The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-18
GOLDEN WEDDING
OBSERVED SUNDAY
Friends and Relatives Gather
at the Home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Cox.
WAS ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
AGED PEOPLE GIVEN MANY VAL
LIABLE PRESENTS SHOWING
HIGH ESTEEM IN WHICH THEY
ARE HELD.

| ABOUT n1neIy-0Ve TeIdIlVeS anu
| friends gathered at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Cox at Cox's Mills
golden wedding anniversary of that
aged couple The old people are
well known in this county and espec-
tally in the northern part, for they
have been identified with farming and
milling interests there for many
years. Besides the immediate rela-
tives who attended, there were a
number of friends wEo have always
lived near Mr.. and Mrs. Cox. Mr..
and Mrs. Cox were the recipients of
many beautiful and costly presents
as tokens of the high regard in which
they are held by their friends and
neighbors.
Married in 1856.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox were married in
1856, by Rev. Pryor, who was at that
time pastor of the Wesleyan church
at Winchester. The ceremony took
place at the home of the brides fos-
lGI pdl CHtS, MI. anu AlIS JdulCS Sldy-
ton, who lived at that time, six miles
west of Winchester Mrs. Cox's maid
en- name was Richael Jane Huffman.
After their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Cox set up housekeeping in the little
town of Maxville, from which place
they moved to the old home of Mr..
Cox at Coxs Mills. Mr.. Cox soon
became identified with his father in
the milling business and after some
time had elapsed he and his father
builded the old Ozark mill Several
changes then took place and they
moved from different points, all with
in few miles radius of Richmond.
The majority of this time was spent
in the milling business. The next
move was made to Illinois, where they
went into the milling business with
several of their near relatives, near a
small town known as Millville. When
they left Illinois they came back to
this locality, and have since resided
ct Cox's Mills, the home of the
groom's father. 1t was here that
their golden wedding anniversary
was celebrated Sunday.
Had a Large Family.
They reared a family of three sons
and five daughters. Six children are
now living. They have had sixteen
and three great-grand-
children
Mr. Cox is a birthright Friend
while his wife holds to the Wesleyan
faith. They have always Unidentified
themselves with religious work and
been active workers.
Mr. and Mrs. Cox were or the line |
of the underground railway during
the times of the abolitionists and |
worked actively in doing everything |
in their power to remedy the condi- |
tions of the negro at that time. At 1
ter Lincoln had freed the slaves the |
old people next turned their attention |
to the cause of Prohibition and have !
been actively engaged in it ever since. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Cox have an old clock /
in their possession around which |
hangs an interesting history The I
old clock was purchased fifty years |
ago of Charles Dickinson, who was
then located on Main street of this
city. where Robert Dickinson and his |
brothers are at present located. The /
CIoCh HAS htpG pSlitCI TINE ever
since. Mr.. Cox has wound the clock
each morning before breakfast in the
fifty years.
The Guests Sunday. j
At the dinner tables Sunday the
guests were as follows: Table 1:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cox. Mr. and I
Mrs. Alistus Little. York Little. Ber-
nice Little. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Clark, Frank Clark. Mr.. and Mrs AL
-on Cox, Raymond Cox. Myra Cox
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hough Orpha and
Inez Hough, of West Alexandria Mr..
md Mrs. David Coppick, Mr.. and Mrs.
W II. Cook. Mrs. Chris. Zimmerman, Il
If Indianapolis and Mrs. Eliza Akers,
Of Winchester.
Table, No 2: Messrs and Mes
lanes, Wilson Kendall, Edward King.
T. J. Addleman. D. r. Barton. L. n
Cox, c. A. Addleman. c. X Barnes,
John Van SAINT, of Winchester. Thorn
IS Overman. of Dayton, and A. A.