Family tree of James Middleton Cox

James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States at the 1920 presidential election.

Cox was married twice. His first marriage to Mayme Simpson Harding lasted from 1893 to 1912, and ended in divorce. He married Margaretta Parker Blair in 1917 and she survived him. Cox had six children, three by Mayme Harding, sons James Middleton Jr. and John William and a daughter Helen Harding, a son who died in infancy, and two daughters Anne Beau and Barbara Blair by Margaretta Blair. His son James M. Cox Jr., who took over the business after his death, was chairman of Cox Enterprises and Cox Broadcasting Corporation in Atlanta. His daughter Helen died in 1921 and her husband Daniel Joseph Mahoney was president of Cox Newspapers. His descendants through his two daughters by Blair, Anne and Barbara, were major shareholders in Cox Enterprises.

List of members:

1. Gilbert Cox b. April 25, 1834, Butler, Ohio, OH; d. November 27, 1921, Camden, Preble, Ohio, United States
└ +Elizabeth R. Cox b. February 1834, Butler, Ohio, United States; d. June 17, 1915, Oakwood, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; m. September 28, 1852, Butler, Ohio, United States
2. William H. Cox b. March 16, 1853, Jacksonboro, Ohio
2. Scott Wilson Cox b. October 19, 1856, Butler,Ohio; d. August 28, 1949, Butler, Ohio, United States
2. Cassie Cox b. 1858
2. Cossie Cox b. circa 1859, Illinois
2. John J. Cox b. March 21, 1861, Kenney, DeWitt, Illinois, United States; d. September 15, 1948, Middletown, Butler County
2. James M. Cox b. March 31, 1870, Middleburg, Butler County, Ohio, United States; d. July 15, 1957
└ +-Mary Laura Harding b. 1875; d. 1957
└ +Margaretta Parker Cox b. 1891; d. 1960
3. Anne Cox Chambers b. December 1, 1919, Dayton, Montgomery County, OH, United States; d. January 31, 2020, Atlanta, Fulton County, GA, United States
└ +-Louis Johnson
4. Katherine Rayner
4. Margaretta Taylor
└ +Robert Chambers
4. James Cox Chambers b. 1956
└ +Nabila Khashoggi
└ +Lauren Chambers
3. Barbara Cox Anthony b. December 8, 1922; d. May 28, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
└ +Garner Anthony, Jr.
└ +-Stanley Carmichael Kennedy, Jr. b. 1921; d. 2007
4. James C. Kennedy b. 1948
4. Blair Parry-Okeden b. 1950
└ +Unknown
3. James M Cox, Jr. d. 1974
3. John Cox b. circa 1909
3. ?? Mahoney
└ +Daniel J Mahoney b. Dayton, OH
2. Mary Catharine Roskopf b. June 22, 1859, Kenney, DeWitt, Illinois, United States; d. July 5, 1947, Ohio, United States
2. Ann Elizabeth Baker b. December 12, 1854, Jacksonburg, Butler, Ohio, United States; d. January 3, 1950, Ohio, United States
2. Charlie Cox
└ +Unknown
3. James T. Cox
└ +MIldred Cox
4. James T Cox, Jr b. April 6, 1922
└ +Mary Katherine Cox b. January 16, 1921; m. March 30, 1951
5. Carole Suzanne Murphy
└ +Richard Murphy
6. Richard James Murphy, III
└ +Cara Talaska
3. Ruth Cox