Monongalia County, West Virginia    Biography of Stanley Rhey COX

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 

Stanley Rhey Cox.  To interpret the law properly in all its complexities and  
to apply its provisions unerringly to establish human rights and defeat in 
justice demands such a comprehensive knowledge not only of books, but of life 
itself that he who reaches a high plane in this profession must command more 
than negative consideration in the minds of his fellowmen.  History evidences
the fact that a kind of law has always been upheld by savage peoples, but when
explained it resolves itself into the old axiom that "might makes right," and 
in modern, civilized life it becomes the task of the exponents of the law to 
overcome this only too prevalent idea.  Hence, on a solid educational foundation
must be built up a thorough knowledge of what law means to the present day man, 
and how it can be applied to circumvent evil, protect the helpless and bring 
happiness and safety to the deserving.  Of the members of the Monongalia County
bar who possesses the qualities necessary for the successful practice of their
calling in the gaining of a place in public confidence and esteem, one who has 
made rapid strides during the comparatively few years that he has practiced law
is Stanley Rhey Cox, of Morgantown.  Mr. Cox comes naturally by his predilection
for the law, being a son of Judge Frank Cox, of Morgantown.  

Stanley R. Cox was born March 23, 1889, in Grant District, Monongalia County, 
West Virginia, and as a youth attended the public schools of Morgantown, be 
graduated from high school with the class of 1907.  He then entered the
University of West Virginia, from which he was graduated as a member of the
class of 1911, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts and following this 
took up the study of law in the law department of the University of West Virginia,
being graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws, class of 1912.  Admitted 
to the bar of West Virginia during the same year, he entered practice at 
Morgantown in association with his father, and continued to be identified 
with the elder man until November, 1916, when the partnership was dissolved 
but the election of Mr. Cox to the office of prosecuting attorney Monongalia
County.  He assumed the duties of the office January 1, 1917, for a term of 
four years, and when he retired from that office, December 31, 1920, resumed
practice, this time alone.  He has met with excellent success in his calling,
has the names of a large number of important concerns on his books, and is 
held in general esteem by his clients as well as by his fellow practitioners.
Mr. Cox has applied himself almost exclusively to the duties of his profession,
and has found little time for outside activities.  However, he has not neglected
the responsibilities of citizenship, and has shown himself fond of the companionship
of his fellows by his membership in several social and fraternal bodies.  

In 1912 Mr. Cox married Esther Jean Gilmore, daughter of S. W. Gilmore, a Battell
District, Monongalia County, and to this union there have been born a son and a 
daughter: Frank G. and Elizabeth Jane.