He is "considered one of the most influential forces in journalism" in Blackford County, and was a strong supporter of the Democratic Party.

During the Revolutionary War, Edward's great-great grandfather was part of a group known as the "Fighting Quakers", and was a friend of General Nathanael Greene.

[6] After being admitted to the bar, he began practicing law during the late 1860s in Tipton, Indiana, and many years later (1890 and 1896) was elected judge of the Miami circuit court.

[9] Millard Fillmore Cox became a Marion County criminal court judge in Indiana, and also wrote editorials for the Indianapolis Sentinel.

[11] While it is not known for certain, Jabez probably named his son after Edward Everett – the noted speaker, prominent politician, and former member of the Whig political party.

This seems especially probable since Millard Fillmore Cox had been named after the last President of the United States to be a member of the Whig Party.

[13] In February 1872, Jabez Cox sold his newspaper company and moved back to Tipton and resumed practicing law.

Continuing to practice law, Jabez Cox also became more active in politics, and lost a Kansas election for state attorney general as a member of the Democratic Party.

[14] Edward's mother (Jennie Price Cox) continued to have poor health, and the family moved to Colorado in 1879 because of her physical condition.

[15] In 1883, the family returned to Indiana and settled in the city of Peru, which is about 40 miles (64 km) north of the earlier Cox residence in Tipton.

[12] Edward Cox began his post-scholastic career as a teacher (similar to his father's first occupation) in the Peru area's Miami County school district.

After three years, he resigned his position as an educator to start a career in journalism, becoming a reporter for the local Miami County Sentinel newspaper.

[17] Cox continued his journalism career in Peru as a reporter until 1891, when he moved to Hartford City, Indiana.

[18] In the spring of 1891, young Edward Cox purchased the Telegram, a weekly newspaper in Hartford City, Indiana.

[19] The Washington Hand Press was roughly 70-year-old technology, and it took all day for him to print an edition, even with his newspaper's small circulation.

After a total of three years of printing, he upgraded to a press powered by a steam engine, and added other equipment that was the latest in newspaper technology.

[22] An advertisement in an 1895 Hartford City directory said the Telegram was Democratic and the leading newspaper of Blackford County.

[23] Because of the success of the Telegram, Cox began Blackford County's first daily newspaper, the Evening News (a.k.a.

[24] An advertisement in an 1895 city directory described the Evening News as non-political and possessing a "well equipped job office".

Both local newspapers, the Hartford City News and the Times-Gazette, provided strong opposition to the Klan's philosophy.

The Hartford City News continued its journalistic excellence, and became known as "one of the best and most influential daily papers in this section of the state.

Mr. and Mrs. Cox traveled as far as Spokane when they discovered that lawyers were debating the validity of all marriage licenses issued by the deputy clerk.

As the newly-wedded couple reached St. Paul, they received a telegram from the bride's mother that expressed concerns about the validity of their marriage.

Hartford City's two buildings that are part of the National Register of Historic Places are located close by.

The paper cutting and winding operations were contained within the building, and there was room for inventories of raw materials and finished product.

[2] In July, 1914, under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, Cox was appointed postmaster of Hartford City, and he was reappointed in 1919.

He was a director of the Citizens State Bank of Hartford City, and served three terms on the local school board.

He was president of the Hartford City Gymnasium Holding Company that raised funds to build a new gym for the school.

[3][18][40] On the morning of April 1, 1931, Edward Everett Cox died from a severe heart attack suffered the night before.

Success crowned nearly each adventure, whether from a business or political angle and he was held in the highest regard and esteem by all who knew him.