"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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WILLIAM COX, a native of Ohio, was born near Dayton October 5, 1820, and is
the eldest son and second chid of John and Nancy (Swishard) Cox, natives of
Pennsylvania. They came to Morgan County in 1820, and built what is known
as High Rock Mills in Jefferson Township, on White River, which they ran
until in 1850. The father then went to California, where he died in March,
1850. The mother died in 1843. Subject was reared in Morgan County, there
he was educated, and remained until 1843, and assisted his father in the
mill. He then went to Wisconsin, and worked in the lead mines for two
years; thence returning to his home, he went on a flat boat to New Orleans,
and acted as pilot on a flat-boat for twenty years. In 1853, he purchased a
farm in Jefferson township, and farmed after his twenty years on the river
until 1877. He then sold his farm, and removed to Martinsville, where in
May he was appointed City Marshal, and is at present serving in that
capacity. In 1856, he was elected Township Trustee, and served two years.
In 1847, he was married to Jane Mills, daughter of Judge Mills, a pioneer of
Morgan County. By this union there have been six children, four of whom are
living--Lida, Katie, George W. and Stephen J. Mr. Cox is a member of the A.
F. & A. M., Martinsville Lodge, No. 74. He is politically a Republican.
His wife is a member of the Christian Church.
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