Jeff Davis-Coffee County GaArchives Biographies.....Wilcox, J. Mark 1890 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
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   J. MARK WILCOX. Talented, energetic, and well versed in legal lore, J. Mark
Wilcox, of Hazlehurst, is rapidly winning for himself an honored position in the
legal circles of Jeff Davis county, and deserves great credit for the position
which he has won, not only as an attorney, but as a popular and esteemed
citizen. He was born May 21, 1890, at Willacoochee, Coffee county, Georgia, of
substantial Scotch-Irish ancestry.

   His father, Jefferson Wilcox, M. D., is one of the best known and most
prosperous physicians of Coffee county, and a man of prominence and influence.
Very active in public affairs, he represented his district in the state
legislature in 1892, 1894, and 1896, and 1898 served as state senator. During
the Spanish-American war he raised a company of immunes, which was organized as
Company B, Third United States Volunteer Infantry, and with them saw service in
Cuba. He married Marion Henson, who was likewise a native of Coffee county,
Georgia, and they are the parents of two children, namely: Ira, E., of Savannah,
Georgia, in the employ of the Southern Bell Telephone Company; and J. Mark, the
subject of this brief biographical record.

   After completing the course of study in the Willacoochee high school J. Mark
Wilcox attended Emory College, in Oxford, Georgia, for two years. Going then to
Macon, Georgia, he was graduated from the law department of Mercer University
with the class of 1910. Immediately locating in Hazlehurst, Mr. Wilcox has met
with most encouraging success in his professional practice, and as one of the
younger generation of lawyers has a brilliant prospect for a prosperous future
in his career. On November 9, 1911, he was appointed prosecuting attorney for
Jeff Davis county, and is filling the position with characteristic ability. He
is also a director of the Farmers State Bank of Hazlehurst, and its attorney.


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A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913




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