Cox, Thomas Bolin
soldier, lawyer, was born Oct. 14, 1838, in Greensboro, Ala. He attended the Howard college, Alabama, and in 1870 completed his law course at the university of Virginia. He served as a soldier in behalf of the confederacy; fought at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Port Gibson, Atlanta and Nashville; was wounded twice, captured once, and surrendered with Gen. Johnston at Greensboro, N. C. He practices law in Waco, Tex., in which state he has practiced his profession for nearly twenty years. He was one of the founders and builders of Baylor university, and also the First Baptist church of Waco.