This is what we have gathered so far on Miss Laura V. Cox: — she was listed in the 1900 Census in Winterville, NC # 183/183 Cox, John D., head, W, M, b. Jan 1856, age 44, md. 14 yrs., Surveyor —, Addie S., wife, W, F, b. May 1862, age 38, md. 14 yrs, children 1 born, 1 living —, Jama, W, M, b. Mar 1886, age 14, single, Farm labor —, Lura, cousin, W, F, b. Nov. 1872, age 27, single, School Teacher My note: John David and Addie Smith Cox lived on Church Street in Winterville. Their old home is still there. The house was sold to Mellie and Henry Dail and in 1946 my father bought it. I lived there my first five years. From correspondence preserved by the Cox family: — she taught at Winterville High School (or Academy) ca 1907 — she boarded with Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Cox. Note: John David Cox was a surveyor and travelled frequently throughout North Carolina, presumably with his work. — she was working at Oxford Orphanage Oxford, NC Jul 1907 — she received a card in May 1908 addressed to Wake Forest, NC, in care of F. O. Cox. (Is F. O. Cox Fountain Oscar, b. 1876?) (assume she was either visiting or boarding there at the time) — she was at the University of Chicago in 1908 — she received an appointed in 1910 (possibly to be an Episcopal missionary) • cemetery record in Mrs. St. Amand's Vol. 4, p. 87, under Ayden Cemetery: Laura Virginia, dau. of Cannon and Margaret H. Cox born Nov. 29, 1872, died Feb 2, 194_. • cemetery record from J. L. Jackson's Gravestone Transcriptions, Pitt Co., NC, Part 2 http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/pitt/cemeteries/jacksonCems2.txt Laura Virginia Cox, Nov. 29, 1872 - Feb. 2, 1941 Margaret H. Whitford Cox, May 21, 1844 - Nov. 6, 1885 -------------------------- Help received from Judy: [email protected] From the book "The Whitford Family of Eastern North Carolina" compiled by Victor T. Jones, Jr., Janis Cannon, Vera Whitford and other members of the Whitford Family Reunion (2000)... Margaret Whitford was born May 21, 1844. She married Cannon Cox on December 2, 1865 in Craven County. She died on November 6, 1885 in Pitt County at the age of 41. Children: Susan J. Cox born circa 1857 John C. Cox born circa 1860 Albert D. Cox born August 1869 Mary A. C. Cox born circa 1872 Laura Cox born circa 1873 Margaret Cox born circa 1875 Ophelia Cox born circa 1878 Also from same book.... Sun Journal, September 8, 1936 "Whitford Family in Big Reunion at Askin Sunday" "Among the many branches of the family represented relatives from Virginia for the first time. These were Laura V. Cox, her sister, Mrs. Hamilton, and the latter's son and daughter, of Chase City, Va. They were joined by a brother from Winterville, N.C. The newcomers are descendants of the late Lorenzo D. Whitford, who lived some years ago a few miles from New Bern." Judy -------------------------- Help received from Carol: Margaret Whitford was the daughter of Lorenzo K. Whitford, b. 1823, and Cassandra Stephenson. Cannon Cox was the son of Daniel Cox and Mary. Children of Margaret Whitford, second wife, and Cannon Cox were: Albert Dow Cox 1870-20 Jan 1951; Mary Ann Cox 1871-1923, married William Jospeh Mumford d. 1939; Ophelia Beulah, b. 1878, married Heber Hamilton. Laurie Virginia Cox never married. Cannon Cox and his first wife Nancy had a grandson Dock Harvey Cox b. 1900 who married Carrie Lee Hollowary, b. 1901, in 1919. They had a daughter Phyllis Ann Cox born Oct. 24, 1944 who died in 1997. She married a Sawyer, who is still living; several of their children are also living. Cannon Cox and Nancy had Susan J. Cox (1856) who married Samuel Manning and John C. Cox (1860) who married Dillie Ann Garris (b. 1862), married 5 March 1883. Their only child was Dock Harvey Cox, b. 1900. He and his wife had several children. She's related some generations back to Amos Garris. John David Cox was born 1850, died 1930, which you probably knew already. His parents were Josiah Cox and Sarah Ann Tyson. John David Cox and Adelaide Smith had one child, Jamie Saunders Cox. -------------------------------- Now, I wish to find the family relationship of Miss Laura to John David Cox or to his wife Adelaide "Addie" Smith Cox. Laura (Lura) is listed as a cousin in the 1900 census, so I think it would be through the Cox side of the family, although she could be a cousin to Addie through the Smith side of the family. Mrs. St. Amand did not list this Laura V. Cox in the volume of Our Family Genealogy that she revised, which surprises me, but maybe she could not prove the kinship. Thanks for your help. Trish