Cox, McDonald bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 428, Astoria Township
McDonald Cox, carriage and wagon-maker, has been a resident of this flourishing town for upwards of 20 years, and during the past 16 years has controlled a large trade in Fulton Co. He is an energetic and skillful workman. He erected a portion of his present factory in 1872, completing it in 1875 and "76, and proposes to make another addition this year. In various ways Mr. C. has shown his enterprise and interest in Asotria. He has erected lumber houses, on shop, now Bowman's livery barn, and also the building occupied by Bowman as a hotel, and two substantial residences. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Miss Minerva Boyd, daughter of John Boyd, sen., by whom he has 3 children, - Walter, Hattie and George.