Cox 
Chester M. 
1883 - 1939

LR 
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1939) #562
S&H p. 79 

Oregon Marriage Records (Ancestry.com)

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 354, sheet 18A)

1930 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Salem, ED 71, sheet 11B)

OS 6 July 1939 1:5 
OS 8 July 1939 5:8 
OS 9 July 1939 3:2