Elisha H Wilcox

Brief Life History of Elisha H

When Elisha H Wilcox was born on 28 January 1839, in Murray, Orleans, New York, United States, his father, Orin Wilcox, was 37 and his mother, Hannah B. Hamlin, was 38. He lived in New York, United States in 1870 and Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Orin Wilcox
1801–1872
Hannah B. Hamlin
1800–1872
Albert N. Wilcox
1825–1894
Wellington Wilcox
1827–1837
Lois Ann Wilcox
1829–1901
Elizabeth Wilcox
1829–1911
Martha Elvira Wilcox
1831–1920
Elizabeth A Wilcox
1834–1925
Charlotte Maria Wilcox
1836–1907
Elisha H Wilcox
1839–
Mary Wilcox
1841–1842

Sources (6)

  • Elisha H. Wilcox, "United States Census, 1880"
  • U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
  • Elisha Wilcox, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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