Brief Life History of Francis Marcus
When Francis Marcus Wilcox was born on 6 September 1860, in Shiawassee, Michigan, United States, his father, Andrew Asahel Wilcox, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Diantha Amidon, was 28. He married Frances Mary Flansburgh on 25 December 1884, in Butte, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Kimshew, Butte, California, United States in 1880 and Judicial Township 3, Merced, California, United States in 1900. He died on 10 February 1909, in Forest Ranch, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Merced, Merced, California, United States.
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- Francis Wilcox, "United States Census, 1870"
- Francis Marion Wilcox, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Francis Marion Wilcox, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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