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Jonathan Elwood Cox

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Jonathan Elwood Cox

Birth
Rich Square, Northampton County, North Carolina, USA
Death
28 Mar 1932 (aged 75)
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Son of Jonathan E. Cox (1818-1883) and Eliza Ann Hare(1818).Married Bertha Emily Snow (1859-1942) on 23 Oct 1878 in NC.
Ed: New Garden Boarding Sch. (now Guilford Coll.), N.C.; Bryant, Stratton Sadlers Bus. Coll., Baltimore, Md;
Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind.
Candidate for Gov., N.C., 1908;
formerly mem., Highway Commn., Guilford Co;
Highway Commr., 5th Dist., N.C.;
Pres., Comml. Natl. Bank, High Point, S. & T. Co., J. Elwood Cox Mfg. Co., Parker Paper & Twine Co., Mutual Inv. Co;
Vice-Pres., Dir., Colonial Life Ins. Co., Raleigh;
Dir., Va. Trust Co., Richmond, Va., Greensboro B. & T. Co., Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co., Greensboro, Carolina Mortgage Co., Raleigh, Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank;
Chmn., Bd. of Trustees, Guilford Coll;
Trustee, Duke Foundation, 1926--. Mem: Exec. Council, A.B.A. (Pres., Natl. Bank Div., 1923; Treas., 1924).
Clubs: Country;
Commercial; Kiwanis; Commonwealth, Richmond, Va; Sedgefield.
Republican
Son of Jonathan E. Cox (1818-1883) and Eliza Ann Hare(1818).Married Bertha Emily Snow (1859-1942) on 23 Oct 1878 in NC.
Ed: New Garden Boarding Sch. (now Guilford Coll.), N.C.; Bryant, Stratton Sadlers Bus. Coll., Baltimore, Md;
Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind.
Candidate for Gov., N.C., 1908;
formerly mem., Highway Commn., Guilford Co;
Highway Commr., 5th Dist., N.C.;
Pres., Comml. Natl. Bank, High Point, S. & T. Co., J. Elwood Cox Mfg. Co., Parker Paper & Twine Co., Mutual Inv. Co;
Vice-Pres., Dir., Colonial Life Ins. Co., Raleigh;
Dir., Va. Trust Co., Richmond, Va., Greensboro B. & T. Co., Jefferson Standard Life Ins. Co., Greensboro, Carolina Mortgage Co., Raleigh, Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank;
Chmn., Bd. of Trustees, Guilford Coll;
Trustee, Duke Foundation, 1926--. Mem: Exec. Council, A.B.A. (Pres., Natl. Bank Div., 1923; Treas., 1924).
Clubs: Country;
Commercial; Kiwanis; Commonwealth, Richmond, Va; Sedgefield.
Republican


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