Halifax County NcArchives Biographies.....Cox, William Ruffin 
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Source: Who's Who
Author: John W. Leonard

Cox, William Ruffin,
cotton planter;
b. in Halifax Co., NC, March, 1832;
s. Hon. Thomas C.;
grad. Franklin Coll., Tenn., 1852 (A.M., 1853);
grad. Lebanon (Tenn) Law School, 1853;
unmarried
Was brig.-gen. C.S.A.;
pres. Chatham Coal Field R.R., 1866;
solicitor, 4th jud. dist., 1868-74;
judge 4th jud. dist., 1874-5;
mem. Congress, 1881-7;
sec. US Senate, 1893-9;
Grand Master Grand Lodge of Masonry in NC for 4 yrs.;
has been pres. NC Agr'l Soc. 
Chmn. Dem. State Exec. Com.
Address: Penelo, NC

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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