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• 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma Territory, 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 48
  #1203   Eng Name Emmett Cox Male Father age 45 [b abt 1851]
  #1204 Ind Name Nau-nooc-co        Female Wife age 23 [b abt 1873]
  #1205                   Eng Name Nellie Cox Female  Dau age 7 [b abt 1889]
  #1206                   Eng Name Mary Cox Female  Dau age 6 [b abt 1890]
  #1207                   Eng Name [No Name] Female  Dau age 2 [b abt 1894]
  
  In the 1900 census, Emmet's wife is named Nah mack ir, and in 1930 it is a similar name Nah-mach-kah.  Note that Emmet has been married 17 years (first marriage) and Nah mack ir only 8 (second Marriage).  They married in January 1893.  Note that the first two children were born before that time, so they would be daughters of the first wife,  Nellie is so confirmed in other family genealogies.  I found one that reports her mother's name as Nahkiape.  Nellie's memorial on Find a Grave has the name as Nahpiape.  No other details are provided.
  
  Most genealogies report both Nellie and Mary as daughters of Naunocco, even though they the genealogies also report the two daughters born before Naunocco married Emmet Cox.  But I found one that reports Mary Cox as the daughter of Naunocco with a prior husband named Quohaddy.  No details or documentation are provided.  This may be the case.  I have failed to find any other information searching on that name.  With that name, I was about to find 6 total genealogies that reported Quahaddy as a husband of Naunocca.  The following Fairchild/Rawdon genealogies is one of them.
  
  Nau Nocca Parker
  Birth Dec 1873 in Texas
  Death 1947
  Spouses:  Quo Haddy, Emmet E Cox 1852 - 1927
  Marriage to Emmet E Cox 26 Jan 1893 Cache, Comanche, Oklahoma
  --  Fairchild/Rawdon, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3013390/person/-861000996
  
  This marriage to Quohaddy, reported only by these few genealogies, with no details or documentation, may account for one discrepancy in the 1900 and 1910 censuses.  The 1910 census reported that this was the second marriage for both Emmet and Nam-mah-kah (Naunoccoa), but in the 1900 census it reported Emmet married for 17 years, but Nah mack ir (Naunocca) married for only 8, seeming to indicate Emmet had previously been married but not her.  The 1910 census also, on the second section for Indians only, has a report of a previous marriage only for Emmet.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory, 7 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 252, page 74A, Hse #793, Fam #798
  Cox, Emmet Head Ind M Oct 1852 47 Married 17 yrs MO KY VA Farmer Owns Comanche Father White Mother White 1/2 White Not Polygamous
  Cox, Nah mack ir  Wife Ind F Feb 1873 27 Married 8 yrs 5 children/3 living OklaTerr [should be Texas] OklaTerr [Comancheria] OklaTerr [Comancheria]  Comanche Comanche Comanche 1/4 White
  Cox, Nillie Dau Ind F Dec 1883 14 Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Student Comanche White Comanche1/2 [sic]
  Cox, Nan nio nina Dau Ind F June 1890 10 Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  Cox, Noera Dau W F Dec 1895 5 Single OklaTerr MO Okla Terr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  Cox, Joseph Son W M Nov 1899 1mo Single OklaTerr MO OklaTerr Comanche White Comanche 5/8 White
  
  1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
  Cox, Emmet E Head M Ind 57 [b abt 1885] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs White/MO White/KY White/VA Farmer Full blood White English mother tongue Owns No allotment
  Cox, Nam-mah-ka Wife F Ind 27 [b abt 1883] Marriage 2 Married 17 yrs 9 children/6 living Comanche/TX Unknown/TX Comanche/TX 3/4 blood Comanche mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Neillie Dau F Ind 24 [b abt 1886] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood English mother tongue School Teacher Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Norah Dau F Ind 13 [b abt 1897] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood English mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Joseph W Son M Ind 11 [b abt 1899] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood English mother tongue Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Edward Son M Ind 9 [b abt 1901] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood [No mother tongue rptd] Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, Ella Dau F Ind 3 [b abt 1907] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood [No mother tongue rptd] Recd allotment 1900
  Cox, William Son M Ind 1 [b abt 1909] Single Comanche/OK White/MO Comanche/TX 3/8 blood [No mother tongue rptd] Recd allotment 1900
  
  It is reported on the primary entry for both Emmet and Nau-noc-ca that they have been married twice.  This may be an error on the record for Nau-noc-ca.  Or it may be a hint at the previous marriage reported by only one genealogy to a man named Quohaddy (probably Quo-hadi).  But on the second section of the record, which reports the tribe and percentage of blood, no second marriage is reported for her, but it is for Emmet.  Since Emmet is so much older than her, it seems likely for him, but not for Nau-noc-ca.
  
