Cary Stith Cox
Cox was born in Marietta, Georgia, on September 27, 1857, the youngest child of Dr. Carey Cox Sr., a doctor, who promoted a "water cure", which developed into a spa that attracted patients to the area, and his wife Frances Stith Haynes, also of Georgia. Cox started out as a farmer in Selma, Alabama. Cox married Jessie Maria Helm on October 5, 1887 in Fresno, California. Jessie was the daughter of William Helm, a notable sheep farmer. They had three children.