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DAVID B COX, d. 1891 IA; He was in town, apparently in usual health only two weeks before, but an attack of pnuemonia, following grippe, cut short his life. Born in Kentucky, he came to Iowa from Indiana in 1836 near Mt. Pleasant. In 1839 he moved to a farm near Newport, Iowa and lived there nearly 20 years. He was several times elected Justice of Peace, until finally declined further service but was always known as "Squire Cox". Disposed of Newport farm and bought another on south line of Lucas township near river where he made his home until three years before his death. After a short residence in town he bought the home on the west side where he died. Prominent in Old Settler's Society, was one of its organizers in 1866 and a leader in all its suceeding meetings and celebrations. Man of sterling integrity and high principle, honored and respected by entire community. Personal popularity was a swide as his acquaintance. Long and observant life had stored his mind with a fund of reminisences that with his genialty made him a welcome quest and a pleasant companion. He will be missed and his memory cherished by a host of friends. Twice married and second wife survives. Two children survive at death. Buried April 5, 1891 in cemetery near Morforsville by the side of wife of his youth. Esey

VERNON COX 1869-1851 IN; Funeral Services for Vernon Cox 81, retired farmer who died at 2:15 am Sunday at his home one-half mile east of Winchester, will be held Tuesday at 2 pm at the White River Church of which he was a member. Officiating will be Revs. Elvan Thornburg and Lora Fetters. Burials will be in Fountain Park cemetery. Friends may call at the Maynard and Walker Funeral Home in Winchester. Mr. Cox was born Sept 22, 1869, the son of Olynthus and Lina Cox. A lifelong resident of Randolph County, he is survived by the widow, Alice, two sons, Hobart and Virgil of Winchester; four daughters, Mrs. Bert Bowers of Mansfield, Ohio, Mrs. Henry Moore, Mrs. James Mills and Mrs. Robert Horris all of Winchester, and one brother, Zora Cox of Winchester. (From 1951 IN newspaper) Rhonda Russell

WALTER H COX 1860-?, lived in Indiana, South Dakota; Walter H Cox is a factor in journalistic circles of South Dakota as editor and publisher of the Fairfax Advertiser, which he purchased in 1909. His birth occurred in Lafayette, Indiana, on the 5th of September 1860, his parents being Sanford C & Charity E (Davis) Cox, likewise natives of the Hoosier state. Joseph Cox, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Kentucky. For many years the Cox family have annually held a reunion at Campbell's Island in the Mississippi river. Sanford C Cox was a lawyer by profession and an able writer, being the author of a volume of poems depicting pioneer days and also of a book entitled "History of the Wabash Valley..". He was the first recorder of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and a prominent political leader and speaker, stumping the state in the campaigns of both Lincoln and Grant. His religious faith was that of the Methodist Church. His wife was a daughter of George Davis, who fell a victim to the cholera plague of the '40's, dying while on a trip to St. Louis. Walter H Cox, the second in order of birth in a family of six children, acquired his education in the graded and high schools of his native town and since early boyhood has been interested in the newspaper business, prining a small sheet on a hand press while still in school. This was called the Lafayette Bee and later became one of the city's leading journals. Subsequently Mr. Cox and his brother Joseph established the Lafayette Call, which became one of the most widely read newspapers of the state. His brothers are practical printers and the inventors ot eh Cox press and various other printing machinery in universal use. In 1887 Mr. Cox made his way westward and became connected with the Sioux City Daily Tribune of Sioux City, where he remained as general mechanical foreman until 1909. In that year he located in Fairfax, South Dakota, and purchased the Advertiser, of which he has since been the editor and publisher. The sheet is devoted to the dissemination of local and general news and boasts and extensive advertising and subscription patronage. On May 11, 1878, Mr. Cox married Miss Anna Reese, of Francesville, Indiana, and to this union were born two children: Jessie B and Joseph S, who are now living in North Dakota. His first wife died in November 1885, and on the 24th of October 1894, Mr. Cox was united in marriage to Miss Bessie Richardson, by whom he has two children: Milton and Ralph. In politics, Mr. Cox is a stanch republican, and in 1914 was elected to the state legislature, serving with distinction during the session of 1915 as chairman of the committees on engrossing and enrolling, insurance and printing. Eternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of Americ, while his religious faith is that of the Baptist church. As a means of recreation he indulges in hunting, boating and other outdoor sports. His has been a well spent life, in which he has made good use of his opportunities. Early realizing that there is no excellence without labor and that the present and not the future holds ones chance for advancement, he has so directed his efforts day by day that he has laid a solid foundation for a successful career. His friends-and they are many-find him a genial, companionable gentleman and his good traits are acknowledged by all who know him. (From: History of Dakota Territory")