Third Generation

15. Avery Cox^2,9,10,28 was born about 1841 in North Carolina. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Caldwell County, North Carolina. Avery 9 m w NC attended school He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greene County, Tennessee. Aver 19 m w farmer NC
Avery survived illness near Nashville, Tennessee while serving in the Civil War. He was a private in the 1st Tennessee Cavalry (Union). (David H. Cox)

Abraham, Lewis, Avery and other members of this abolitionist Cox family migrated to Carroll County, MO and eventually to Vernon County, MO, where Abraham and his wife, Margaret Albina O'Dell, are buried near Schell City. (David H. Cox)

Avery Cox and Nancy Emily Cox were married.

Nancy Emily Cox^1,2 was born on 2 January 1843 in Greene County, Tennessee.

She appeared in the census in 1850 in Greene County, Tennessee. Nancy 7 f w TN attended school.

She appeared in the census in 1860 in Greene County, Tennessee. Nancy 17 f w TN.