James Albert Wilcox

1836–30 June 1864 (Age 28)
Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States

The Life Summary of James Albert

When James Albert Wilcox was born in 1836, in Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States, his father, Elijah Wilcox, was 26 and his mother, Sally Ann Cummings, was 23. He married Jane Agnes Spraker on 28 May 1857, in Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 June 1864, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 28.

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Family Time Line

James Albert Wilcox
1836–1864
Jane Agnes Spraker
1839–1911
Marriage: 28 May 1857
George Edward Wilcox
1858–1936
Helen Louesa Wilcox
1859–1936
James Albert Wilcox
1861–1930

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 May 1857Bath, Bath, Steuben, New York, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

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    World Events (5)

    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 0
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1846
    Age 10
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1846
    Age 10
    Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Wilcock
    Willcox

    Sources (4)

    • James Wilcox in household of Elijah Wilcox, "United States Census, 1850"
    • James Wilcox in entry for George Edward Wilcox and Mary Bellinger, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
    • James Wilcox in household of Elijah Wilcox, "New York State Census, 1855"

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