ELIAKIM "BUCK" COX

From the 1887 History of Vernon County, Missouri, p. 755:

Eliakim Cox

(Farmer and Stock-Raiser, Section 34, Post-office, Eve).

   The subject of this sketch, for thirty-seven years identified with Vernon county as one of its progressive, substantial citizens, owes his nativity to Greene county, Tenn., where his birth occurred August 8, 1826.  His father, Eliakim Cox, and his mother, Mrs. Nancy Graham, née Long, were natives also of Tennessee; his maternal grandfather lived to be 101 years old, having taken active part in the Revolutionary War, and his grandmother reached the age of 99 years.  It will be seen, therefore, that Mr. Cox comes of a family celebrated for their longevity.  His mother was twice married, and reared to maturity a family of fourteen children.  He grew up in his native State, attending as usual to farm duties, and there remained until 1849, when he came to Missouri, settling in this county, which has since been his home, and where he has continued to live, save for a short time during the late Civil War, when he was a member of Col. Hunter’s command; he was honorably discharged on account of disability, after having taken part in the battles of Carthage, Wilson’s Creek, Drywood and Lexington.  Following this, in 1862, he was forced into the Federal army and made to do duty for a few months.  Mr. Cox’s present possessions embrace 800 acres of land – a tract equal to any in this vicinity, and well adapted for the purposes to which it is placed.  The improvements upon it have all been made by him alone, and are such as reflect credit upon his efforts.  In 1849 he was first married [11 Sep 1849, Greene Co. TN] to Miss Sarah Hale, of Tennessee, who died February 14, 1852, leaving one child, Archie G.  Miss Louisa Dickson became his second wife in December, 1853, she having come to this county from Licking county, O., when quite young.  They have five children: William H., Nancy C., Enoch A., Alice and Edwin J.  A fact that should have been mentioned before is that Mr. Cox was a brother of Martin Cox, a man not unknown to the people of this county, who during the war, on account of his outspoken Northern ideas, was brutally murdered.  He came to this county in 1852, settling on Drywood, where he lived until his death, in 1863.  Mr. C. is a member of the M. E. Church South.

[Transcribed by Becky Siple]

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