Cox/Fowler genealogy of WV & GA:Information about Charles Holman Cox, Sr.


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Charles Holman Cox, Sr. (son of Andrew George Cox and Caroline E. Lambert) was born June 14, 1874 in Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, and died June 08, 1946 in Sparks, Cook County, Georgia.He married (1) Margaret Lenore Wimbish on May 31, 1895 in Fulton County, Georgia, daughter of Alonzo Wimbish and Martha Woodliff.He married (2) Katherine Pittman on Abt. 1927.
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Charles Holman Cox, Sr. was orphaned when he was 11 years old.His father died in 1884 and his mother in 1885.He and his siblings we made wards of the court all except for his oldest sister, Cornelia.I am still trying to determine who he lived with after he was orphaned.He married in Margaret Lenore Wimbish (Maggie) 1895 in Atlanta, GA and their first child was born a year later in Alabama.This family moved several times back and forth between Georgia and Alabama.He had 7 children 2 of whom, Lilla and Hilliare, died at a young age.His wife, Maggie, died July 1, 1926 of consumption.Their youngest child, Robert, was 11 years of age when his mother died.Charles next married Katherine Pittman in ca 1927.Charles H. Sr.ran a foundry all of his life, so far as I know.His father was a blacksmith and I guess this was a normal progression.
More About Charles Holman Cox, Sr. and Margaret Lenore Wimbish:
Single: May 31, 1895, Fulton County, Georgia.
More About Charles Holman Cox, Sr. and Katherine Pittman:
Marriage: Abt. 1927
Children of Charles Holman Cox, Sr. and Margaret Lenore Wimbish are:
  1. Lilla Cox, b. May 04, 1896, Alabama, d. Bef. 1910, ?.
  2. Hilliare Cox, b. 1898, d. 1899.
  3. +Charles H. Cox, Jr., b. March 15, 1900, Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, d. May 05, 1990, Provo, Utah.
  4. +Andrew George Cox, b. February 18, 1902, Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, d. March 03, 1980, South Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.
  5. +Willine Cox, b. July 29, 19053, d. December 19863.
  6. Fred Greer Cox, b. January 12, 1908, d. date unknown.
  7. Robert Ripley Rust Cox, b. May 29, 19154, d. August 1987, Moultrie, Georgia.