  After analyzing what I could find on the children and early marriages of Emmet and Naunocca, I found a discussion in which Bill Cook summarizes the picture that way I do here.
  
  "The earlier comment that Emmet Cox had a Comanche wife before Nau-no-ca is considered to be correct although there is doubt that Mary was a daughter of Emmet Cox (some believe that Mary was Nau-no-ca's daughter prior to her marriage to Emmet). Nellie was the daughter of Emmet's earlier wife who is thought to be Napiape. Also there is uncertainty as to Nellie's birth date. Her tombstone indicates 13 Dec 1882, was created during her fathers lifetime and is confirmed by her daughters while the annual Comanche census indicates her birth year as 1886 or 1887. Of course her birth year would have likely been provided by her stepmother and the annual census was generated by adding one year to the previous year, then updated with births and deaths, (which would tend to copy earlier information forward)."
  --  Bill Cook, Ancestry Comments, comment on the McCann Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/34771228/person/18886794810/mediax/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7CpgNum&ftm=1
  
  The 1920 census enumerates the wife of Emmet E Cox as Mary N.  The middle initial matches the common name, known in different phonetic forms, Naunocca.  It appears that the 1900 and 1910 names are more phonetic forms representing the Comanche name behind "Naunocca."  But the first name of Mary is puzzling.  All references I have seen have her name as Cynthia Ann, after her mother.
  
  In the 1920 census, Cynthia Ann is reported as Mary N.  This correlates with the reports that she was known as Mary Naunocca.  The middle initial N used in this record would match her Comanche name, in common form usually found as Naunocca, or in the earlier censuses, as Nah-mack-ir or Nam-ma-kah.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 27 January, Zella Township, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
  Cox, Emmet E Head Owns M W 67 Married MO KY KY Farmer
  Cox, Mary N Wife F W 48 Married TX TX TX
  Cox, Edward M Son M W 17 OK MO TX Student, Military School
  Cox, Ella M Dau F W 13 OK MO TX
  Cox, William M Son M W 11 OK MO TX
  Cox, James E Son M W 15 OK MO TX
  Flannery, Thomas Laborer M W 67 IL Ireland Ireland Farm Laborer
  
  Some comments on photos and relationships in Quanah Parkers family on the Cottondale Cemetery Association Facebook page offer some interesting information on extended family connections.July 25, 2013 ·
  
  "COTTONDALE AND QUANAH PARKER CONNECTION:  Mary Bridges (b 1905 d 1985) was born on Cottondale and is buried beside her husband, Eddie Wilson, in Cottondale Cemetery.  Mary never had children of her own, but raised Eddie's two daughters by his first wife, Nellie Cox, who had died leaving her children when they were very young.  Years earlier, another step mother raised Nellie, whose mother had also died when she was young. Her step mother was Mary Nau-Noka Parker, daughter of Quanah Parker."
  --  Cottondale Cemetery Association Facebook, July 25, 2013
  
  In 1926, the Comanche census reports Emmet and Nau noc ca with two of their children still in the home, and others in the following listings in their own households.  In the subsequent households of one family group, it is hard to tell how the incremental numbers are determined.  For instance, the first Cox child's household is Ella, who is listed as Household #473 3/8, but the next is her brother Edward, who is given a household number of 473 1/8, and their brother Joseph in the next house is labeled as 473 1/3.  Note that the husbands of daughters Nora and Nellie (Naunocca's stepdaughter) are not listed, which would indicate they are white.
  
  1926 Indian Census Rolls, Oklahoma, no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
  #1164 Emmett Cox Head b 1851 m Household #473
  #1165 Nau noc ca  wife b 1873 f
  #1166 William Murray Cox son b 1908 m
  #1167 James Monroe Cox son b 1914 m
  
  #1168 Ella Cox head b 1906 f Hsehld #473 3/8
  #1169 Teddy Parker Davis son b 1925 m
  
  #1170 Edward Cox head b 1902 f Hsehld #473 1/8
  
  #1171 Joseph Cox head b 1899 m Hsehld #473 1/3
  
  #1172 Nora Cox Davis (Moyete) head b 1894 f Hsehld #473 1/2
  #1173 Emmet Edward Davis son b 1914 m
  #1174 Jack Davis son b 1918 m
  
  #1175 Nellie Cox (Wilson[=married name]) head b 1894 f Hsehld #473 1/2
  #1176 Nell Wilson dau b 1920 f
  #1177 Barbara Wilson dau b 1924 f
  
  Naunocca's husband died before the 1930 census.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 10 April, Lawton Township, District 16-24, page 6A, Hse #87, Fam #88
  Naunocca, [Unreadable writeover] Head Owns $500 F W 54 Widow OK OK OK No Occupation
  Cox, William Son M W 21 Single OK OK OK Odd Jobs
  Cox, James Son M W 15 Single OK OK OK
  
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  Cynthia Ann "Naunocca" Parker Cox
  Birth 1873 Texas
  Death Oct 26, 1946 Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  Cynthia Ann (Parker) Cox was Emmet E Cox's second wife. (Source: Find A Grave contributor William Cook #47534333).
  
