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Jacob Dolson Cox

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Jacob Dolson Cox

Birth
Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Feb 1930 (aged 77)
Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.5109667, Longitude: -81.5897583
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Manufacturer.
Son of Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox.
His father was the 22nd Governor of Ohio and secretary of the interior under President Grant. His mother was the oldest daughter of Charles Granderson Finney, President of Oberlin College.

He married Ellen Atwood Prentiss on October 9, 1878. He was father of Samuel Houghton Cox, Jacob Dolson, Jr., and Jeannette P.(Morrill.)

Co-founder of Cleveland manufacturing firm Cox and Prentiss, later ACME-Cleveland Corp. Director of the Cleveland Trust Co. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Frankling Institute; Society of Mayflower Descendants; Loyal Legion.
Manufacturer.
Son of Jacob Dolson and Helen Finney Cox.
His father was the 22nd Governor of Ohio and secretary of the interior under President Grant. His mother was the oldest daughter of Charles Granderson Finney, President of Oberlin College.

He married Ellen Atwood Prentiss on October 9, 1878. He was father of Samuel Houghton Cox, Jacob Dolson, Jr., and Jeannette P.(Morrill.)

Co-founder of Cleveland manufacturing firm Cox and Prentiss, later ACME-Cleveland Corp. Director of the Cleveland Trust Co. Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Frankling Institute; Society of Mayflower Descendants; Loyal Legion.


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