Camden People - George P. Cox

GEORGE P. COX was born in Camden, New Jersey on December 23, 1863 to Edward Cox and his wife, the former Caroline Shane. He was the fourth of five children, coming after Francis, William, and Wright Ellis Cox. The fifth child, Blanche, was born in 1873.

George P. Cox was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on May 27, 1894. He was assigned as Driver with the Chemical Engine Company, then quartered at Fire Headquarters at the northwest corner of North 5th and and Arch Streets. The foreman was John W. Toy; The hosemen were Charles Robinson and George Cox's brother, Wright E. Cox. On March 1, 1900 George P. Cox was promoted to Captain and took over command of the Hook & Ladder Company, now known as Ladder Company 1, succeeding Benjamin L. Kellum. On July 16, 1907 George P. Cox was promoted to Assistant Chief, a post similar to today's Battalion Chief.

George P. Cox first married Isabella Phillips. There was a son Edward George Cox, born in 1896. Isabella Cox died in 1905. George P. Cox remarried. His second wife, Lidie B. Cox, passed away in 1916.

George Cox retired from the Camden Fire Department on May 1, 1919 as Battalion Chief. By January of 1920 a widower, he was living with his younger sister, Mrs. Blanche Carey, at 220 North 5th Street, her daughter Mildred and his daughter Blanche. He later moved to Wildwood, New Jersey. Brother Wright Ellis Cox passed away in November of 1926.

George P. Cox passed away August 1, 1940. He was buried at Harleigh Cemetery in Camden. near both of his wives.

*Camden Post-Telegram December 27, 1910**

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	Charles Robinson Samuel Price Harry Haines Mortica Clark James McDermott John McTaggart Roy A. Smith Peter Gray Harvey Watts Samuel S. Elfreth George P. Cox Mrs. Tillie Sackett Harry Ehrlich - Lena Ehrlich Florence Ehrlich - Martha Ehrlich Edward T. Sackett - Harry Pinsky Mary Palosky - Joseph Hermann Harry Nurock Broadway Albertson L. Matlack Engine Company 7

Camden Post-Telegram - October 17, 1912

LAST HONORS TO FIREMAN BUZINE
Veteran Who Was Fatally Stricken on Engine Borne to Grave Today
UNIQUE OFFERING SENT BY COMRADES

Great crowds last night and today viewed the remains of Fireman Lewis Buzine who was fatally stricken with paralysis last Thursday while driving No. 3 engine. The body was exposed to view at his late home, 1606 Broadway, where services were held this afternoon.

Last night nearly one hundred members of the Eighth Ward Republican Club were in attendance and paid their last respects. This afternoon the services were conducted by Reverend William Grum, pastor of the Trinity M. E. Church.

Assistant Chief George Cox was in charge of the detail of firemen, numbering nearly fifty, every company being represented by one or more members, which acted as an escort to the body as it passed through the streets to New Camden Cemetery. The pallbearers were members of No. 3 Engine Company in charge of Captain Nicholas.

The room was filled with choice floral designs. The Eighth Ward Republican Club sent a large star and crescent. The design from the Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association was a large circle with a big "5" in the center, being the number of the local lodge. Members of No. 3 Engine Company of which Mr. Buzine was driver, sent a three-foot circle of white chrysanthemums and asters designed as a clock and bearing the inscription "The Last Alarm". The big figures "83" designated the number of the box from which the alarm came and in the center was the dial of a clock with the hands pointing to 1:32, the time the company left on what proved to be Buzine’s last run.

There were also many floral tributes from the family. The funeral arrangements were in charge of George Blake.


	In the foreground, the headquarters of the Camden Fire Department, built in 1899, at 19 North 5th Street. The adjacent building at 31 North 5th Street was built in 1894, and was the home of Ladder Company 1 from 1894 to 1930.

*Camden Post-Telegram January 2, 1913**

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Charles A. Todd - John W. Kelly Jr. - John H. Lutts - William K. Buzine - James Navin - Richard Marter Joseph Sparks - George Boone - Roy A. Smith - Edward Simpson - Henry C. Knowles Samuel S. Elfreth - George P. Cox - Walter W. Browning - George B. Wade - John A. Stockton Joseph F. Ernst - John A. Dold - Josiah Sage - Daniel Smith - Arthur Wingate - Joseph T. Johnson Harry Hankins - William Laird - William Elberson - John H. Lennox - Martin Carrigan - Charles Cook Harry Selby - Herman O. Kreher - Daniel P. McConnell - William Howell Tatem Harry C. Anderson - Steward Bakley - Joseph Maxwell William Robinson - Richard Sauer - John Watson - Albert Glanders - Ladder Company 1 Charles Menke - Edward S. Gahan - Engine Company 7 - Engine Company 2

*Camden Courier-Post November 15, 1926**

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West Jersey Hospital - Wright Cox - George Cox - Robert Bender - Samuel S. Elfreth - Edward Hartman The Sixth Regiment Armory Fire - Charles H. Ellis - Andrew Lyons