Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Cox, B. Wilson February 29, 1872 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jow Patterson jpatter@epix.net December 29, 2025, 7:22 pm Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904 Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor B. WILSON COX, well known as a limeburner and business man of Whitemarsh township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is the son of Charles A. and Margaret H. (Davis) Cox. He was born at Cold Point, in Plymouth township, February 29, 1872. He was educated in the schools of the neighborhood, and also attended the Friends' Central School in Philadelphia, and took a commercial course in Pierce Business College. He then engaged in business at his father's extensive lime quarries and kilns, in Whitemarsh township, and is now the general manager. He married Miss Ida Jackson, a daughter of Andrew Jackson, of Norristown. The couple have one child, Margaret H., born November 18, 1902. Mr. Cox is an active supporter of the Republican party, although he has never sought or held office, preferring to attend strictly to business. He is a member of the Masonic order, having attained the Commandery, degrees. He and his family attend the Cold Point Baptist church. The Cox family are of English origin, and their ancestors were members of the Society of Friends. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb