Albert Lyman Cox


Albert Lyman Cox was an attorney, state legislator, state judge, and U.S. Army major general.

Early years

Albert Lyman Cox was born on December 1, 1883, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His father was Confederate general, judge, and U.S. 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. His mother Fannie Augusta Lyman Cox was the daughter of Right Reverend Theodore Benedict Lyman, Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina from 1881 to 1893.

College athletics

Cox was an All-Southern college football end for the North Carolina Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina. He was also a member of the baseball and track teams. At UNC, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

First World War

He was the first commander of the 113th Field Artillery Regiment during the First World War.

Political career

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.

Personal

In November 1909, Cox married Miss Arabel Parker Nash of Tarboro.