COSHOCTON COUNTY OHIO - BIO: COX, Sam (published 1909)
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"Centennial History of  Coshocton County, Ohio" by William J. Bahmer
Volume 2, Pages 139-140

Samuel Cox, an enterprising and progressive farmer and stock-raiser, is 
numbered among the pioneers of Coshocton county, his birth having occurred 
April 26, 1837, in Virginia township. He is a son of Hamilton and Rachel 
(Hardesty) Cox, the former a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, and the 
latter of Coshocton county. The son assisted in the arduous task of  
developing and improving the homestead farm, for it was covered with timber 
when the family took up their abode on it. He purued his studies in one of 
the old-time log schoolhouses during the winter months and acquired a fair 
knowledge of the common branches of English learning.

During the progress of the Civil war Mr. Cox put aside all business and 
personal considerations and enlisted on the 13th of September, 1864, as a 
member of Company F, Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served under 
General Sherman and participated int he march from Atlanta to the sea. He 
was never wounded while in battle and made acreditable record, being 
discharged July 2, 1865.

Returning to his home in Coshocton county, he resumed farming pursuits and 
has continued in this line of activity to the present time. He now has a 
well improved farm of eighty acres in Virginia township, and in addition to 
raising the cereals best adapted to soil and climate, he is also engaed in 
raising stock, keeping only high grade animals. He is meeting with success 
in both branches of business, and all with whom he has dealings have for him 
only the highest respect and esteem.

Mr. Cox established a home of his own on the 28th of November, 1858, by his 
marriage to Miss Mary Kreider, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Clemens) 
Kreider, who were of German descent and coming from eastern Pennsylvania 
were numbered among the early settlers of the Buckeye state. Their union 
was blessed with twelve children, but five of the number have passed away.

The record is as follows: Marita, deceased; Isaac; Henry, who has departed 
this life; Isadore, who is also deceased; Howard; Emanuel; Leota, deceased;
Ida, now the wife of O. G. McCoy; Effie, who has departed this life; Marvin;
Melvin; and Clara B., now the wife of Edward McFarland.

Mr. Cox is a republican in his political views and affiliations and has been 
called by his fellow townsmen to fill a number of township offices. For two 
terms he served as township trustee and for a similar period was township 
assessor, while at various times he has acted as school director. His 
religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Baptist church, and 
he is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.  Although he has now 
passed the seventieth milestone on the journey of life, he still takes an 
active interest in public affairs. He is a man of strong character and 
sterling worth and well merits the high regard in which he is uniformly 
held.