Wilcox, William B.
Birth
William Wilcox was born 1837 or 1839[1] in Berne the son of John B. Wilcox (B. 1807, D. Sept 6, 1890) and Magdalena (Lena) Warner (B. Aug 28, 1810, D. 1857).[1] William was one of three children.[1] His mother died when he was about 20 years of age, and then his father married Margaret Wright (B. 1822, D. March 28, 1897).[1] His surname has also been spelled Willcox.
Occupation
William was a blacksmith.[2]
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.[1] Sarah died in 1857 following the birth of their daughter. She is buried in The Wilcox Family Burying Ground.[1] Their daughter was:
- Lucy E. Wilcox (1859-1861), She is buried in The Wilcox Family Burying Ground next to her mother.[1]
William married a second time on October 11,1864 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Berne to Charlotte Ester Dyer.[1] Charlotte, who was born November 2, 1843, was the daughter of James Dyer and Mary Margaret Engle.[1] They had two children:
- Miron Flora Jean Wilcox (B. May 27, 1864, D. March 3, 1921)[1]
- Minnie Wilcox Simpson (B. 1874, M. Daniel Benjamin Simpson)[1]
Military Service
| Residence: | Berne, New York |
| Enlistment Date: | 2 Aug 1861 or Aug 8, 1861[2] |
| Enlistment Place: | Berne, New York |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private |
| State Served: | New York |
| Regiment: | 3rd Cavalry[2] |
| Company: | Company D |
| Promotion Date: | 30 Apr 1863 |
| Promotion Rank: | Full Commissary Sergeant |
| Muster Out Date: | 11 Aug 1864 |
| Muster Out Place: | Bermuda Hundred, VA |
| 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.[3] His father John B. Wilcox was a farmer who owned land.[3] 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.[4] In 1865 after serving in the Civil War, William was living with his wife Charlotte in a frame house valued at $600 in Berne.[2] He was working as a blacksmith.[2]
Death
William died in 1917 and was buried in The Wilcox Family Burying Ground.
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