J. C. COX

COX

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 6/14/2009 at 20:16:31

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

J. C. COX, farmer, Sec. 6; P.O. Unionville; born in Jefferson Co., Tenn., in 1846; when but 1 year of age, his father came to Appanoose Co., where he has since been engaged in farming and merchandising; owns forty-five acres of land valued at $25 per acre. Has held the office of Constable. Enlisted in Co. B, 6th Kan. V.C., Capt Harvey, in 1863; participated at battles of Lone Jack, Mark's Mill and Cane Hill; captured at Mazzard Prairie, Aug. 27, 1864; held ten months at Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas; discharged at the close of the war in 1865; mustered out July 2, 1865, at Leavenworth, Kansas.