Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-29

.Walla hospital last THURSDAY morning.
Several days ago Mr.. Cox was forced
to have one of his legs amputated on
account of gangrene. and owing to his
advanced age was unable to recover
The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon
from the residence of his cousin. Col.
Frank J. Parker, under the auspices of
Walla Walla lodge F. & A. NJ.
Mr.. Cox was one of the earliest pion-
GERS of this section of te country and
perhaps many old timers in Lewiston
will recollect him. He was one of the
original discoveries of the Florence dis
trict and lived in Lewiston at different
periods of it's early history. He was
associated with his cousin Col. Frank
Parker, publisher Of the Walla Walla
Statesman, during the early days and
though he has Travelled extensively
throughout the world he eventually
drifted back to the west.
Walla Walla Statesman says:
He was born in Croscombe, Somer-
setshire, England. June, 1884, and was
20 years of age at the time of his
death. At a very early age he joined
the British navy and by good conduct
and ability was soon raised to the rank
Of first-class petty officer on the frig-
ates Penelope and Tartar. He was Sc
verely wounded at Lagos on the West
African coast during the suppression
Of the slave trade and was on the ship
which saved the remnant of Walkers
band at Nicaragua. After that he
Joined the Baltic feet during the Cri-
mean war on the Penelope which ran
aground at Bomarsund where they sus-
tanned a heavy fire from the Russian
forts. After the war he returned to
England and soon after left for Cali
fornia, in an unsuccessful search OF
his brother who had been mining on
the Mokelumne river in Calaveras
county and had made fortune 1t was
supposed he went down in the Golden
Gate which was wrecked about the
time he was supposed to Have started
for home.
I'm 1860 he went to Elk City. Idaho.
and was very successful in mining. In
the fall OF that year he started on a
prospecting expedition and was one Of
the first discoveries of Florence and
had rich claim on Mason's gulch He
sold out and went to Mormon Basin
and Clark's creek in eastern Oregon
where he was again successful. He
then went to San Francisco engaging
in business. In 1866 with his cousin,
Frank ]. Parker he went to the Big
Bend excitement in British Columbia
where his mining luck deserted him.
In 1869 ne Joined his cousin Frank in
Florence and worked Bridger Gulch
Returning to San Francisco he found
his mother helpless through paralysis
and took her home to England via the
isthmus Of Panama and New York.
where they embarked on the steamer
Hibernia which was wrecked during
heavy gale in mid-Atlantic. Knowing
him to be a good seaman the COM
mander Captain Munro, gave him
charge of one of the boats with in
structions to save the women at any
cost. Some sailors attempted to crowd
in the boat and knowing it to be GER
tain destruction, he knocked two of
them in the sea- They were out in the
tempest five days and nights the boats
having to be continually baled and the
women obliged to throw overheard
everything even to their shawls. One
night thinking he saw sail Mr. Cox
lit bit of candle in lamp ne had the
foresight to take with him from the Hi
hernia; the light was seen and they
were rescued by the ship Star of Hope
and taken to John Q. Greats on the
north coast of Scotland His boat and
one other We're all that were saved out
of six. His conduct was so meritorious
that on arrival at Liverpool the Board
of Trade gave him a testimonial and
the owners of the steamship company
offered him any position he would ac-
cept on their liners He returned to
California to commence life anew as he
had lost everything In the wreck. In
1880 he joined his cousin Frank at
Walla Walla and for many years as
sisted him very materially with the
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