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Christopher C. Cox is a Tennesseean, born March 5, 1843, being a son of Nicholas and Eliza (Birlew) Cox; the former’s birth-place is unknown, but he was of Scotch-Dutch descent, a farmer by occupation, and died in Laclede County, Mo., while on his way to Texas. His wife was born in South Carolina in 1822, and died June 15, 1887, in Maries County, Mo., having borne a family of eleven children; seven grew to maturity, and Christopher C. is the fifth of the family. When he was two years of age his parents immigrated to Missouri, and he continued to reside with his mother until 1863, when he enlisted in Company L, First Regiment Light Artillery. In July, 1865, he came to Maries County, Mo., and February 8, 1887, was married to Josephine Callahan, widow of Thomas Callahan. She was born in Smithville, Lawrence Co., Ark., in 1847, and by her first husband became the mother of one child. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and he is a Democrat, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. After coming to Dent County, Mo., in 1873, he worked in a tobacco factory in Salem for about four years, and three years later located on the farm of 200 acres where he now resides. His wife has 240 acres of land. Mrs. Cox’s parents, Green and Elizabeth Woods, were of Scotch-Irish and English descent, respectively, and the former was a presiding elder in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. They were born on the same day in the year, the father’s birth occurring in Washington County, Mo., in 1814, and the latter’s in Franklin County, Ga., in 1814.