Hopkins County, Texas - Fred Cox obit.



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Mr. Fred Cox of Cumby had driven over to Commerce on Saturday, April 8, 1905,

and was returning in the afternoon driving a spirited animal. As he neared

town the horse, which had been trying to run for some time, got beyond control

and dashed madly toward the business section. In turning the corner at

DeLoach’s resident, the buggy was overturned and Mr. Cox was thrown some

distance, striking with his right side against the hub of the wagon wheel.

Several ribs were broken and crushed in and he was otherwise bruised. The

unconscious man was picked up and carried in at Mr. DeLoach’s here he died at

12 Saturday night. On regaining consciousness he told how the accident

happened and expressed the belief that he would recover, not thinking that his

injuries were serious. At his request, Mrs. Cox was not notified of the

accident for some time and only reached the bedside a couple of hours before

his death. Mr. Cox was a pioneer citizen of Texas, settling in eastern Hunt

county about 1852, immigrating from England while yet a young man. He and his

brother, Ed Cox, who died near the present town of Neyland many years ago,

were well known settlers. Both were engaged largely in stock business in an

early day. Fred Cox, then resided about three miles northeast of the present

town of Campbell. About the year 1883, he moved to Cumby, then call Black Jack

Grove, a name he always insisted on giving to the town. Prior to his residence

in the town, he was associated in business for a short time with Wilson Green,

retiring from the firm to continue farming and stock raising, in which he

eminently successful. He was 74 years of age, vigorous and active, and often

expressed the belief that he would live to be a hundred. In his more than

fifty years of residence in Hunt County, he had accumulated considerable

wealth, owning stock in various financial and industrial enterprises as well

as farm and pasture lands. He had the characteristic sturdiness and energy of

the English, and was an elegant and educated gentleman.



About the year 1856, he was married to Miss Marshall, a sister to the wife of

this brother, Ed Cox, and also of Newt Marshall, now living in Commerce. Seven

children were born to them, of whom five survive. There are: Ed Cox, living

near Twin Oaks in Hunt County; Miss Annie Cox, still at home; another daughter

married living near; Jack Cox, living in Jack County; and Judge Cox, living in

Oklahoma. Only Ed and the two daughters attended the funeral, owing to the

suddenness of his death and their inability to reach home in time. Funeral

services were conducted in the Methodist church in Cumby Sunday afternoon, the

building proving too small to accommodate the large concourse of friends.

Burial was made in Cumby. The aged wife was unable to attend the obsequies, on

account of feebleness and the shock caused by his sudden and unexpected death.

Englishmen doted on high headed horses. The animal that caused his death was

purchased at the Dallas Fair and was so spirited that friends had often warned

him of danger, but he dismissed the suggestion with a laugh. (Greenville

Herald, Fri., Apr. 21, 1905)