Guy Wilbur Cox
The second son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox, was born in Manchester New Hampshire, 19 Jan 1871. He attended the public schools there and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893 with the degree of A.B. and as valedictorian of his class. The following year he thought chemistry and physics in the Manchester High School. Completing the course in two years, he graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896, with the degree of LL. B., magna cum laude. The same year he was awarded the degree of A.M. By Dartmouth. Admitted to the Suffolk bar, Massachusetts, in 1896, he was engaged in the active practice of law in Boston for twenty-six years, during most of the time under the firm name of Butler, Cox, Murchie and bacon, the senior member of the firm being U.S. Senator William M. Butler. He specialized in the law relating to life insurance and public utilities and served as council and trustee for various street railway, gas and electric light companies.
In 1923 he became Vice President and General Counsel of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in 1936 was chosen as its president.
He has served as a director of trust companies and is at present (1938) a director of the First National Bank of Boston. He is a Trustee of Boston University and vice chairman of the board, and has been a member if the sinking fund commission of the City of Boston for several years.
Early in his residence in Boston, he interested himself in politics as a Republican. In 1902 he was a member of the Boston City Council; in 1903 and 1904, a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court and in 1906 and 1907, a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In 1907 he was appointed by the Governor as Chairman of the Massachusetts tax commission which revised and codified the tax laws of Massachusetts, and in 1917 and 1919 was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional Convention.
He has traveled extensively, not only in North America but also abroad. Either on pleasure or business, he visited nearly every State in the Union, Alaska and nearly all the Provinces of Canada. In spite of a taxing professional and business career, he has found time to continue his studies, especially in Astronomy, Philosophy, French, and Latin. He is an accomplished musician and in his college days he played the college church and chapel organs and acted as accompanist for the glee club. He has been president of his college class continuously since graduation; is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Sons of the American revolution and sons of the revolution and is an Odd Fellow. His clubs are the Country Club, Algonquin, University and Brae Burn. Several years ago he purchased a 300 acre farm in Pittsfield, his mother's birthplace, and upon it he finds diversion in its practical management and the pleasure of its environs.
He married 12 Oct 1925, Edith M. Paine, born 25 Mar 1879 in Nahant Massachusetts; died 13 Jul 1938 in Pittsfield, daughter of Fletcher W. and Maude (Luscombe) Johnson. He resides in Boston Massachusetts.
The second son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox, was born in Manchester New Hampshire, 19 Jan 1871. He attended the public schools there and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893 with the degree of A.B. and as valedictorian of his class. The following year he thought chemistry and physics in the Manchester High School. Completing the course in two years, he graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896, with the degree of LL. B., magna cum laude. The same year he was awarded the degree of A.M. By Dartmouth. Admitted to the Suffolk bar, Massachusetts, in 1896, he was engaged in the active practice of law in Boston for twenty-six years, during most of the time under the firm name of Butler, Cox, Murchie and bacon, the senior member of the firm being U.S. Senator William M. Butler. He specialized in the law relating to life insurance and public utilities and served as council and trustee for various street railway, gas and electric light companies.
In 1923 he became Vice President and General Counsel of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in 1936 was chosen as its president.
He has served as a director of trust companies and is at present (1938) a director of the First National Bank of Boston. He is a Trustee of Boston University and vice chairman of the board, and has been a member if the sinking fund commission of the City of Boston for several years.
Early in his residence in Boston, he interested himself in politics as a Republican. In 1902 he was a member of the Boston City Council; in 1903 and 1904, a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court and in 1906 and 1907, a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In 1907 he was appointed by the Governor as Chairman of the Massachusetts tax commission which revised and codified the tax laws of Massachusetts, and in 1917 and 1919 was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional Convention.
He has traveled extensively, not only in North America but also abroad. Either on pleasure or business, he visited nearly every State in the Union, Alaska and nearly all the Provinces of Canada. In spite of a taxing professional and business career, he has found time to continue his studies, especially in Astronomy, Philosophy, French, and Latin. He is an accomplished musician and in his college days he played the college church and chapel organs and acted as accompanist for the glee club. He has been president of his college class continuously since graduation; is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Sons of the American revolution and sons of the revolution and is an Odd Fellow. His clubs are the Country Club, Algonquin, University and Brae Burn. Several years ago he purchased a 300 acre farm in Pittsfield, his mother's birthplace, and upon it he finds diversion in its practical management and the pleasure of its environs.
He married 12 Oct 1925, Edith M. Paine, born 25 Mar 1879 in Nahant Massachusetts; died 13 Jul 1938 in Pittsfield, daughter of Fletcher W. and Maude (Luscombe) Johnson. He resides in Boston Massachusetts.
