Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Cox, William S. 1853 - 
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WILLIAM S. COX, one of the leading merchants of the village of Dassel, is the junior
partner in the hardware firm of Gallagher & Cox, who succeeded Bartholomew & Co. in
1888. He is, although a man young in years, one of the influential citizens and
largely interested in the growth and prosperity of his home village. He is a native
of Bakersville, N. C., born in 1853, and is the son of S. D., and Mary (Wright) Cox,
natives of Virginia and North Carolina respectively. The father of our subject owned
property in Knoxville, Tenn., and when William was but four years of age, the family
removed to that place, where they resided until 1860, at which date they returned to
Bakersville, N. C., where the parents still live.

   The subject of this personal memoir remained with the family until 1870, at which
time he returned to Knoxville, but a short time subsequent, removed to Broadhead,
Ky., where he was engaged in mercantile pursuits for about a year and then, after a
short stay in Little Rock, Ark., removed to Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, where he
made his home until 1878, when he came to Meeker county, and settled on a farm on
section 4, Collinwood township. He was engaged in railroad work while there until
1881, when he purchased a farm on section 33, Dassel township, where he followed a
farming life until 1885. He moved into the village in January, 1880, and for a year
was a member of the firm of Johnson & Cox, dealers in agricultural implements, and
remained in this connection until January, 1887. At that time, having been elected
city marshal, he entered upon the duties of the office, but in August following
resigned and entered the employ of the Minnesota & Dakota Elevator Co., with whom he
remained until the formation of the present firm.

   Mr. Cox is a man of family, having been married, April 11, 1878, to Miss Ala E.
Wright, a native of Minnesota. They are the parents of four children, of whom the
following is a record— Custer, born August 24, 1879; Agnes, whose birth took place
November 15, 1880 ; Soery, born August 15, 1882, and died March 6,1883; Sampson, the
date of whose birth was February 2,1884; and Maud, who was born December 25,1887.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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