Evening star., 1923-07-24
Headed Second National.


Cpon the death Of his father in Law,
who founded the Second National
Bank. Mr.. Cox was selected as presi-
dent of that institution. which po-
sition he held until few years ago.
when he retired. but still acting as
a director of the bank. He was elect
ed president in 1901.
He was vice president Of the Wash
! irgton Market Company. now taken
over by the government and managed
| by the Department of Agriculture;
was a member of the executive COM
mittee of the National Savings and
| Trust Company and identified with
the Washington Title Insurance Com
/ pany.
!, Mr.. Cox was democrat, and a
| member of the Presbyterian Church.
! He was trustee of Howard University
His home was on Emery Place, near
Fort Stevens, in the preservation Of
which he was one of the most active
! workers.
/ Mr.. Cox was president of the board
of education in 1910, and always took
the greatest interest in the schools Of
the District. He was always in de-
mand as a speaker at commencements,
| and usually found time to make one
or more such speeches each spring.
! Acting Supt. OF Schools Stuart today
| ordered that, out of respect for Mr.
Cox's memory, flags on all the District
! public schools be placed at half-stafY for
Mr.. Cox's ancestry made of him an
ardent patriot, and this colored his
whole life. Not only was he a mem
ber of many patriotic societies. but he
always was interested in historical
matters and was one Of the leading
workers in the District along such
lines.
He was one of the earliest members
1.-The founders of the Sons Of the
American Revolution. He ultimately
| became president of the latter organ
ization. He was a member of the
Society Of Colonial Wars. He then
Joined the Sons of the Revolution, Of
which organization he was vice pres
ident at the time of his death
| Mr.. Cox was vice chairman of the
committee appointed by the late
Commissioner Macfarland to mark
historical sites in the District and Is
held as largely responsible for the
admirable system by which spots and
lplaces Of historical interest through
out Washington are plainly marked
for the Identification Of visitors. He
was chairman of the committee on
historical places and landmarks re-
Gently appointed Dy commissioner
Rudolph. Ten booklets were gotten
lout under the leadership Of Mr.. Cox.
beginning with 1902.
Mr.. Cox was chairman of the Sc
Elective service board Of the District
after the United States entered the
lworld war. He was a member of the
currency committee, the executive
council and the federal legislative
committee of the American Bankers
Association.
Treasurer of Inaugural Body.
He was treasurer of the democratic
, national committee of the District in
, 1912, and treasurer Of the Wilson and
, Marshall inaugural committee of 1913
, Besides being a member Of the his.
torical societies enumerated, he wa.
, a member Of the Columbia Historical
Society, in which he took much in
. terest. and in the Ohio societies of
. this and New York city. He was a
member Of the Cosmos Club.
, In the midst of his busy life in the
banking world, In educational circles
. and with the patriotic societies and
|, the committee on historical spots, Mr
Cox found time to write, with H. NJ
Northrup, the life OF his uncle, Sam.
uel 3. Cox, in 1899; a monograph or
, / the settlement Of the northwest ter.
/ ritory, in 1896; a souvenir volume OF
sthe thirty-first annual convention Of