Re: Wilcox
WILCOX, ORR, HARRISON, STRYKER, HANSON, REYWAIT
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: Wilcox (Tamara Haggard)
Date: 10/20/2007 at 20:38:39
I am not certain what information you are seeking. This is a listing of his children, and his obituary. Hopefully there is some new information for you.
Stephen Wilcox
Born: 3 March 1824 in Mercer Co., Pennsylvania
Died: 27 January 1901, Wright County, IowaSabrina (Harrison) Wilcox
Born: 20 June 1830
Died: 20 May 1887, Wright County, IowaChildren of Stephen and Sabrina (Harrison) Wilcox:
Henry WILCOX b: 8 FEB 1847 in Bureau Co., IL
Mary E. WILCOX b: 28 DEC 1849 in Bureau Co., IL
Job WILCOX b: 28 FEB 1851 in Bureau Co., IL
Benjamin WILCOX b: 28 APR 1853 in Bureau Co., IL
Alexander WILCOX b: 10 NOV 1855 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
James H. WILCOX b: 1 APR 1858 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
Frank WILCOX b: 23 JUL 1860 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
Wesley WILCOX b: 23 FEB 1863 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
Sarah WILCOX b: 1 JUN 1865 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
Nathan WILCOX b: 3 AUG 1867 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
William Walter WILCOX b: 6 APR 1870 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IA
Joseph WILCOX b: 15 AUG 1872 in Troy Township, Wright Co., IAExcerpted from "Wilcox Family History":
In the year 1854 a family came to settle near Woolstock, Iowa, at Troy Cemetery. They came from Bureau County, Illinois. They started on the 7th day of June and arrived in Wright County, Iowa, on July 5th, 1854. Hildred's grandfather, Ben Wilcox, was the baby. They came in covered wagons and settled in a circle in the bend of the river near what is now called Woolstock, Iowa, and near Troy Cemetery. They brought cattle and young stock with them for food. There were seven families of them, and Stephen Wilcox, Ben's father, was the Wagon Boss of the Wagon train. Hildred's Uncle Dan and his family were among the people, and the daughter, Frances, was the first white girl born in this territory. Alex, Stephen and Sabrina's son, was the first white boy to be born in this territory. There were very few trees except near the river.
Some of the older ones fought in the Civil War.
Uncle John Orr was a soldier. When he came there he met and married Mary Wilcox, oldest daughter of Stephen and Sabrina. The Indians lived nearby and were always friendly to the new settlement. When one of the family died they started the Troy Cemetery. This was very sad for them because it was near the river and sometimes in the spring the water would be so high they had to ford the river.Excerpted from "One of the Pioneers" by John Stryker -- obituary:
Passing away of Stephen Wilcox, the earliest settler in Troy Township, Wright Co., Iowa, on January 27, 1901. Stephen Wilcox, age 76 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Mr. Wilcox was born in Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, March 3, 1824. His parents moved to Lagrange Co., Indiana, while the subject of this sketch was still young, and at the time he was seventeen, they moved again and settled in Bureau Co., Illinois, where he grew to manhood. He married there to Miss Sabrina Harrison in 1845 where three children were born to them. He and his brother-in-law, William Stryker, concluded that they could do better in the then new state of Iowa, so they sold out and started the 7th day of June, 1854, by teams overland bringing quite a drove of cows and young stock with them. They arrived in Wright County on July 5th the same year. Mr. Wilcox bought 100 acres of land at government price and went to work to make a home for himself and family and by judicious management he has added 233 acres, so that when he died he had possession of almost 400 acres of good land worth in the neighborhood of $20,000.
Mr. Wilcox was strictly honest and no man was the worse for his gain as his property was increased by judicious investments of money honestly earned in his chosen occupation of farming. On the 20th day of May, 1887, Mr. Wilcox was deprived of his faithful wife. To them had been born twelve children (10 boys and 2 girls) all who are still living. Henry I, Mary E., wife of J.B. Orr, who are residents of Eagle Grove also Job Wilcox and Benjamin, Alexander, James H., Frank, Wesley, Sarah, wife of John Hanson, Nathan, Walter, and Joseph all of whom reside in Troy Township. In 1891, Mr. Wilcox was married to Mrs. Harriet Reywait who survives him.
The funeral services were conducted by Reverend Ephram Robins of Alden, an old neighbor and friend of the departed, at Troy Center Methodist Church. It was well filled by friends and neighbors who came to pay their last respects to one of the pioneer settlers of Wright Co., Iowa. Five of the pallbearers were sons of J.B. Orr and consequently grandsons of the deceased. The other one, Walter Orr, being a nephew of Mr. Orr. The above excellent sketch is from the pen of Mr. John Stryker, our Troy correspondent. It needs no additions or diminishing.
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