Katherine Wilcox

Brief Life History of Katherine

When Katherine Wilcox was born in 1893, in Coffee, Georgia, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Wilcox, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Gaskins, was 35. She married Edward Willis Fortune on 12 July 1908, in Coffee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in District 1353, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Douglas, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1920. She died in 1924, in Axson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Stokesville Church Cemetery, Axson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Willis Fortune
1887–1939
Katherine Wilcox
1893–1924
Marriage: 12 July 1908
Ruby Lee Fortune
1909–1985
Lewis Clarence Fortune Sr
1911–1971
Thomas W Fortune
1912–1944
Mary Elizabeth Fortune
1914–1997
George C Fortune
1917–1934
Robert Quinton Forturne
1918–1991
Willie Kate Fortune
1919–1920

Sources (11)

  • Cathrine Fortune, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Catherine Wilcox, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Cathrine Fortune, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"

World Events (8)

1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia

The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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.

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