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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:

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:

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.

Additional Media

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Bernehistory.org
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 1865 NY State Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY
  3. 3.0 3.1 1850 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY
  4. 1860 US Census, Berne, Albany Co, NY