Powell Liberty Historical Society

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Powell Cemetery

Home and farm located at1681 Powell Rd Dr. Dana Cox – Graduated from Muskingum College. While at Muskingum he boarded from John Glenn’s parents and he and John became lifelong friends. Dr. Cox was a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Ohio State University College of Medicine while also maintaining a private practice on State Street across from Grant Hospital where he was at one time, the Director of Obstetrics and Genecology. It was at Grant Hospital where he delivered this author and my sister in 1951-52. The Cox’s first child was Nancy. While going through his Obstetrics training in New York City, she passed away from an accidental fire at the age of three. The Cox’s had one other daughter Rachel and later adopted three boys, Douglas, William and Charles. The Coxes lived on Powell Road at the site which is not the Powell Methodist Church. Dr. Cox was known to be very involved in helping couples adopt. His son Bill recalls from his cousin who grew up and practiced law in Cambridge, Ohio, "that Dr. Cox was known to have helped many couples from Cambridge adopt, that he could have been mayor". Locally, Dr. Cox was known to help residents with assorted medical issues such as fishing hooks in fingers, wounds, or other accidental incidents. Dr. Cox and his first wife Faye met at Muskingum College. Faye was a teacher at Hyatts Elementary School when she passed away. Dr. Cox purchased the farm and home on Powell Road in late forties or early fifties. He built his home around the existing structure that originally was built by Titus Case in 1835, son of George Case, an early settler to the area. Roughhewn beams were evident in several spots in the basement, which match beams in the old barn. The Case property was sold to the Zinn family in the early 1900's including 100 acres which is now Deer Run and the Powell Methodist Church. When Dr. Cox purchased the property, he remodeled the home from a basic rectangle-shaped farmhouse to a Southern Colonial Style structure. Large pillars in the front of the home were made in Atlanta and shipped to Powell where they were hoisted up by hand, creating the two-story front porch. Three fireplaces were put in including one in the kitchen plus five bathrooms. Feel free to refer to the Eulogy Letter at the link below for Dr. Cox from his partner.

Eulogy Letter

oldest son

as of 2026 Charles resides in Mesa, Arizona with his second wife Linda of 13 years. Charlie lost his first wife Sharon due to illness. Linda, first cousin of Sharon, helped care for her during her illness. Sharon and Charles have two daughters, Jenny and Ellen, and one son, Andy, from his marriage to Sharon. As of 2026, Andy and Jenny live in Delaware County while Ellen, the oldest, resides in Alabama. Charlie went into the Army after graduating from Olentangy High School and served in Korea. When he came home, he started a Volkswagen dealership. Later he joined Midwestern Auto Group headquartered in Dublin, later called MAG. At one point he received an award for selling the most Volkswagens in the U.S. Another interesting thing about Charlie's career is that one of his regular customers was Les Wexner, Central Ohio's resident billionaire. Charlie said Wexner would buy a car and have it a few months, only put a few hundred miles on it and trade it in on a new one. Charlie said he always had a buyer in waiting for Mr. Wexners trade in. Charlie graduated from Olentangy High School

Bill currently lives in Troy, Ohio. He has two daughters, Amanda and Cassandra. Amanda lives in Wadsworth, Ohio and has two daughters. Cassandra lives in Powell and has two daughters and two adopted twin boys. Cassandra’s oldest daughter attends the original Olentangy High School in Lewis Center where William, Charles, and Douglas graduated from high school. Bill spent his career in banking, which later included working as a regulator for the Resolution Trust Corporation. He worked for the FDIC during the Savings & Loan crisis in the early 1990's. He retired from the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions in 2009 after 25 years of service. After retirement Bill continued to work part time for the Cleveland Fed and the ODFI until 2016. Bill graduated from Olentangy High School in 1962.

Douglas Wesley Cox – Doug was the youngest of the three boys. He served in Vietnam and in Desert Storm. He finished his Army Career as the senior Military Science (ROTC) instructor at Oregon State University. After his Army retirement he served as Director of Operations for the Oregon State University Alumni facility. He has also been involved with Oregon State’s nationally recognized baseball program. Doug met his wife Karen while serving Germany. They reside in Albany, Oregon.

Rachel married James Yantis a banker in Urbana, Ohio. She was the oldest child. Further information is unknown at this time.