- M. M. WILCOX, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Janesville; born in January,
1812, in Morgan, Orleans
- Co., Vt.; son of Silas and Elizabeth WILCOX; assisted his
parents in farming till 1833; then went to New Haven Co., Conn.;
he engaged in farming till 1840. Married in New Haven Co., Conn.,
in February, 1836, Miss Mabel NORTON, who was born in the same
county in November, 1812; they have two children - Henry, born
in December, 1836; and Oramel, in August, 1842. M. M. WILCOX
came with his family to Wisconsin in 1845, when they located
and bought 100 acres of land where he is now living on Sec. 15;
he raises the usual crop of the county. On the Republican ticket,
in 1854, he was elected Treasurer of Harmony Township; served
one term; in 1858, was Assessor one term; in 1863, he was re-elected
Treasurer for one term. His son Henry enlisted in the 13th W.V.I.;
had a severe attack of illness, recovered his health, and in
October, 1864, entered Co. I, 2d W.V.I., and served till the
end of the war; was honorably discharged. His other son, Oramel,
enlisted in April, 1861, in Co. D, 2d W.V.I.; was taken prisoner
July 22, 1861; was in Libby under Wirz' cruelty; in June, 1862,
was sent to Tuscaloosa, Ala.; at Salisbury, N.C., he was wounded
in the head and reported dead, but only lost his left eye; mustered
out at Madison, Wis., at the end of the war.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 897.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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