Albert Lyman Cox, American lawyer Decorated Distinguished Service Meda Served as captain 3d North Carolina Infantry, Mexican Border service, 1916; Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1909; Member American, North Carolina, District of Columbia Bar associations, Sons of the American Revolution, America Legion, Military Order World Wars (commander in chief 1943-1944), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi.; Mason, Knights of Pythias,; Club: Metropolitan.
Background
Albert Lyman Cox was born on December 1, 1883 in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was Confederate general, judge, and United States. congressman William Ruffin Cox, son of state senator Thomas Cox of Washington County and grandson of English-born Thomas Cox, a seafaring man, and of Margaret Cheshire Cox of Edenton.
Education
Student Horner Military School, Oxford, North Carolina. Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, U. North Carolina, 1904, Harvard Law School, 1907.
Career
His mother Fannie Augusta Lyman Cox was the daughter of Right Reverend Theodore Benedict Lyman, Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina from 1881 to 1893. Cox was an All-Southern college football end for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina. He was the first commander of the 113th Field Artillery Regiment during the
In 1909, Cox served in the North Carolina House of Representatives and was a Democrat.
In 1916, Cox was appointed North Carolina state superior judge.
In November of 1909, Cox married Mission Arabel Parker Nash of Tarboro.
Achievements
Membership
Served as captain 3d North Carolina Infantry, Mexican Border service, 1916. Member North Carolina House of Representatives, 1909. Member American, North Carolina, District of Columbia Bar associations, Sons of the American Revolution, America Legion, Military Order World Wars (commander in chief 1943-1944), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Mason, Knights of Pythias.
Club: Metropolitan.
Connections
Married Arabel Parker Nash, December, 1909. Children: William Ruffin, Arabel Parker (Mistress Murray Borden, Junior.