Mildred Ann Cox

Mildred married Judge Leon C. Burns, Jr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Millicent Lee Burns was born on 26 Nov 1971 in Cookeville, Putnam Co, Tennessee; died on 28 Jan 2006 in Palm Beach, Florida; was buried in Cookeville City Cem, Cookeville, Putnam Co, Tennessee.
2. Claire Burns

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Charles H Cox, who reported for naval duty on Wednesday of last week, is stationed at Camp Peary, VA. Before going into the service he was a popular business man of the city, being owner and manager of the Royal Crown Bottling Company. Mrs. Cox, and daughter and son, Ann and Charles Cox, are at their home, on Dixie avenue during her husband's absence. A son of Mr. & Mrs.. J. N. Cox, Mr. Cox has two brothers in service, Capt. Robert A. Cox and William B. Cox.

Cookeville Citizen February 21, 1967

Charles Hampton Cox, 60, owner of Royal Crown Bottling Company here since 1939, died Sunday morning at Cookeville General Hospital following an extended illness. He was a resident of East 9th Street.
Funeral services were held today at Whitson Funeral Home at 11 a.m. with burial at Cookeville City cemetery; Rev Phillip Ritter, pastor of the First Methodist Church, of which Mr Cox was a member, officiating.
Mr Cox, a native of Davidson County, spent the greater part of his life in Cookeville. He was the son of James N and Mary Young Cox and was reared on North Washington Avenue. He attended Cookeville schools.
He was editor of the Putnam County Herald for several years prior to becoming a bottler.
He attended the University of Tennessee and received a law degree from Cumberland University in Lebanon. He was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Al Menah Shrine Temple, the Nashville Elks Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, and was a former Rotarian and member of the Lions Club.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs Hazel Jenkins Cox; a daughter, Mrs Leon Burns Jr; a son, Charles Cox Jr; all of Cookeville; 2 sisters, Mrs Sam Colle, Johnson City; Mrs Henry Martin, Pt Claire, Ala; 3 brothers, Robert, Mobile, Ala; James Cox Jr, Iowa; Wilson R Cox, Cornelis, Ga. Another sister, Mrs Mary Cox Robinson, died several years ago.
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Charles married Hazel Jenkins on 11 Mar 1930 in Putnam Co, Tennessee. Hazel was born on 22 Aug 1909; died on 21 Sep 1996; was buried in Cookeville City Cem, Cookeville, Putnam Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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b. 9 February 1876, Gainesboro, Jackson Co., TN ? d. 12 March 1953, TN, md on the 7th of April 1897, White Co., TN to Mary Emolyn (Young) Cox, b. 25 December 1876, TN ? d. 9 August 1965, d/o Charles Coker Young (1845-1913) & Catherine Annette Burton (1846-1919).
James Nathaniel Cox, s/o Capt. Robert Alexander Cox (1832 -1892) & Nancy Joseph Draper (1834- 1908), both buried in the Gainesboro City Cemetery, Jackson Co., TN. Robert Alexander Cox md June 1860 to Nancy Joseph Draper. Nancy Joseph Draper, b. 15 December 1834 ? d. 15 May 1908 was the d/o James "Squire Jimmy" Draper & Jane Moore Fitzgerald. James "Squire Jimmy" Draper, b. 8 May 1790 ? d. 1 February 1873, s/o Thomas Draper Jr. & Salley Lyles md Jane Moore Fitzgerald, b. 30 January 1798 ? d. 1868, d/o John Fitzgerald & Sarah Bullard. James and Jane (Fitzgerald) Draper are buried in the Jarratt Fitzgerald
Cemetery, Flynn's Creek, Jackson Co., TN.

Captain Cox was a successful lawyer and also served in the
Confederate Army. His mother served as postmistress in Gainesboro, Tennessee, and taught school in a Yankee neighborhood to provide for her family while her husband was in in the service.

Putnam County Herald November 9, 1933

James Nathaniel Cox was born on February 9, 1876 at Gainesboro, Tn. Educated at the University of Tennessee. He was the son of Capt R A and Nancy Draper Cox. His first position was assistant postmaster of Gainesboro. He helped organized the old Gainesboro Telephone Company in 1896 and was made general manager when the headquarters was moved to Sparta in 1897. He married Miss Mary Young of Sparta in 1897 and 7 children are living.
He moved to Cookeville in 1908 and has been president and general manager of his company since 1927. He was one of the 10 organizers of the old Dixie College and was a member of the Democratic Executive Committee from 1925 to 1929.
He is a Colonel on Governor McAlister's staff, a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner, and president of the alumni association of the University of Tennessee. He was president of the U S Independent Association in 1930-31. He is president of the Cookeville Printing Company, publishers of the Putnam County Herald and the Livingston Enterprise, a member of the Church of Christ and a Lion.

James married Mary Evelyn Young on 7 Apr 1897 in White Co, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Charles Coker Young and Annette Catherine Burton) was born on 25 Dec 1876 in Tennessee; died on 9 Aug 1965 in Putnam Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Mentioned in her brother Stephen's obit 1962 as "sister Mrs. J.N. Cox of Cookeville"

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Robert was a lawyer in Gainesboro. He and wife Nancy Joseph Draper Cox had children Cora, Clara, and James. He enlisted 17 May 1861 in Co. K, 8th Tenn. Infantry, "Gainesboro Invincibles" as their "Principal Musician" and later (30 Oct 1862)transferred to the 4th (McLemores) Cavalry. He served extra duty as a teamster. He then was promoted to Captain in the Commisary Dept. He was captured by the enemy on 19 Feb 1864 in Bolivar, TN. First sent to Johnson's Island Prison in Ohio and then to Ft. Delaware where he stayed until the end, he took the Oath on 15 June 1865 and released. His description reads: dark hair, eyes, and complexion. 5'8" tall.
Note: He was one of the soldiers honored in a memorial service on 25 Sep 2011 by the SCV/OCR of Jackson County.
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Robert married Nancy Joseph Draper in Jun 1860. Nancy (daughter of James "Squire Jimmy" Draper and Jane Moore Fitzgerald) was born on 15 Dec 1834; died on 15 May 1908; was buried in Gainesboro City Cem, Jackson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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served as postmistress in Gainesboro, Tennessee, and taught school in a Yankee neighborhood to provide for her family while her husband was in in the service.
(findagrave from her son James Nathaniel Cox's memorial.)

Charles married Annette Catherine Burton in 1871 in Putnam Co, Tennessee. Annette (daughter of Stephen D. Burton and Mary D. Goodbar) was born on 12 May 1846 in Jackson Co, Tennessee; died on 5 Sep 1919 in Sparta, White Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]