1816–1882

Introduction

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Born: Au­gust 28, 1816, Bal­ti­more, Ma­ry­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 25, 1882, Wash­ing­ton, DC.

Buried: Spring Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Eas­ton, Ma­ry­land.

Biography

Christopher was the son of Me­tho­dist preach­er Lu­ther J. Cox and Ma­ria Ca­the­rine Keen­er, bro­ther of Sam­uel Cox., and hus­band of Am­an­da North­rop.

He gra­du­at­ed from Yale Col­lege (1835) and me­di­cal school in Bal­ti­more (1838), then stu­died me­di­cine in Hei­del­berg, Ger­ma­ny.

He served as a doc­tor and as Sur­geon Ge­ne­ral of the Ar­my of the Po­to­mac in the Am­eri­can ci­vil war.

He was lat­er elect­ed Lieu­ten­ant Gov­er­nor of the state of Mary­land (1865–68).

He went on to serve as the first chair­man of the Board of Health in Wash­ing­ton, DC, and as Com­mis­sion­er of Pen­sions.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. Burden of My Sins, The
  2. Haste Not, Haste Not, Do Not Rest
  3. I Love Thee, O Thou God of Mine
  4. Infidel and His Daugh­ter, The
  5. Silently the Shades of Ev­en­ing
  6. Without Haste, and With­out Rest

Translations

  1. I Love Thee, O Most Gra­cious Lord