Leander M. Cox

Birth Date

1812-05-07

Death Date

1865-03-23

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Fleming County, Kentucky, attorney and politician. Virginia native. Married to Emily Thompson Cox in Mason County, Kentucky, on September 18, 1838. Married to Margaret P. Cox. Father of Nannie B. Cox, Andrew T. Cox, and Thomas H. Cox. Member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from Fleming County from 1843 to 1845. Attorney in Fleming County in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1850. Presidential elector for the Whig Party from the 9th District of Kentucky in 1852. Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1853 to March 4, 1857. Attorney in Fleming County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Fleming County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 1, p. 263A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Fleming County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 649.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Fleming County, District 2, p. 7.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281843.
"National Whig Nominations" The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), August 7, 1852, p. 2.
"An Old Fogy," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), May 13, 1883, p. 13.
"Leander Martin Cox (1812-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7669632, accessed March 30, 2020, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7669632.

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