Biography of John E. Cox, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

John E. Cox was born in Chattooga County, Ga., February 1, 1845, and
is a son of Franklin and Mary (Rice) Cox, who were born in South
Carolina in 1811 and 1813, respectively. They were married in South
Carolina, and afterward removed to Georgia, thence to Alabama, where
the father died October 16, 1861. The mother is still living, and
resides with her children in Arkansas. They were farmers and members
of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in his political views the
father was a Douglas Democrat. John E. Cox is their seventh child, and
the youngest of four sons and six daughters (eight of whom are
living). He remained with his mother until November 7, 1867, when he
was married to Martha J. Cunningham, a native of Jackson County, Ala.,
born September 10, 1849, and by her became the father of three
children: Mary M., wife of L. A. Stockton; Nancy E. and Arminda B. Mr.
and Mrs. Cox are worthy members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and
he is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and in his political views is
a stanch Republican, and is also strongly in favor of the prohibition
of the liquor traffic. He was ordained a deacon of the Missionary
Baptist Church in 1869, and began preaching the Gospel in 1887. In
1862 he was conscripted into the Confederate service, serving six
weeks, and in November, 1863, enlisted in Company H, of the First
Alabama Regiment, Independent Vidette Cavalry, United States Army,
serving nine months, and was mustered out June 16, 1864. He continued
to make this State his home until January, 1880, when he came to
Franklin County, Ark., where he now owns a good farm of 160 acres.
What property he has accumulated has been the result of his energy and
good management, and the assistance and encouragement of his wife. He
at all times supports the cause of education, and is ever ready to aid
all other worthy enterprises.