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WILLIAM COX, retired farmer, Homestead was born in 1807, in Northamptonshire England, a son of William and Catharine Cox. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Cox married, in England, Hannah Ford, and soon after they immigrated to America with a view of bettering their condition. In Allegheny county, Pa., Mr. Cox found suitable land for saltworks, and located opposite Homestead, where he operated several years. He then came to Mifflin township, and by industry and frugality became a wealthy man. Since 1878 he has resided in Homestead, where he lives a retired life. He has five farms, four of which are located in Lawrence county and one near Homestead, on all of which his children reside. His first wife died many years ago, leaving eight children: Sarah, Catharine, Joseph, Thomas, Elizabeth, William, George and Asa. Mr. Cox married for his second wife Mrs. Anna Whitaker, a daughter of Christian and Anna (Forney) Dellenbaugh, all natives of Switzerland, Mrs. Cox being eleven years old when she came to America. She is the mother of the following children by her first husband: Mrs. Martha Hope, Christopher, Mrs. Eliza West, Elijah, Mrs. Fannie Adams and Wilber Whitaker. By her last marriage she has one child, Hon. John F. Cox. The subject of this sketch is a republican; is a member of the M. E. Church, in which he was steward and class-leader for many years.