Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Cox, A. J. 1841 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  A. J. COX, druggist, Hutsonville. This gentleman was born in Crawford County,
Ill., November 1, 1841, to Bryant and Martha (Bradbury) Cox, whose history
appears in another part of this work. His early life was spent at home,
receiving such an education as the common schools afforded, and assisting in
tilling his father's farm; arriving at his majority, he left his home and
embarked on his career in life as a hired hand in a stable for William B. Touel,
of Terre Haute. He continued to work out by the month until about 1866, when he
came to Hutsonville, and entered into partnership with J. T. Cox, in the dry
goods business; three years later, his partner died and J A Parker entered the
firm; they continued the business until 1873, when he sold his interest to
Parker, and the following year bought the whole stock of goods and ran it
individually until the crisis of 1876, when he lost everything. In 1877, he
engaged in the drug business, at which he still continues in his large and
commodious brick store. In 1865, he married Miss Celesta Fleming, a native of
Crawford County. In politics, is a Democrat, and, with his wife, is connected
with the Christian Church. He enjoys the highest esteem of the community in
which he lives.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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