Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Wilcox, James O. 1851 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 19, 2005, 12:52 am Author: Warner, Beers & Co. JAMES O. WILCOX, farmer, P. O. Larue, was born November 9, 1851, in this county, and is the son of Ebenezer R. and Emily (Carpenter) Wilcox. His father was born September 4, 1819, in Franklin County, Ohio, and was the son of Asa and Mary (Carter) Wilcox, the former born February 18, 1788, in Orange County, N. Y., of English descent, and the latter a daughter of Anthony Carter, a French soldier under La Fayette. E. R. Wilcox, the father of our subject, received a common school education and was married at the age of twenty-nine to Emily Hurlbert, who was born February 7, 1820, in Bradford County, Penn., and a daughter of Adriel and Emily (Carpenter) Hurlbert; her father was born in Vermont and was of German descent; her mother was a native of Delaware. This union resulted in six children, of whom our subject is the second, as follows: William A., born September 21, 1850, died September 8, 1851; James O., our subject; Charles M., born November 21, 1853, in McLean County, Ill. Mary D., born April 1, 1855, died September 8, 1856; Frank D., born February 12, 1860, in McLean County, Ill.; and Ebenezer, born October 12, 1863, in Ohio. E. R. Wilcox, the father of our subject, moved in 1852 with his family to McLean County, Ill., but returned in 1862 to Ohio, to take care of his aged father. He remained on the homestead until after the death of his father, which occurred February 12, 1873, when he sold out and moved to Kenton, where he lived for one year, and then purchased a farm eight miles east of Kenton, on the banks of the Scioto River. After living peacefully for four years, he departed this life April 13, 1881. His widow is still living, although an invalid, and has her father, who is a hale and hearty man of eighty-seven years, living with her. Frank Wilcox, the brother of our subject, was the first of the boys to marry; he was married, December 28, 1882, to Miss Alice, the daughter of Perry Hardin, of Marion County. James, our subject, was united in marriage January 10, 1883, to Miss Sarah. born May 22, 1861, in Clark County, this State, a daughter of Joshua and Eliza J. (Campbell) Heisler, the former of German parentage, born in 1829, in Pennsylvania. Additional Comments: Dudley Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/wilcox316bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb