| LC control no. | n 88666537 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cox, William R. (William Ruffin), 1831-1919 |
| Variant(s) | Cox, Wm. R. (William Ruffin), 1831-1919 |
| Associated place | Raleigh (N.C.) |
| Located | Tennessee North Carolina |
| Birth date | 1831-03-11 |
| Death date | 1919-12-26 |
| Place of birth | Halifax County (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Richmond (Va.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Confederate States of America. Army |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyer Legislator General |
| Found in | nuc88-73928: His Address on the life and character ... [MI] 1891 (hdg. on CtY rept.: Cox, William R.) Wrongs to American fisheries, 1887: caption title (Hon. William R. Cox of North Carolina) Bio. dir. Am. Con., 1961 (Cox, William Ruffin; rep. from N.C.; b. Halifax Co., N.C., Mar. 11, 1831; lived in Tenn. and returned to N.C. in 1857; lawyer; entered Conf. Army as a major with 2nd N.C. state troops; became brig. gen.; resumed practice of law at Raleigh in 1865; elected as a Democrat to the 47th-49th Congresses, Mar. 4, 1881-Mar. 3, 1887; d. in Richmond, Va., Dec. 26, 1919) NUCMC data from North Carolina Div. of Archives and History for Pittman, M.E.B. Mary Eliza Battle letters, 1840-1865 (correspondence from Penelope Bradford Battle Cox and her husband, Gen. William Ruffin Cox) Annual report of William R. Cox, Secretary of the Senate, 1897: p. 3 (Wm. R. Cox) |
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