C. W. Cox, born in 1854 in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the postmaster of Conway and a notable lawyer. The fourth of five children, he moved with his parents, John T. and Catharine (Rowen) Cox, to Coffey County, Kansas. His father was a prominent politician and the designer of Kansas’ coat-of-arms. C. W. Cox was educated in Kansas and Michigan, graduating from the University of Michigan in 1877. He began his legal practice in Conway, Arkansas, in 1878. Appointed postmaster in 1889, Cox is a respected community figure and a dedicated Republican. He married Carrie Bruce in 1882, and they have three children, two surviving. Cox also briefly published the “Log Cabin” newspaper in 1879.
C. W. Cox, the present efficient postmaster of Conway and a lawyer of note, was born in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1854, and was the fourth in a family of five children, born to John T. and Catharine (Rowen) Cox, of Ohio, who moved to Indiana a few years after their marriage and changed their location to Coffey County, Kansas, when their son C. W. was quite young, settling near Ottumwa. The parents were pioneers of that section, and the father became one of the leading men of Coffey County in after years. He was a well-known politician and a prominent figure in the early history of Kansas, and was the man who designed the coat-of-arms for that state. He held a number of high public offices and was the secretary of the United States Senate committee on public lands, during which time he resided at Washington, D.C. In 1872 he removed to Little Rock, Ark., and remained in that city until the year 1881, when he went to Fredonia, Kansas, where his death occurred in October 1888, his devoted wife dying in August of the same year. From 1874 to 1878 he was receiver of the United States land office at Little Rock, Ark.
His son, C. W. Cox, the principal of this sketch, was reared in Kansas and educated at the public schools of Ottumwa and Burlington, and the University of Lawrence, Kas. He entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1875, and graduated from that institution with the class of 1877. In 1878 he commenced to practice his profession at Conway, Ark., where he has resided ever since and has established a reputation among the legal fraternity that is enviable and deserved. Mr. Cox is a Republican in politics and a strong support to that party whenever he uses his influence. He was appointed postmaster in 1889 and is now one of the most popular men that has ever filled the position. He was married in December 1882, in Conway, to Miss Carrie Bruce, of Georgia, by whom he has had three children, two of them yet living: John Bruce, Quinn Cazad (who died at the age of two years), and Charles Herbert.
Mr. Cox is a close observer of the changes that take place in his county and notes that a decided improvement is growing more perceptible every day in educational, industrial, and agricultural matters. He established the Log Cabin in 1879 and conducted it as a Republican paper for one year, when he sold it. In every worthy enterprise, he is one of the foremost citizens to offer his aid, and his name is one of the most respected in Faulkner County. He has never held any public office until appointed to the position he now holds and was never a candidate for an office; however, the confidence of the members of the bar in his ability and integrity has been evidenced by his election as special chancellor of the chancery court, a position of great honor, which he filled with dignity and ability.