Thomas Walter Cox

Thomas Walter Cox, son of Joseph and Catherine (Edwards) Cox, was born in Stark county, Ills., in the year 1817. His parents, natives of Virginia, removed to Ohio and thence to Illinois, settling in Stark county, where they still reside. Thomas W. Cox remained with his parents until his 20th year, when he married Miss Clara DeWolf, daughter of Captain David and Matilda (Greenwood) DeWolf. This lady was born March 23, 1817; her father was of French descent, born in Nova Scotia March 30, 1822; her mother was born in Clark county, Ohio, February 22,1823. The military record of Capt. DeWolf is worthy of his ancestry, and is on record in the military chapter and history of Toulon county. After his marriage Mr. Cox began farming in Essex township on his first farm, where he resided about five years. He sold this property and purchased 193 acres on sec. 21, Essex township, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are the parents of seven children, six of whom are living — Edwin E., born March 23, 1868; Alice, born September 1, 1871; Stella, born May 26, 1871; Joseph, born June 22, 1876; Hattie, born August 16, 1880, and Cora, born November 27, 1883. An infant, born in the year 1883, died July 11 same year. On November 1, 1886, Mrs. Cox passed to her last long sleep. Her illness was of short duration. Up to the morning of her death she seemed as well as usual. She was buried at Wyoming, and the cortege which followed the remains to the grave was the Largest seen at Wyoming, there being eighty-six vehicles. She was a faithful, loving wife, and her death was mourned by a Large circle of friends. Politically Mr. Cox is a republican, and is a member of the Masonic order.