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  The following obituary is from Lisa Stalnaker (#46893021):
  
  The Lawton Constitution
  Sunday, October 27, 1946
  Page 1, continued on page 2
  
  CYNTHIA COX, 74, DIES SATURDAY
  
  Mrs. Cynthia Ann Cox, 74, well-known Comanche Indian woman and daughter of Chief Quanah Parker, died at 11:24 a.m. Saturday in a local hospital after several months' illness with a heart ailment.
  
  Born Cynthia Ann Parker, in 1873 at Adobe Wells, Texas, she was the oldest child of Quanah Parker, last great chief of the Comanche Indians. She came to Fort Sill as a year-old baby in 1874.
  
  The famed chief's daughter was married Jan. 26, 1893 to Emmett Edward Cox. The couple operated a store 10 miles east and three miles north of Lawton for a number of years.
  
  Mrs. Cox was a charter member of the Dutch Reformed Comanche mission, north of Lawton, which was organized in 1907.
  
  Survivors are five brothers, five sisters, two daughters, Mrs. Nora Davis, 918 Monroe, and Mrs. Ella Goodin, 1207 South Eighth; four sons, Joe W. Cox, Hondo, Texas; Edward H. Cox, Duncan; William M. Cox, 916 Monroe; and James M. Cox, Roswell, N.M.; 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
  
  The brothers and sisters are White Parker, Ponca City; Baldwin Parker, Cache; Tom Parker, Fletcher; Lynn Parker, Apache; Knox Beal, Cache; Mrs. Tahmahkera, Cache; Mrs. Neda Birdsong, Cache; Mrs. Harry Page, Mrs. Ed Clark and Mrs. Alice Purdy, all of Lawton.
  
  Services are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Monday at the Comanche Mission, with Rev. Robert Chaat, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Indian section of Highland cemetery, beside the grave of Mr. Cox, who died here in 1927. Ritter Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
  
  Parents:
  Quanah Parker (1845 - 1911)
  Weckeah Parker (____ - 1923)
  Spouse Emmet Earl Cox (1852 - 1927)
  Children:
  Nora Cox Davis (1895 - 1984)
  Joseph William Cox (1899 - 1966)
  William D. Cox (1908 - 1939)
  James Monroe Cox (1914 - 1996)
  
  Burial Highland Cemetery, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, Indian Section
  
  Created by Trapper John Feb 01, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #64999055, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64999055
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  The first wife [of Quanah Parker] was Wec-Keah.
  Children:
  A. Nau-Nocca (1873-1947), married Emmett Cox (1852-1927). Eleven children were born to this union, five of whom died when very young.
  B. Weyodi (variously known as: Wer-Yoh-Ti or Werare) (b.1879) married Louis Tamahkera (b. 1879).
  C. Woonardy (Wanada) married Harzy Page. No children. She attended Carlisle College in Pennsylvania and attended President Theodore Roosevelt's Inauguration with her father.
  D. Mary Pbutsi Pooche married Edward Hatch Clark.
  E. Topseup "Alice" married Earl Purdy (b. 1878). One son died in infancy. She raised a niece, Bobby Clark Bradley.
  --   Parker Heritage, http://www.parkerheritage.com/forum/topics/quanah-parkers-wives-and?groupUrl=quanahparkerfamilyhistory&groupId=2004583%3AGroup%3A8614&id=2004583%3ATopic%3A9139&page=3

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma Territory
  • 30 June, Comanche Reservation, Unassigned Lands, Page 48
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 27 January, Zella Township, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
• 5. 1926 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma
  • no date, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 35
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 10 April, Lawton Township, District 16-24, page 6A, Hse #87, Fam #88
• 7. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Oklahoma Territory
  • 7 June, Apache, Kiowa & Comanche Reservation, District 252, page 74A, Hse #793, Fam #798
• 9. Parker Heritage Website
• 10. Ancestry Trees
• 11. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May, Zella Township, District 67, Indian Population, page 13B, Hse #4, Fam #5
• 12. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 13. 1920 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 27 January, Zella, District 141, page 3B, Hse #36, Fam #54
• 14. 1896 Indian Census Rolls, Comanche Tribe, Oklahoma Territory
  • 30 June, Kiowa Agency, Comanche Tribe, Page 48