Arthur C. Cox Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire From: Cindy Godbout - 5ofClubs@Mediaone.net Surname: COX Source: History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915 Page 1243 ARTHUR C. COX,* owner and proprietor of the concern known as Daniel N. Cox & Co., painters, decorators and paper-hangers, Portsmouth, N. H., was born in this city in 1885, a son of Daniel N. and Emma F. (Fraser) Cox. His parents were both natives of this city. The father, a painter all his life, established the present business in 1887, in partnership with Horace Pettigrew, the firm being known at first as Pettigrew & Cox. To him and his wife were born five children: George E., Frank T., Jennie L., wife of Clifford Ramsdell, Arthur C., and Martha, who is the wife of Edward M. Ward. Arthur C. Cox, after graduating from the common schools, attended the high school for three years. He then took up the painting business, at first being associated with his father. In 1909 he bought out the business and has since carried it on alone very successfully, employing four men. In i913 he was a member of the council from Ward Four. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, and is also a member of Kearsarge Engine Company No. 3, of the Portsmouth Fire Department. Mr. Cox has been twice married: first to Margaret E. Davidson, who died leaving a daughter, Mary Esther. He married for his second wife Mabel A. Hodgdon, daughter of George Hodgdon, a carpenter, whose only other child was a son, Frank. Of this second marriage there have been no offspring. Mr. Cox and his family attend the Methodist church. They are well known and prosperous people, thoroughly representative of the best New England citizenship. ********************************************************************** * * * NOTICE: Printing the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files t other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIORto uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. * * * *The USgenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.