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Cox, Isaac Newton – Cox, Thomas Lillard

Cox, Isaac Newton

congressman, was born Aug. 1, 1846, in Fallsburgh, N. Y.

He has been frequently sent as delegate to democratic conventions, state and local.

In 1886 he was appointed chairman of the commission to make an examination of the Northern Pacific railroad, and was elected to the fifty-second congress as a democrat.

Cox, James

artist, was born in 1751 in England. For many years he was the fashionable drawing-master in Philadelphia and did much to advance the fine arts. He made a remarkable collection of works on the fine arts, numbering over 5,000 volumes, which he sold, during the latter part of his life, to the Library company of Philadelphia, for an annuity of $400. He died in 1834 in Philadelphia, Pa.

Cox, James

soldier, congressman, was born in 1753 in Montgomery county, N. J.

He was a member of the state legislature, and speaker of the assembly. He commanded a company of militia in the revolution; and was subsequently a brigadiergeneral of militia. He was a representative in congress from New Jersey during the years 1809 and 1810. He died Sept. 12, 1810, in Monmouth county, N. J.

Cox, James Farley

marine underwriter, was born Feb. 1, 1830, in Locust Valley, L. I. He originated, established and carried to success the system of individual underwriting in America, and with Douglas Robinson, at that time his partner, created the United States Lloyds.

Cox, Kenyon

painter, was born Oct. 27, 1856, in Warren, Ohio. He has painted portraits and landscapes, but prefers the decorative treatment of the human figure.

Has also illustrated and written on artistic subjects. His principal works in public places are: Venice, a decorative painting in Walker art building, Bowdoin college of Brunswick, Maine; and The Art and The Science, two decorations in the Library of congress in Washington, D. C.

Cox, Leander M

soldier, congressman, was born in Virginia. Moving to Kentucky, he was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-third and thirty-fourth congresses. He served as a captain in the Mexican war; was grand master of the order of Free Masons in 1843, and a presidential elector in 1853.

Cox, Lemuel

master mechanic, was born in 1736 in Boston, Mass. He was the inventor of a machine for cutting. card-wire, the first projector of a powdermill in Massachusetts, and the first to suggest employing the prisoners on Castle island to make nails. He died Feb. 18, 1806, in Charlestown, Mass. a

Cox, Nicholas Nichols

soldier, farmer, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 6, 1837, in Bedford county, Tenn. He was confederate colonel and served during most of the war with General Forrest. He was an elector on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket in 1860, and was elector on the Greeley ticket in 1872. He was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fiftyfourth congresses and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat.

Cox, Samuel Hanson

clergyman, author, was born Aug. 25, 1793, in Rahway, N. J. He was a presbyterian clergyman of the new school party noted for his eccentricities and fondness for controversy. He was the author of Quakerism not Christianity; Theopneuston, or Select Scriptures Considered; Interviews Memorable and Useful; and a number of other works. He died Oct. 2, 1881, in Bronxville, N. Y.

Cox, Thomas Lillard

educator, merchant, was born Oct. 18, 1859, in Decatur, Tenn. In 1882 he was elected president of Clinton college, Arkansas, for four years; and in 1886 he became superintendent of the public schools of Morrillton. In 1895 he purchased the oldest and largest book and stationery house in Arkansas, and became president of the company at Little Rock.