Husband of Mary Susan Broady and Charlotte Gardner.

Appreciation to Brenda White Broadway FIND A GRAVE ID47175704 for submitting the following bio:

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County

JAMES M. COX was born January 5, 1840, in Green County, Ky. He is the first of two sons and one daughter born to John W. and Jane (Harris) Cox, who were born, respectively, in Barren and Green Counties, Ky. John W. Cox was a Baptist preacher and a son of Moses Cox, who was born in North Carolina; was a farmer, and by trade a hatter. He married Mary Broady, who was reared in Barren County. The mother of James M. Cox was a daughter of James Harris, who married a Miss Mitchell - both of Irish descent. James M. was reared on a farm, and remained with his parents until October, 1861, when he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-first Federal Infantry; part of his time he was on detached duty, but was in the battle of Atlanta, Ga. He was with the pioneer corps for twenty-one months at Franklin and Nashville, and was discharged in January, 1865, a Huntsville, Ala.; was never off duty during his service, excepting when sick with fever. When the war closed, he returned home and engaged in farming. November 7, 1865, he married Mary Broady, of Barren County, Ky., a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Spencer) Broady, both natives of Barren County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Cox had born to them by this union eight children: Amanda E., William H., Richard T., Augustus, Eugene M., Luther, Martha B. and Emery. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Baptist and Presbyterian Churches. After their marriage they located in Barren County. In October, 1876, he located at Three Forks, Warren County, on seventy-five acres of land, all well improved and in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Cox started in life penniless, but by being economical and industrious he has succeeded in securing a good home. He cast his first presidential vote for Gen. McClellan.