Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Cox, Thomas 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

THOMAS Cox, the first district attorney of Plumas county, failed to secure the
nomination for a second term because of his extremely intemperate habits. A
reminiscence of him is given in the history of the court of sessions. He was
born in North Carolina, and at an early age removed to Nashville, Tennessee,
where he married a most estimable lady, by whom he had at least one child, a
son. Some reckless act committed in or near Nashville induced him to remove to
California. He was nominated for congress in 1860, but was withdrawn from the
ticket by the central committee before the election. One night in 1862 he was on
a big drunk in Quincy, and walked into William Schlatter's beer-saloon, where he
deliberately fired his pistol at the proprietor, who was standing quietly behind
the bar and had in no way offended. The ball struck the intended victim in the
forehead, and he fell to the floor apparently dead. He was picked up, when it
was found that the bullet had not penetrated the skall, but was lodged in the
bone. It was extracted, and the man recovered in a short time. Cox was indicted,
obtained a change of venue to Butte county, and there the indictment was
dismissed. Cox afterwards removed to Nevada, and is now practicing law in
Virginia City. He left Plumas, regretted by none, and seemed to have few friends
even among his political associates.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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