Gaston, Joseph.  "Portland, Oregon Its History and Builders."  Vol. 2. 
Chicago and Portland, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911. p. 241.
 
NORRIS REMEY COX, D.D.S.
 
     Dr. Norris Remey Cox, who stands as one of the foremost representatives of
the dental profession, not only in Portland but in the state, having been
honored with the presidency of the Oregon Dental Society, while he also aided in
framing the first dental laws of the state, was born in Marion county Oregon
July 28, 1855. His father, William Cox, crossed the plains from Illinois in
1847, settling at Salem, where he and his father, Thomas Cox, conducted the
first mercantile establishment of the city. Shortly afterward he retired from
commercial pursuits, turning his attention to farming that the outdoor life
might prove beneficial to his health, which had become somewhat impaired. He
then engaged in stock raising in Marion county and at Walla Walla until his
death, which occurred in the latter place in 1866, when he was forty five years
of age. He did much to promote agricultural interests in Oregon and was one of
the first to bring blooded stock to the state. He was also one of the first to
introduce harvesters and other farming machinery into Oregon, and his labors
constituted important elements in substantial growth and progress here.  He
married Adeline Saucier, a step daughter of William Crump, a pioneer of 1846,
who was one of the members of the celebrated Donner party from which, however,
he separated at Fort Hall.  Mrs. Cox survived her husband for many years and
passed away in 1903 at the age of seventy-five years.  In their family were
seven children of whom five are yet living and are residents of Oregon.
     Dr. Cox, who was the fourth in order of birth, pursued his education in the
public schools of Salem and in Willamette University where he completed his more
specifically literary course. In preparation for a professional career he took
up the study of dentistry in the spring of 1878, and was graduated from the
Philadelphia Dental College with the class of 1884, winning first honors of that
class. Dr. Cox at once returned to Oregon and settled at Portland where he
entered upon the active practice of his chosen profession to which he has since
devoted almost his entire time and attention. He has always stood for high
ideals and advanced standards and has taken an active part in promoting the
interests of the profession serving as president of the various local and state
dental societies, assisting in framing the first law passed in the state
regarding dentistry, and acting as secretary of the first board of dental
examiners. He was also the first dean of the North Pacific Dental College at
Portland. He is accorded a liberal patronage and exemplifies all that is
progressive and of practical value his close conformity to a high standard of
professional ethics winning him the confidence and high regard of his brethren
of the dental fraternity as well as of the general public.
    Dr. Cox gives stalwart support to the republican party and has been an
active member of the Masonic fraternity since 1890 being identified with its
various branches including capitulary and chivalric Masonry while in the
Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty second degree of the consistory He also
served as grand master of Oregon in 1909 10 He is a member of the Royal Arcanum
and upon him have been conferred the highest honors of the state organization
His religious faith is evidenced in his membership in the Congregational church
and his devotion to the public good is indicated in his cooperation in many of
the projects and measures which are directly beneficial to the individual and to
the state.
 

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2014 by Diana Smith. Submitter
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