1. Coleman COX, was b. 18 Dec 1792. He married Margaret
BUCHANAN
Children: Edmiston, Samuel, Anderson, Burrel, John,
Marish, Lavina
1.1 Edmiston COX , b. 3 May
1809, near Bowling Green Kentucky; d. 25 July 1861, in Fannin County
TX. Edmiston had light hair, blue eyes, and fair complexion. His
mother was of French origin. He married on Sept 9, 1830 to Dorcus
BROWN, who was b. 10 Aug 1817, in Monroe County Kentucky, the
daughter of Joshua Brown (b. in Virginia) and Ruth
Shipley (born in Baltimore) The Browns were English. Dorcas
(Brown) Cox died 16 Oct 1888, in Fannin County TX
Edmiston Cox Story
Children: Margaret Ann, Josephine, Mary, Franses Jane, Green
Field, Christopher Columbus, Timothy Everett, Marcisus Mariah, John
Edmiston
1.1.1 Margaret Ann COX, b. 8 June 1840
1.1.2 Josephine COX, b. 7 June 1842
1.1.3 Mary COX, b. 21 Nov 1844
1.1.4 Franses Jane COX, b. 7 April 1847
1.1.5 Green Field COX, b. 13 Oct 1849
1.1.6 Christopher Columbus COX, b. 16 Feb 1852; d. 4 April
1920, in Burnet County TX. He married 24 Nov 1874, Martha H.
GATES, who d. 13 Jan 1923, in Burnet County TX.
[photo of Christopher Columbus Cox and
wife, Martha Gates]
Children: William Edmiston, Clerinda May, Ethel Anderson
1.1.6.1 William Edmiston COX, b. 5 Aug 1875, in
Fannin County TX; d. 19 May 1954, in Lampasas TX. He married
Martha Susan CHANCE, who was b. 2 Aug 1877, in Liberty Hill
TX. She d. 19 Apr 1962, in Lampasas TX.
[photo of Charles Coleman Chance family and
home]
Children: Gladys Marian, DeWitt Christopher, Dorothy Irene
1.1.6.1.1 Gladys Marian COX, b. 7 Sept 1907, in
Bertram Texas; d. in Lampasas TX. She married Clarence Arthur Dee
DARNELL, who was b. 4 Apr 1909 in Ballinger, Runnels Co., Texas.
He d. 10 Nov 1984, in Lampasas TX.
[photo of Gladys Cox as infant, with
her aunt, Clerinda May Cox]
Children: Marie Adelle, Charles Edwin
1.1.6.1.1.1 Marie Adelle DARNELL; married Scott
Anderson Witcher JR.
Children: Melvin Scott, Bert Arthur
1.1.6.1.1.2 Charles Edwin DARNELL
1.1.6.1.2 DeWitt Christopher COX, b. 9 Dec 1909, in Burnet
County TX. He married Bethel WINTER, who was b. 24 Jun 1911,
and d. 27 May 1998, in Taylor County Texas
Children: Sylvia Ann
1.1.6.1.3 Dorothy Irene COX, b. 28 Nov 1911 in Bertram
Texas; d. 12 Aug 1983, in Copperas Cove, Coryell Co., Texas. She
married Thomas Franklin MARTIN, b. 7 Jan 1909 and d. 7
March 1969, in Austin, Texas
Children: Franklin Douglas, Edward Thomas
1.1.6.2 Clerinda Mae COX, b. 25 Dec 1884.
[photo of Mae Cox and neice, Gladys
Cox] ** [photo of Mae Cox with her
parents, CC and Martha Cox]
1.1.6.3 Ethel Anderson COX, b. 10 Sept 1887; d. 17 July
1977. She married on 31 May 1908 to William Johnston FRY, who
was born 21 Feb 1883 to William Peter FRY and Louise
BOLT. He died 19 Oct 1967. [picture of
Ethel Cox Fry]
1.1.7 Timothy Everett COX, b. 30 Sept 1854
1.1.8 Marcisus Mariah COX, b. 13 March 1859
1.1.9 John Edmiston COX, b. 17 Nov 1859
1.2 Samuel COX
1.3 Anderson COX
1.4 Burrel COX
1.5 John COX married Mary Jane Witherspoon, in 1848.
Children: James Coleman
1.6 Marish COX
1.7 Lavina COX
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