City: Johnson City
COX, John Worley., physician and surgeon; born Blountville, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1847; Scotch-German descent; son of A. J. and Harriet A. (Worley) COX; father’s occupation, Clerk of the Co. and Circuit Courts of Sullivan Co., Tenn., 20 years; paternal grandfather John W. COX, paternal grandmother was a Miss BARNSTUTTER prior to her marriage, maternal grandfather James B. WORLEY, maternal grandmother was a Miss SHELL prior to her marriage; educated at Jefferson Academy, Blountville, Tenn.; received degree M. D. March 4, 1884; in early life was a farmer, later taught school; married Lelia Sue HOSKINS June 7, 1882; member A. M. A. and State Medical Society; Republican; member U. S. Board of Medical Examiners, Secretary of same; Lieut. and Assist. Surgeon U. S. V. I., served in Porto Rico 1898-9; commissioned as 1st Lieut. and Assist. Surgeon by R. A. Alger, Sec. of War, and William McKINLEY, President, June, 1898; member of Presbyterian church; engaged in the practice of medicine at Johnson City, Tenn.
