Fresno County, California Biographies

Source: History of Fresno County, California, with biographical sketches of 
the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with 
its growth and development from the early days to the present (1919)

History By Paul E. Vandor 
Illustrated, Complete In Two Volumes 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1919
 
Notes: Missing+page1185-1186

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives 
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WILLIAM H. COX.� Born in Chattanooga, Tenn., June 20, 1882, Will- 
iam H. Cox was raised and educated in Dalton, Ga. He later returned to 
Chattanooga, and became an apprentice to the plumbing trade, with the firm 
of Williams & Wood, plumbers and steam fitters. After remaining in their 
employ several years, Mr. Cox came to California, in the spring of 1906, and 
first located in Sacramento. He worked for Henry Seiferman, the plumber, 
for three years, then formed a partnership with H. Dixon, under the firm 
name of Dixon & Cox, with a shop at Eighteenth and L Streets, specializ- 
ing in cottage and bungalow work. This partnership was dissolved in 1912, 
and Mr. Cox then went into business for himself at 516 K Street ; among other 
work he installed the plumbing and heating in the dormitory building of the 
State University Farm at Davis, Yolo County ; in the Carnegie Public Library 
and the Placer Hotel at Auburn, Placer County; also doing flat and residence 
work in Sacramento. 

In the fall of 1914, Mr. Cox located in Fresno, and soon after his arrival 
here opened a plumbing shop at 2547 Tulare Street, and engaged in the 
plumbing and heating contracting business, and from the beginning met with 
the success due his experience and reputation for reliability, his field of 
operations extending over the entire San Joaquin Valley. He installed the 
plumbing in the Liberty Market, and the steam heating plant in the Liberty 
Theater ; the plumbing and heating in the Wormser Furniture Company 
Building; in the new Warner Jewelry Store, on J Street; the James Porteous 
Block at Tulare and P Streets. Mr. Cox has installed plumbing in over fifty 
cottages and bungalows in Fresno, many for the Fresno Home Builders, and 
homes in the Alta Vista tract. He also installed the gas plant, plumbing 
and heating in the Jacob Hansen ranch home ; also supplied homes in Bar- 
stow and Perrin Colonies, Fresno County; installed the plumbing in the 
Manual Training School of Madera, and the Alpha grammar school at Alpha, 
Madera County ; also in the Madera Municipal Swimming Baths, and the 
Cutler School at Cutler, Tulare County; also the plumbing and heating in 
the Newkirk School in the city of Fresno, and the swimming baths in the 
State Normal School at Fresno. Since January, 1919, his plumbing shop has 
been located at 2555 White Avenue, Fresno. 

The marriage of Mr. Cox, which occurred in Sacramento, Cal., united 
him with Maude Pauline Clark, a native of Utah, and two children have 
been born to them: Clark, born in Sacramento, and Mary, born in Fresno. 
Mr. Cox is a member of the Master Plumbers' Association, and of the national, 
state and local plumbers' association. Fraternally, he is a Mason and a 
member of Center Lodge, No. 465, F. & A. M., of Fresno. A man of sterling 
character and with progress for his watchword, he has been an active par- 
ticipator in the growth and development of Fresno, city and county, and 
stands ready at all times to aid in advancing the county still further on its 
march toward prosperity.