Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Cox, William S. May 15, 1843 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Cox, William S., German Flats, was born in New Jersey, May 15, 1843, and 
studied law for some time, but subsequently went into the armory in Newark.  
He came to Ilion in 1862 and enlisted in the Third New York Light Artillery in 
1863.  In 1865 he returned here, and after spending eighteen months with the 
Winchester Arms company and thirteen years with the Remingtons he went to the 
typewriter, when that company started.  Mr. Cox is an active Democrat, and has 
been chairman of the election board.  He is a charter member of the G.A.R. 
Post, and has been a delegate to congressional conventions.  In 1868 he 
married Mary Clapsaddle and they have three children, Ada, a teacher, Anna, a 
music teacher, and Marietta, a singer.


Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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