Cox, Joseph
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 4, 1822, in Chambersburg, Pa. In 1830 he moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, which city has since been his home. He received his education in the Miami university of Oxford, and graduated from the Cincinnati Law school, from which institution he received the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He has been prosecuting attorney of his county at Cincinnati; judge of the court of common pleas for fifteen years; and judge of the first circuit court for fourteen years.
Judge Cox is an honorary member of the celebrated Literary club of Cincinnati, and a prominent member of several literary, historical and archæological societies. He has been prominent as a lecturer on those subjects, many of which have received publication in book form.