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==Birth== 

William Wilcox was born 1837 or 1839<ref name="Bernehistory">Bernehistory.org</ref> in [[Berne]] the son of [[John B. Wilcox]] (B. 1807, D. Sept 6, 1890) and [[Magdalena (Lena) Warner]] (B. Aug 28, 1810, D. 1857).<ref name="Bernehistory"/> William was one of three children.<ref name="Bernehistory"/> His mother died when he was about 20 years of age, and then his father married [[Margaret Wright]] (B. 1822, D. March 28, 1897).<ref name="Bernehistory"/> His surname has also been spelled Willcox.

==Occupation==
William was a blacksmith.<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>

==Marriage & Children==
On October 15, 1857 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne, William married [[Sarah Elizabeth Northrup]] (B. May 5, 1837, D. 1859), who was the daughter of [[Alvah H. Northrup]] and [[Maria L. Ball]].<ref name="Bernehistory"/> Sarah died in 1857 following the birth of their daughter. She is buried in [http://www.bernehistory.org/cemDetail.asp?ID=11| The Wilcox Family Burying Ground].<ref name="Bernehistory"/> Their daughter was:
*Lucy E. Wilcox (1859-1861), She is buried in [http://www.bernehistory.org/cemDetail.asp?ID=11| The Wilcox Family Burying Ground] next to her mother.<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

William married a second time on October 11,1864 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne to [[Charlotte Ester Dyer]].<ref name="Bernehistory"/> Charlotte, who was born November 2, 1843, was the daughter of [[James Dyer]] and [[Mary Margaret Engle]].<ref name="Bernehistory"/> They had two children:
*[[Miron Flora Jean Wilcox]] (B. May 27, 1864, D. March 3, 1921)<ref name="Bernehistory"/>
*[[Minnie Wilcox]] Simpson (B. 1874, M. Daniel Benjamin Simpson)<ref name="Bernehistory"/>

==Military Service==
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Residence:
|Berne, New York
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|Enlistment Date:
|2 Aug 1861 or Aug 8, 1861<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref>
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|Enlistment Place:
|Berne, New York
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|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
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|State Served:
|New York
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|Regiment:
|3rd Cavalry<ref name="1865Census"/>
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|Company:
|Company D
|-
|Promotion Date:
|30 Apr 1863
|-
|Promotion Rank:
|Full Commissary Sergeant
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|Muster Out Date:
|11 Aug 1864
|-
|Muster Out Place:
|Bermuda Hundred, VA
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks: Enlisted as a Private on 2 August 1861 at the age of 22
|-
|Sources Used: Ancenstry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; 1865 census Berne, Albany Co., NY
|}

==Live==
In 1850 William was living with his parents in Berne and he reportedly was 11 years of age thus born 1839.<ref name="1850Census">1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> His father [[John B. Wilcox]] was a farmer who owned land.<ref name="1850Census"/> In the next decade William married. By 1860 he was a farmer who owned land in Berne and was living with his wife [[Sarah Elizabeth Northrup]] and [[Daniel Secor]] who was a farm laborer.<ref name="1860Census">1860 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> In 1865 after serving in the Civil War, William was living with his wife Charlotte in a frame house valued at $600 in Berne.<ref name="1865Census">1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY</ref> He was working as a blacksmith.<ref name="1865Census"/>

==Death==
William died in 1917 and was buried in [http://www.bernehistory.org/cemDetail.asp?ID=11| The Wilcox Family Burying Ground].

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