Record #:

40981

Author(s):

Stalls, Sarah Hodges

Abstract:

Self-described as having lived much of his life near the water, Cox also made a difference on land. The light keeper who advocated for a highway to connect Tyrell and Hyde Counties has a highway starting in Hyde County named for him.

Source:

North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine (NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 11 Issue 6, November 2019, p34-36

Subject(s):

Cox, Benjamin F., 1861-1945; Light Stations--North Carolina, eastern ; Gull Shoal Light Station--Benjamin F. Cox; Laurel Point Light Station; Gull Shoal Lighthouse; U.S. Lighthouse Service--Benjamin F. Cox; Lighthouses--Washington County ; Lighthouses--Hyde County; Lighthouses--North Carolina, eastern; Walter B. Jones Sr. Center for the Sounds (Columbia)