Frederick Walter Cox was born in New York in 1812 and came to Manti, Utah in 1852. He was an excellent craftsman who helped build forts, bridges, wagons, furniture, looms, farm equipment, and sleighs; with the help of his sons he built a water-powered sawmill by the creek. In the community he served on the City Council, was Treasurer of Sanpete County, and a member of the Territorial legislature. In church affairs he was counselor to Welcome Chapman, President of the High Priest Quorum of the Manti Stake, and laid the northwest cornerstone of the temple. There was always time for music. Cox played the flute beautifully and enjoyed singing in choirs. He died in 1879 in a logging accident at the age of sixty-seven, the father of thirty-eight children and fifty-six grandchildren.