Byron Clark Cox was the son of Denton and Bertha Clark Cox and was born at Rossville (Clinton County) Indiana December 5, 1899. He lived with his parents in Rossville until 1908 when the family moved to the present home near Garfield. He attended school at Garfield where he graduated from the 8th grade after which he entered the Darlington HS and graduated with the class of 1916. During two years of the time he was in high school Byron made his home with Dr. and Mrs. C.W. Kendall who have always spoken in the highest terms of his unfailing cheerfulness and splendid character. The remaining two years, he lived with his grandmother, the late Mrs. E.H. Cox. After his graduation, he entered the State Normal at Terre Haute and that winter was given the position of principal of the consolidated school at Shannondale. On April 16, 1917, immediately following the close of his school he enlisted in the Regular Army and was sent to Jefferson Barracks where he was vaccinated and incoculated for typhoid. He was then sent to Ft. Douglas, Arizona, where he became a member of Co G 18th Infantry. On June 9, he crossed Indiana on his way to NY. His family knew of this by receiving cards he had dropped from the car to be mailed. He was with the first American forces to embark and reached France on June 28. In February of this year he was made a Corporal. On May 4, he was gassed and was confined in a hospital until May 28. From the very first his letters home were full of enthusiasm and he never doubted for an instant that right would win and that Germany would eventually be absolutely vanquished.

Source of information: Darlington Herald Friday, July 25, 1918