Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1915
BIOGRAPHIES
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SAMUEL E. COX

For the past forty years Samuel E. COX has been a resident of Harrison county, Iowa, his father being one of its early settlers. Mr. COX engaged in farming, after starting for himself, until 1907, and since that time has been in the recorder's office at Logan, first as deputy and later being elected recorder of the county. He is a man of good education and business ability, and has so managed his affairs as to win and retain the esteem of his neighbors.

Samuel E. COX, the son of James E. and Mary D. (SPINKS) COX, was born in Allen township, Harrison county, Iowa, July 3, 1875. His parents reared a family of six children, Martin R., a farmer of this county; Mrs. Ada C. LeValley, deceased; John H., a farmer of this county; Arthur, a farmer living near Woodbine; Earl, a farmer of the county, and Samuel E.

James E. COX was born in 1853 in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, and is now farming in Harrison county. He is a son of Isaac COX, who was born, in Ohio, in 1818. Mary Ann (Deal) COX, the mother of James E., was born, in Indiana, in 1824, and died in 1910. Isaac COX died in 1901. He was an early settler in Harrison county, where he engaged in farming, until his death. Mary D. Spinks, the mother of Samuel E. COX, was a daughter of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Emily) Spinks. Her father was born on February 21, 1812, in Ohio, and came to Harrison county, Iowa, about 1855, where he engaged in farming until his death July 6, 1884. Elizabeth Spinks was born in Pennsylvania on August 4, 1816, and died in 1894.

Samuel E. COX was reared on his father's farm in Allen township, and after finishing the course in the common schools of his neighborhood, entered Woodbine Normal School. He supplemented his normal school training with a course in a commercial college at Omaha. He worked on the farm until 1903, and then began farming for himself. He bought eighty acres of land in Allen township and has placed extensive improvements upon it since assumed possession. He has put in a half-acre of fruit trees which are now bearing fruit. He keeps high-grade stock and feeds as much as he can from the produce of his own farm. In addition to his farm, Mr. COX owns a comfortable home in Logan. Mr. COX was married to Pearl LOUGH, who was born in 1882, in Mahaska county, Iowa, and is a daughter of George W. Lough and wife, and to this union two children have been born, Neva, deceased, and Harold, aged one year.

Mr. COX is a Republican and has taken an active part in the affairs of his party in this county. Before being appointed deputy recorder in 1907, he had held the office of township assessor of his home township. He served as deputy recorder for two terms and was then elected recorder. His term will expire in 1915 and he then expects to resume his farming in Allen township. The family are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. COX is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is giving universal satisfaction as recorder of the county and is giving his fellow citizens faithful and conscientious service in his administration of his duties.

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