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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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B. WILSON COX, well known as a lime-burner and business man of Whitemarsh township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, is the son of Charles A. and Margaret H. (Davis) Cox. He was born at Cold Point, in Plymouth township, February 29, 1872. He was educated in the schools of the neighborhood, and also attended the Friends’ Central School in Philadelphia, and took a commercial course in Peirce Business College. He then engaged in business at his father’s extensive lime quarries and kilns, in Whitemarsh township, and is now the general manager.
He married Miss Ida Jackson, a daughter of Andrew Jackson, of Norristown. The couple have one child, Margaret H., born November 18, 1902. Mr. Cox is an active supporter of the Republican party, although he has never sought or held office, preferring to atttend strictly to business. He is a member of the Masonic order, having attained the Commandery degrees. He and his family attend the Cold Point Baptist church. The Cox family are of English origin, and their ancestors were members of the Society of Friends.
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