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Samuel Cox was born in Ohio in the year 1827, and is the son of Nathan and Ruth (Bruer) Cox, both natives of North Carolina. The father was a farmer and blacksmith by occupation, and at the breaking out of the War of 1812 he enlisted in the army of his country and went to the front, serving under William Henry Harrison until the close of the war. He moved to Washington County, Ark., in 1842, and here died in 1859. Samuel Cox was educated in this county, and remained with his parents until he reached manhood, working in the shop and learning the trade of his father. In 1853 he married Miss Pamelia A. Ingram, of Washington County, Ark., and eight children were the result of this union: Elizabeth R., Jeanette, Samuel, William N., Adaline, Lucinda, Jacob and Nathan. In 1863 Mr. Cox enlisted in Company A, First Arkansas Independent Light Artillery, United States Army, commanded by Benton D. Starks and served for two years or until the close of the war. During the war he had the misfortune to lose his hearing by the heavy firing of cannons. He fought in fifteen engagements when artillery was used, and did his share of the fighting. When peace was declared he returned home to Washington County, and engaged in blacksmithing. He has succeeded in accumulating considerable of this world’s goods; has a fine farm of 120 acres, all well cultivated and well improved. He is a Mason and Odd Fellow, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.