EDWARD S. COX, postmaster and general merchant at Lena, in Miami County, Ohio, has a large and well established business and comes of one of the oldest families of the community. He was born in Lena, in 1863, and is a son of Dr. W. S.. and Nancy L. (Duncan) Cox.

Dr. W. S. Cox was born in Brown Township and after completing the prescribed course in the public schools there, entered Cincinnati College of Medicine, from which be was graduated with the degree of M.D. Upon leaving that institution, he first engaged in practice at Plattsville in Shelby County, Ohio. From there he moved to Lena, where he practiced with uninterrupted success for a period of forty-five years, his death occurring there in 1898. He was married to Nancy L. Duncan, who was born near Fletcher, in Miami County, and they became parents of six children, as follows: Arnanda (Brantner) of Conover; Lorilla (Johnston), a twin, who lives at Monroe, Michigan; Charles, twin of Lorilla, who died aged four years; Edward S.; George S., who lives at Lena; and Arminta (Wolcott), deceased.

Edward S. Cox attended the public schools in Brown Township and in Piqua High School, of which he is a graduate. After leaving that institution he clerked for Joseph Frazier at Conover two years, after which he carried on operations on his father's farm for five years. At the end of that time he bought out the store of S. G. Frazier at Lena, and has been in business there continuously for seventeen years. He carries a large and complete stock of general merchandise, including everything for which there is a demand in a small place, and enjoys a fair share of the patronage of the community. He has been postmaster at Lena for ten years, and has discharged the duties of that office with marked efficiency.

Mr. Cox was united in marriage with Mary Brecount, a daughter of A. and Sarah Brecount of Brown Township, and they have a daughter, Maude, who is the wife of Howard Weaver of Troy. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a prominent Mason, belonging to the Blue Lodge at Lena, the Chapter at St. Paris, and the Council at Troy. In religious attachment he is a member of the Universalist Church at Conover.