He was born in now-defunct Savage, SC.  Savage was near the south-most tip of Florence County, near the boundary with Marion County; see the SC 1895 Rand-McNally Map .  Charles is listed as "Arch'd. Cox", age 6/12 months, in the 1860 census.  He was 12 years old and at home with his parents in 1870.  He was single and living with his parents in 1880; his occupation is listed as "Cooper Terpt" (turpentine cooper).

He married first to Emma Burgess Kennedy, probably between 1881-1882.  They had two children, John William Cox and Alma Irene Cox.  A third child, an infant daughter, died on January 27, 1895; Emma died several weeks earlier, in early January 1895 or late December 1894, as proved by a very brief entry in The Watchman and Southron (January 30, 1895) shown below.  It is said that he left his children with his wife's widowed mother (Emma Louise Watts Kennedy) and went to his brother, Nelson Cox , in Bainbridge, Decatur County, GA.  It is said that he sent support, and that visits were exchanged. He settled in Moultrie, GA and ran a barrel factory called the Colquitt County Cooperage Company.



A very careful issue-by-issue reading of Library of Congress digitized The Watchman and Southron personals information (usually page 5 of a typical 8 page edition) between January 1894 - January 1895 yielded no further mention of his wife.

Charles Henry Cox married Rosa Caroline Steadham on Jan. 13, 1897.  They lived at 6th St. N.E. in Moultrie and had 10 children.  Moultrie is about 60 miles northeast of Tallahassee, Florida.  See the Georgia 1895 Rand-McNally Map.

The census of 1900 erroneously states Georgia as birthplace of Charles Henry Cox and his parents; the 1910-1930 censuses correctly state South Carolina as their birthplace.

The census of 1920 indicates that Rosa Steadham and her mother were born in Georgia, but that her father was born in South Carolina.  Her father was Joseph T. Steadham (Mar 27, 1850 - Aug. 16, 1934); he was born in Sumter County, SC and died in Early County, GA.  The 1880 Georgia census states that he and his parents were born in South Carolina; however, the 1870 census indicates that only his father was born in South Carolina.

His death certificate lists his birthplace as "South Carolina" and his father as "Arthur Cox"; his parents' place of birth and his mother's name are listed as "DK" (presumably, Don't Know).  His birth date and date of death are given by his death certificate and his grave marker.

The census of 1930 indicates that he was age 70 at his last birthday and was 26 when he first married.  His marriage to Emma Burgess Kennedy might have taken place around 1885, although his son John William Cox was born in 1883.




Obituary from "The Moultrie Observer" (February 12, 1937)
         
                                                                                                                                  Westview Cemetery  



Notes:
See claims regarding children of Charles Henry Cox & Rosa Steadham:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stiddemdavid&id=I42276

He is buried at Westview Cemetery (near Moultrie, GA).

Photo:  Charles Henry Cox.  The woman is unidentified, but is possibly his second wife, Rosa Steadham, or one of their daughters.