Samuel Rufus Cox

Samuel Rufus was born in 1878 in , Hawkins, Tennessee.  Samuel Rufus' father was Emanuel R. Cox and his mother was Elizabeth Christian.  His paternal grandparents were Samuel Cox and Barbara Hammond; his maternal grandparents were Joseph U. Christian and Sarah. He had four brothers and five sisters, named George Washington, William A., Joseph W., Cornelius, Sarah, Mary, Elizabeth Frances, Jennie and Margie.  He was the fifth youngest of the ten children.  He died at the age of 58 in 1936.