Guy Wilbur Cox
The second son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox, was born in Manchester New Hampshire, 19 Jan 1871. He attended the public schools there and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893 with the degree of A.B. and as valedictorian of his class. The following year he thought chemistry and physics in the Manchester High School. Completing the course in two years, he graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896, with the degree of LL. B., magna cum laude. The same year he was awarded the degree of A.M. By Dartmouth. Admitted to the Suffolk bar, Massachusetts, in 1896, he was engaged in the active practice of law in Boston for twenty-six years, during most of the time under the firm name of Butler, Cox, Murchie and bacon, the senior member of the firm being U.S. Senator William M. Butler. He specialized in the law relating to life insurance and public utilities and served as council and trustee for various street railway, gas and electric light companies.
In 1923 he became Vice President and General Counsel of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in 1936 was chosen as its president.
He has served as a director of trust companies and is at present (1938) a director of the First National Bank of Boston. He is a Trustee of Boston University and vice chairman of the board, and has been a member if the sinking fund commission of the City of Boston for several years.
Early in his residence in Boston, he interested himself in politics as a Republican. In 1902 he was a member of the Boston City Council; in 1903 and 1904, a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court and in 1906 and 1907, a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In 1907 he was appointed by the Governor as Chairman of the Massachusetts tax commission which revised and codified the tax laws of Massachusetts, and in 1917 and 1919 was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional Convention.
He has traveled extensively, not only in North America but also abroad. Either on pleasure or business, he visited nearly every State in the Union, Alaska and nearly all the Provinces of Canada. In spite of a taxing professional and business career, he has found time to continue his studies, especially in Astronomy, Philosophy, French, and Latin. He is an accomplished musician and in his college days he played the college church and chapel organs and acted as accompanist for the glee club. He has been president of his college class continuously since graduation; is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Sons of the American revolution and sons of the revolution and is an Odd Fellow. His clubs are the Country Club, Algonquin, University and Brae Burn. Several years ago he purchased a 300 acre farm in Pittsfield, his mother's birthplace, and upon it he finds diversion in its practical management and the pleasure of its environs.
He married 12 Oct 1925, Edith M. Paine, born 25 Mar 1879 in Nahant Massachusetts; died 13 Jul 1938 in Pittsfield, daughter of Fletcher W. and Maude (Luscombe) Johnson. He resides in Boston Massachusetts.
The second son of Charles Edson and Evelyn Mary (Randall) Cox, was born in Manchester New Hampshire, 19 Jan 1871. He attended the public schools there and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1893 with the degree of A.B. and as valedictorian of his class. The following year he thought chemistry and physics in the Manchester High School. Completing the course in two years, he graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1896, with the degree of LL. B., magna cum laude. The same year he was awarded the degree of A.M. By Dartmouth. Admitted to the Suffolk bar, Massachusetts, in 1896, he was engaged in the active practice of law in Boston for twenty-six years, during most of the time under the firm name of Butler, Cox, Murchie and bacon, the senior member of the firm being U.S. Senator William M. Butler. He specialized in the law relating to life insurance and public utilities and served as council and trustee for various street railway, gas and electric light companies.
In 1923 he became Vice President and General Counsel of the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, and in 1936 was chosen as its president.
He has served as a director of trust companies and is at present (1938) a director of the First National Bank of Boston. He is a Trustee of Boston University and vice chairman of the board, and has been a member if the sinking fund commission of the City of Boston for several years.
Early in his residence in Boston, he interested himself in politics as a Republican. In 1902 he was a member of the Boston City Council; in 1903 and 1904, a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court and in 1906 and 1907, a member of the Massachusetts Senate. In 1907 he was appointed by the Governor as Chairman of the Massachusetts tax commission which revised and codified the tax laws of Massachusetts, and in 1917 and 1919 was a member of the Massachusetts constitutional Convention.
He has traveled extensively, not only in North America but also abroad. Either on pleasure or business, he visited nearly every State in the Union, Alaska and nearly all the Provinces of Canada. In spite of a taxing professional and business career, he has found time to continue his studies, especially in Astronomy, Philosophy, French, and Latin. He is an accomplished musician and in his college days he played the college church and chapel organs and acted as accompanist for the glee club. He has been president of his college class continuously since graduation; is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Kappa Kappa, Sons of the American revolution and sons of the revolution and is an Odd Fellow. His clubs are the Country Club, Algonquin, University and Brae Burn. Several years ago he purchased a 300 acre farm in Pittsfield, his mother's birthplace, and upon it he finds diversion in its practical management and the pleasure of its environs.
He married 12 Oct 1925, Edith M. Paine, born 25 Mar 1879 in Nahant Massachusetts; died 13 Jul 1938 in Pittsfield, daughter of Fletcher W. and Maude (Luscombe) Johnson. He resides in Boston Massachusetts.
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