Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Cox, John M. 1860 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JOHN M. COX.

   One of the well improved and therefore desirable farming properties of
Bartholomew county is that owned by John M. Cox in Sand Creek township. His
domestic animals are all of a high grade and he is one of the most enterprising
and progressive agriculturists of this part of the state. The people of the
county have had ample opportunity to know of the life record of Mr. Cox for he
has always lived within its borders and the favorable judgment passed upon him
is the result of a life of integrity and activity. He was born in the township
in which he yet makes his home, his natal day being June 13, 1860. His parents
were James and Sarah (Hall) Cox. The father was born and reared in North
Carolina, but prior to the Civil war he came to Bartholomew county and found
employment upon a farm, being thus engaged up to the time of his marriage. He
then began farming on his own account and secured a tract of land upon which he
lived until his life's labors were ended in death. He developed a good property
and met with well merited success. The Hall family also came to this county from
North Carolina and settled in Sand Creek township, where the marriage of Mr. Cox
and Miss Hall was celebrated and where they lived until the father was called to
the home beyond. He died June 13, 1899, but the mother is still living on the
old homestead, where her entire married life was passed. At the time of his
demise Mr. Cox was the owner of two hundred and forty acres of rich land,
entirely free from debt, and his farm was a monument to his life of industry,
earnest toil and strong determination. Unto him and his wife were born eight
children, of whom five survive: Lucius T., who is engaged in teaching and
farming in Blackford county, Indiana, and who was a student in Earlham College;
Achsah A., who has acquired a good education and is engaged in teaching, making
her home with her mother; Lizzie, who is a graduate of Earlham College and is
now a professional nurse; Zella M., who is the wife of Alfred A. Catlin, a
resident farmer of Sand Creek township; and John M., of this review.

   Under the parental roof John M. Cox spent his boyhood days. Like most boys,
he found play more attractive than work and yet he performed his share of the
work of the fields and early became familiar with the task of cultivating crops
and caring for the stock. He attended the common schools in his early youth and
later continued his studies in Earlham College, thus being well equipped by a
liberal education to perform the duties of a business career. When twenty-one
he, in company with his brother, Lucius T., purchased the eighty-acre farm upon
which he now lives. They incurred an indebtedness of thirty-two hundred dollars,
but with resolute energy set to work to free it from all incumbrance and rapidly
discharged the obligation during the ten years of partnership. The subject has
made most of the improvements on his place, has drained it and now has a
valuable farm, the soil being rich and fertile and yielding good crops.

   An important event in the life of Mr. Cox was that which occurred on the 16th
of October, 1884, when he was united in marriage to Miss Victoria Parker, who
was born in Sand Creek township and has here spent her entire life. She was
educated in the public schools and by her marriage has become the mother of
three children, a daughter and two sons, Orpha L., Leland J. and Geraldine, all
yet under the parental roof. The parents hold membership in the Society of
Friends and Mr. Cox is one of the overseers of the church. In politics he
affiliated with the Republican party for a number of years, but during the past
five years has given his attention to a close study of the issues of the day
with the result that he now supports the Prohibition party, believing the
temperance question to be the one of most importance and which most affects the
happiness and welfare of the nation: He has always been a stanch advocate of
temperance and has done everything in his power for the abolition of the liquor
traffic. Upright and honorable, there is naught to be said in condemnation of
his career and much in its favor and as one of the worthy citizens of his native
country he deserves mention in this volume.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER

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