[p. 511] one of the best known citizens of Pulaski Township, an agriculturist and a successful dealer in fertilizers and agricultural implements, resides on his excellent farm of fifty-eight acres. He was born in Mahoning Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1857, and is a son of Samuel and Sophia (Reynolds) Cox.
William Cox, an early settler in Lawrence County, was the grandfather of Lewis C. and he came from eastern civilization right into the heart of a wilderness, assuming the duties of a pioneer. He married Esther Sankey. Samuel Cox, father of Lewis C., was born in Lawrence County, where he died December 16, 1899. In politics he was a Democrat, and as he was a man of sterling character, he was frequently elected to local offices. He married Sophia Reynolds and they had six children, namely, Mary M., who married Henry Cooper, who is a member of the New Castle Lumber and Construction Company and resides at No. 69 North Mercer Street, New Castle; Lewis C.; William H., senior member of the firm of W. H. Cox & Sons, dealers in hard lumber, who resides at New Castle; John D., who lives in Shenango Township; Charles C., who resides in Pulaski Township, and Joseph R., who is a prominent physician of New Castle and the present coroner of Lawrence County.
Lewis C. Cox was yet an infant when his parents moved to Pulaski Township. His education was not neglected in boyhood and as he has always enjoyed reading and has been actively associated with his fellow citizens and taken part in the leading affairs of public interest in his Community, he is one of its best informed men. He has occupied his present farm since early in the eighties and for a number of years has handled fertilizers and farming machinery.
On January 1, 1883, Mr. Cox was married to Susan Cooper, who was born in Mahoning Township and is a daughter of the late John and Nancy Cooper, who were old and prominent settlers of that township. Mr. and Mrs. Cox have four children: Ethel B., who is the wife of R. R. Potter, who is assistant secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at New Castle; Edna M., who is the wife of C. C. Paden, of New Castle; Bessie, who is the wife of Stephen Wise, of New Castle, and Marie, who resides at home. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Harbor United Presbyterian Church, in which he has served for a long period as an elder. In political sentiment he is a Prohibitionist and at all times is a lover and promoter of law and order.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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