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COX, Nicholas Nicols

City: Franklin

COX, Nicholas Nicols, ex-Congressman; born in  Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 6, 1837; educated in the common schools of Sequin, Texas; graduated from Lebanon Law School, L.L.B., 1858; removed to Texas in boyhood and was reared at Sequin, Tex.; admitted to bar in 1858; in practice at Franklin, Tenn., since 1865; married May SLAYDEN, Jan. 6, 1859; Presidential Elector 1860, 1872; member of 52d to 56th Congresses 1891-1901, from 7th Tenn. District; served as Col. in C.S.A. during Civil War; Democrat.

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