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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Faulkner County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  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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C. W. Cox, the present efficient postmaster of Conway, and a lawyer of note, was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1854, and was the fourth in a family of five children, born to John T. and Catharine (Rowen) Cox, of Ohio, who moved to Indiana a few years after their marriage, and changed their location to Coffey County, Kas., when their son C. W. was quite young, settling near Ottumwa. The parents were pioneers of that section, and the father became one of the leading men of Coffey County, in after years. He was a well-known politician and a prominent figure in the early history of Kansas, and was the man who designed the coat-of-arms of that state. He held a number of high public offices, and was secretary of the United States senate committee on public lands, during which time he resided at Washington, D. C. In 1872 he removed to Little Rock, Ark., and remained in that city until the year 1881, when he went to Fredonia, Kas., where his death occurred in October, 1888, his devoted wife dying in August of the same year. From 1874 to 1878 he was receiver of the United States land office, at Little Rock, Ark. His son, C. W. Cox, the principal of this sketch, was reared in Kansas, and educated at the public schools of Ottumwa and Burlington, and the University of Lawrence, Kas. He entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, in 1875, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1877. In 1878 he commenced to practice his profession at Conway, Ark., where he has resided ever since, and has established a reputation among the legal fraternity that is enviable and deserved. Mr. Cox is a Republican in politics, and a strong support to that party whenever he uses his influence. He was appointed postmaster in 1889, and is now one of the most popular men that has ever filled the position. He was married in December, 1882, in Conway, to Miss Carrie Bruce, of Georgia, by whom he has had three children, two of them yet living: John Bruce, Quinn Cazad (who died at the age of two years) and Charles Herbert. Mr. Cox is a close observer of the changes that take place in his county, and notes that a decided improvement is growing more perceptible every day, in educational, industrial and agricultural matters. He established the Log Cabin in 1879, and conducted it as a Republican paper for one year, when he sold it. In every worthy enterprise he is one of the foremost citizens to offer his aid, and his name is one of the most respected in Faulkner County. He has never held any public office until appointed to the position he now holds, and was never a candidate for an office; however, the confidence of the members of the bar, in his ability and integrity, has been evidenced by his election as special chancellor of the chancery court, a position of great honor, which he filled with dignity and ability.

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This family biography is one of 40 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Faulkner County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Faulkner County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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