Clara Cox Epperson

Life and times of Clara Cox Epperson

The Putnam County Library used to be called the "Clara Cox Epperson Library." Let's take a journey back in time to discover who Clara was and what role she had in the creation of the Putnam County Library.

To tell Clara's story I have utilized research from the following sources:

Dixon in Dixie. "Capt Robert Alexander Cox." https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74931609/robert-alexander-cox

"Mrs. Nan J. Cox." Gainesboro Sentinel, June 6, 1908. 2, http://www.ajlambert.com/denny/stry_cjce.pdf

Tayse, Moldon Jenkins. 1989. Jackson County, Tennessee. United States: M.J. Tayse. 129.

National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books. 

"James Nathaniel Cox." Putnam County Herald. Nov 9, 1933. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86255849/james-nathaniel-cox

Sarah. "A Little Old School for Women's History Month." Nashville Public Library. https://library.nashville.org/blog/2016/03/little-old-school-womens-history-month

Warren, John W. "The Cultural Heritage of the Upper Cumberland." In Lend and Ear: Heritage of the Tennessee Upper Cumberland, edited by Calvin Dickinson, Larry Whiteaker, Leo McGee and Homer Kemp, Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1983.

"Clara Jane Cox Epperson." http://ajlambert.com/denny/stry_cjce.pdf

Putnam County Herald, June 22, 1916. 3.

Epperson, Clara Cox. "Boy of Mine." Nashville American, Apr 29, 1908. 4.

Nolen, Jewell. History of Book Lovers Club 1922-1972. Cookeville, TN: Jewell Nolen, 1972.

"Old Walton Road Chapter DAR Chartered" http://ajlambert.com/revolt/hst_owcc.pdf

Putnam County Library. Dedication and Opening of the Putnam County Library Program. Cookeville, TN. 1974.