Silas McCaslin Wilcox

Male10 January 1854–21 June 1917

Brief Life History of Silas McCaslin

When Silas McCaslin Wilcox was born on 10 January 1854, in Hamburg, Fremont, Iowa, United States, his father, Samuel Allen Wilcox, was 34 and his mother, Martha Bolton Parker, was 33. He lived in Cedar Fort, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Wardboro, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 21 June 1917, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in St. Charles, Oneida, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Allen Wilcox
1819–1898
Martha Bolton Parker
1820–1912
Malinda Wilcox
1838–1888
Lucy Wilcox
1840–1840
Sarah Jane Wilcox
1841–1931
John Dingman Wilcox
1843–1922
Asenath Viola Wilcox
1845–1927
Adam Wilcox
1847–1917
Samuel Allen Wilcox Jr.
1850–1908
Joseph Wilcox
1851–1936
Silas McCaslin Wilcox
1854–1917
Phebe Roseltha Wilcox
1857–1925
Boyd Extine Wilcox
1859–1895
David Almearn Wilcox
1862–1946

Sources (29)

  • Silas Wilcox in household of Joseph Wilcox, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Silas M. Wilcox, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Silas Wilcox in household of Saml Wilcox, "United States Census, 1860"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (12)

+7 More Children

World Events (8)

1863

Age 9

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Age 9

Historical Boundaries 1863: Idaho, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Washington Territory, United States 1863: Boise, Idaho Territory, United States 1863: Owyee, Idaho Territory, United States 1864: Oneida, Idaho, Territory, United States 1875: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United States

1871

Age 17

Historical Boundaries 1871: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United 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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SILAS McCASLIN WILCOX 18548 - 1917

Silas McCaslin Wilcox, the ninth child of Samuel Allen and Martha Parker Wilcox, was born 10 January 1854, in Hamburg, Iowa. His parents had taken up a homestead on Nishnabotna Cree …

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