Political experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox, 1940.

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Political experiences of Major General Jacob Dolson Cox, 1940.

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Consists of a bound, ribbon copy of William Cox Cochran's unfinished biography of his stepfather, Major General Jacob Dolson Cox. This unpublished manuscript was prepared after William Cox Cochran's death in 1936.

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library

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Cox, Jacob Dolson, 1828-1900

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Jacob Dolson Cox was born in Montreal (then located in the British colonial Province of Lower Canada) on October 27, 1828. His father and mother respectively were Jacob Dolson Cox and Thedia Redelia (Kenyon) Cox, both Americans and residents of New York. His father Jacob was of Dutch origin, descended from Hanoverian emigrant Michael Cox (Koch) who arrived in New York in 1702. His mother Thedia was descended from Revolutionary War Connecticut soldier Payne Kenyon who was there when British Gener...

Cochran, William Cox, 1848-1936

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Jacob Dolson Cox was a Union Army general and politician from Ohio. During the Civil War, Cox headed the Dept. of the Kanawha, commanded the IX Corps of the Army of Virginia, and in 1863, assumed command of the District of Ohio and of the 3rd Division, XXIII Corps. After the war, he was Governor of Ohio (1866-67) and was President Grant's Secretary of the Interior (1869-1870). He was also president of the Wabash Railroad and was elected to Congress in 1876. He authored Military Reminiscences of ...