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Jonathan Elwood Cox (November 1, 1856 — March 28, 1932) was an American businessman and politician.
Early life
Jonathan Elwood Cox was born on November 1, 1856 in Northampton County, North Carolina. Two years later his father hired as superintendent of New Garden Boarding School in Guilford County and moved the family there. Cox was educated at New Garden, a business school in Baltimore, and at Earlham College. On October 23, 1878, he married Bertha Snow, with whom he would have one daughter.
Business career
In 1876, Cox took up work as a traveling salesman. In 1880, he moved to High Point and assumed control over his father-in-law's lumber products business, building a factory to produce shuttle blocks and bobbin pins for textile mills.
Later life
Cox died on March 28, 1932.
References
- Ashe 1906, p. 90.
- Ashe 1906, pp. 90–91.
- ^ Ashe 1906, p. 91.
- Medlin 2023, pp. 35–36.
- Tomlin, Jimmy (February 3, 2024). "The deceitful demise—Did Elwood Cox fake his own death?". High Point Enterprise. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
Works cited
- Ashe, Samuel A'Court, ed. (1906). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. Vol. VI. Greensboro, N.C.: C. L. Van Noppen.
- Medlin, Eric (2023). Sawdust in Your Pockets : A History of the North Carolina Furniture Industry. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820365503.