Jesse Wilcox

Brief Life History of Jesse

When Jesse Wilcox was born on 10 September 1865, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Abraham F. Wilcox, was 26 and his mother, Barbara Galloway, was 26. He married Nancy Jane Jeffries on 30 October 1887, in Miller, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Civil District 3, Hancock, Tennessee, United States in 1880 and Osage Township, Camden, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 January 1950, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Wilcox
1865–1950
Nancy Jane Jeffries
1867–1957
Marriage: 30 October 1887
Floyd Delaney Wilcox
1888–1952
Minnie Ethel Wilcox
1890–1980
Willard Elevensee Wilcox
1892–1976
Jesse Andrew "Jess" Wilcox
1905–1957
George Wesley Wilcox
1916–1916

Sources (10)

  • Jess Wilcox, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Jessie Wilcox, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Jess Wilcox, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

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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