Patricians and Plebeians » James Wilcox (1817-1886)

Personal data James Wilcox 

• He was born on June 29, 1817 in Germantown, Montgomery, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Sources 1, 3, 5, 6, 7
• Resident:
• in the year 1850: German, Darke, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 1
• in the year 1860: German, Darke, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 5
• in the year 1870: German, Darke, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
• in the year 1880: German, Darke, Ohio, Verenigde Staten.Source 7
• He died on July 7, 1886 in Palestine, Darke, Ohio, USA, he was 69 years old.Source 6
• He is buried in the year 1886 in Palestine, Darke, Ohio, USA.Source 6
• A child of James Wilcox and Elizabeth Keister

Household of James Wilcox

(1) He is married to Sarah J. Clendenine.

They got married June 1841, he was 23 years old.

(2) He is married to Elizabeth K. Ketring.

They got married on June 18, 1848 at Darke County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten, he was 30 years old.Source 4

Child(ren):

1. Signorette L Wilcox  1849-1937 
2. Alice Elizabeth Wilcox  1851-1938 
3. Marquis De Lafayette Willcox  1853-1920 
4. Percival Franklin Wilcox  1857-1928 
5. Isaac N Wilcox  ± 1859-1943
6. David Marshall Wilcox  ± 1862-1939
7. Joseph Sherman Wilcox  ± 1864-1928
8. Paul Wilcox  ± 1867-????
9. Charles Sumner Wilcox  1867-1926
10. Martha Edna Wilcox  ± 1870-1906

Notes about James Wilcox

Born near Germantown in 1817. He was raised to farm labor. He assisted his father in farming till he attained his majority; attending common school during the winter months. At the end of one year after moving to Darke Co. he went to Butler Co. and engaged for a time in wood chopping; while there he accidently discovered he could put up a barrel about as good as an experienced cooper and accepted a proposition from a professional cooper, to engage in the business. He made 430 barrels averaging 8 barrels per day as his first work. He remained in Butler Co. about 3 yrs., then returned to Darke Co. He engaged in sawmilling for the next eighteen yrs continuously and successfully. He then purchased and moved to the place where he resided until his death in 1886. This farm consisted of 160 acres, most of which he had cleared and placed in its present highly improved condition. He was married twice, his first marriage was consumated with Miss Sarah J. Clementine in June 1841, she died 5 months later. His second marriage was celebrated June 8, 1848 with Elizabeth Ketring. She was born in German township. Mr. and Mrs James Jr. Wilcox had nine children. They are buried in St. Johns Cemetery south of Palestine Ohio.

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