Husband Hon. John Fremont Cox 1 2 3 4
Born: 6 Oct 1852 - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1 2 3
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Father: William Cox (1806-1891) 3 4 5
Mother: Anna Dellenbaugh (1810- ) 2 3
Marriage: 15 Apr 1884 6
Wife Elvira Ackard 6
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Father: Capt. A. C. Ackard ( - ) 6
Mother: Mary J. Lynch ( - ) 6
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1 F Annie Luella Cox 6
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Spouse: John F. Dittman ( - ) 6
2 M Robert Pattison Cox 6
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Fremont Cox
He spent his early life on a farm, and received a common-school education. In 1870 he entered Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, where he was a student for four years; then entered Union College, Alliance, Ohio, where he graduated in the class of 1875, and for three years he taught school at Homestead and Camden, in his native township. He read law with Maj. W. C. Moreland and John H. Kerr, of Pittsburgh, and was admitted to the bar in 1880.
Mr. Cox had his office in Pittsburgh and resided in Homestead, where he served as burgess for multiple terms, and took an active part in promoting the prosperity of the town. He was an ardent republican, and in 1884 was elected to the legislature, and re-elected in 1886. He served in the committees judiciary, general and local, and was chairman of the committee on retrenchment and reform. While in the legislature Mr. Cox devoted himself specially to legislation in the interest of the laboring classes. His bill to modify the conspiracy laws of Pennsylvania was one of the most important measures before that body in the interest of the working-men. He secured its passage in the house without a dissenting vote, but it was defeated in the senate by a tie vote. [HAC 1889 II, 293]