Editing James M. Cox (section)

==Family==
Cox was married twice. His first marriage to Mayme Simpson Harding lasted from 1893 to 1912, and ended in divorce.<ref name=ANBO>{{cite web|last1=Cebula|first1=James|title=Cox, James Middleton|url=https://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-us1918-45&month=0312&msg=jQiWjjDXUqQVkOBFX4BQhw|publisher=Oxford University Press|work=[[American National Biography Online]]|access-date=1 October 2015|archive-date=29 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229104304/http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He married Margaretta Parker Blair in 1917 and she survived him.<ref name=ANBO/><ref name=NNDB>{{cite web|title=James M. Cox|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/852/000137441/|publisher=Soylent Communications|work=[[NNDB]]|access-date=2011-07-29}}</ref> Cox had six children, three by Mayme Harding, sons [[James M. Cox Jr.|James McMahon]] and John William and a daughter Helen Harding,<ref name="jrob">{{cite news|title=James M. Cox Jr. Is Dead at 71; Led News, Broadcasting Chain|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/28/archives/james-m-cox-jr-is-dead-at-71-led-news-broadcasting-chain-at-1912.html|work=The New York Times|date=28 October 1974}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/presidential-campaign-advertisement-for-the-democratic-team-news-photo/976007560|title=Presidential campaign advertisement for the Democratic team of James...|website=Getty Images|date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/presidential-campaign-advertisement-for-the-democratic-team-news-photo/976010210|title=Presidential campaign advertisement for the Democratic team of James...|website=Getty Images|date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=Aug 14, 2019}}</ref> a son who died in infancy, and two daughters by Margaretta Blair: [[Anne Cox Chambers]] and [[Barbara Cox Anthony]].<ref name=ANBO/><ref name=NNDB/> His son [[James M. Cox Jr.]], who took over the business after his death, was chairman of [[Cox Enterprises]], [[Cox Communications]], and [[Cox Media Group]] in Atlanta.<ref name="jrob"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grady.uga.edu/coxinstitute/jcoxmem/LaterYearsPg.htm|title=In Memoriam: James M. Cox Jr.|website=www.grady.uga.edu|access-date=Aug 14, 2019|archive-date=October 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022033735/http://www.grady.uga.edu/coxinstitute/jcoxmem/LaterYearsPg.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> His daughter Helen died in 1921 and her husband Daniel Joseph Mahoney was president of [[Cox Newspapers]]. His descendants through Chambers and Anthony, including billionaires [[Blair Parry-Okeden]], [[James C. Kennedy]], [[James Cox Chambers]], [[Katharine Rayner]] and [[Margaretta Taylor]], are major shareholders in Cox Enterprises.