Bio of Delos E. WILCOX 
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Transcribed by: Candy L. Grubb 
From History of North Washington, published 1903, now in public domain. 
Submitted by Candy L. Grubb March 20, 1997. Both above notices must remain 
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DELOS E. WILCOX

	Delos E. Wilcox, one of the energetic young business men of 
Clayton, Stevens county, is at present engaged in farming, lumbering 
and contracting.
	He was born in Minnesota, October 11, 1876, the son of A.W. and
Rosalind (Shoop) Wilcox.  Both were natives of Wisconsin, coming to
Minnesota in 1872, where they lived until 1903, when they pushed on 
farther west to Washington, locating in Stevens county where they at 
present reside.  They are the parents of eleven children, Thomas, Warren,
Carrie, Belle, George, Harry, Ruby, Delos, John, Myrtle, and Frank.
	Delos E. Wilcox was educated in the public schools of Redwood
Falls, Minnesota.  At the age of twenty-two he commenced life for
himself in the lumbering business which occupation he followed four
years.  In 1902, he came west, locating at Usk, Stevens county, where
he remained but a short period, thence going to Clayton.  In this 
vicinity he purchased two hundred and forty acres, mostly timber land.
He had previously bough one hundred and eighty acres near that place.
They own four head of heavy logging horses.
	To Emily Blake, Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage, January 6,
1901.  She is the daughter of R. B. and Jane (Ford) Blake, natives of
Canada.  In 1877 they settled in Drayton, North Dakota, where the mother
died.  The father at present resides in Disart, Minnesota.  To them were
born thirteen children.
	Politically, Delos E. Wilcox is a Republican, and an active 
worker in the interests of that party.  Fraternally he is a member of
Lodge No.119, I.O.O.F., Bemidji, Minnesota.  His business interests are
divided between Usk and Clayton.