Nicholas N. Cox
Nicholas Nichols Cox was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessees 7th congressional district.
Cox was born in Bedford County, Tennessee on January 6, 1837 the son of Caleb and Nancy Cox. He went to Seguin, Texas as a child, attended the common schools, served on the Mexican frontier, and graduated from Lebanon Law School in 1858. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Linden, Tennessee. He was married on January 6, 1859, to Mary Slayden, daughter of Thomas Boyd and Jane Slayden, and had five children, with three boys and three girls, four surviving his death.
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