Lincoln Trail College Alumnus Returning for Book Signing

A Lincoln Trail College alumnus who wrote a book is returning to the college for a book signing on October 4 from 7-8 p.m. at the Eagleton Library. Kim C. Cox (’75) wrote “I Remain, As Ever, Your Kinsman.”
 
Cox is a fifth-generation native of Crawford County.  His great-great-grandmother, Eliza Ann Wilson Patton, was born in Palestine shortly before Illinois became a state, in 1817.  His triple-great uncle, Joesph Kitchell, was a signer of the first state constitution.
 
The book is compiled of letters from Cox’s ancestors regarding their participation in the California Gold Rush and the Civil War. Four of the five family members who tried their luck in the Gold Rush died.  The survivor, Cullen Wilson, Eliza Ann’s brother, returned to Palestine and then volunteered as Quartermaster for the Illinois Fifth Cavalry in the Civil War.  His nephew, Allen Patton, Eliza Ann’s son, volunteered as a private in the 21st Illinois, “Colonel Grant’s Regiment.”  He was killed in battle at Stones River, in Tennessee.  The book is available on Amazon.
 
Cox is a graduate of Robinson High School, Lincoln Trail College, and the University of Illinois. He obtained his law degree from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. 
 
A retired attorney, Cox managed the law office of California State Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny while she was serving in the state legislature.  A politician himself, he was elected Chair of the California Presidential Electoral College in 1996.  He served as a Judge Pro. Tem. of the San Diego County Superior Court for 15 years.
            
For 29 years, Cox was a part-time DJ on the award-winning jazz station KSDS-FM.  He serves as a Trustee of Delta Upsilon International Fraternity and as Secretary of the San Diego Illini Alumni Club.  Locally, he served as President of the James Jones Literary Society in 2007.
 
Cox is married to Anne Krueger, and lives in San Diego County, California