City: Louisville
COX, Richard Layfaette, miller and farmer; born Louisville, Tenn., Oct. 31, 1856; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Willister Madison and Mary Jane (King) Cox; father’s occupation, merchant and farmer; paternal grandparents Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Talbot) COX, maternal grandparents James and Isabella (McNeil) KING; graduated from University of Tenn., with degree B.S., June, 1876; entered farming early in life; married Malinda White WILLIAMS, Dec. 19, 1876; member of Methodist Church, South; Democrat; interested in the Louisville (Tenn.) Milling Co., and farming during past 30 years.
