Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   VALENTINE C. COX, son of William and Ann (Agherington) Cox, was born
June 21, 1828, in Delaware County, Ohio.  His father was born in England
his mother in Pennsylvania, and they were early settlers in Ohio.
   Our subject went to school and worked on a farm until he was about
eighteen years old.  Then he employed himself at harness making, saved
his money and dealt in horses.  For about three years, he was in a
stock firm at Cleveland, Ohio, after which he commenced buying and 
selling for himself.
   On January 13, 1853, he was married to Martha C. Bishop.  To them
were born eight children--infant girl (deceased), William, Frank,
Herbert, Eddie, Addie, Hattie, and Emma.  
   In Ohio, he accumulated about 400 acres of land, which he traded for
200 acres in Washington Township, Newton County, Indiana, and moved
there in 1868.  He now owns about 400 acres of land in this county,
and, besides farming, he deals largely in stock, shipping mostly to 
Chicago.
   In 1863, at the time of the Morgan raid in Ohio, he was appointed
Captain of a company; had charge of freedmen at Helena, Arkansas for
about one year; was a Township Trustee in Ohio.  He is a member of the 
I.O.O.F., in Rainbow Lodge, No. 327, at Westerville, and in politics
he is a Republican.
   He was President of the Franklin & Hocking Valley Oil Company of Ohio,
but, the venture not being a success, the machinery was taken to West
Virginia, where the company sold out.  Our subject has made many
improvements on his farm, having a fine dwelling house and outbuildings
and one of the finest wells of water in the county.  He is a much 
esteemed citizen.


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