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- JOHN L. WILCOX. No history of Janesville could be complete
- without devoting some space somewhere and in some manner
to the achievements of the younger class of men who are giving
the best years of their lives toward building up the industrial
resources of the country, and it is therefore a difficult matter
to do justice to these young men, many of them being extremely
reluctant to talk about themselves; and one of the chief offenders
in this line is John L[eonard] WILCOX, the secretary and general
manager of the Lewis Knitting Company. He was born in Janesville
on November 24, 1879. His parents were Clinton H. and Susan E.
WILCOX, who were always highly esteemed by the people of Janesville,
where they have resided for many years. Father WILCOX passed
out of this life on April 1, 1895; Mother WILCOX is still (1908)
living, with the hopes of many years
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- to come, in which she is joined by her children and many
friends.
- Our subject received his education in the public schools
of Janesville, and after completing his
- studies there found employment in Chicago, where he was for
several years connected with the wholesale firm of Carson, Pirie,
Scott & Co., where he received a business training and experience
which proved invaluable to him and doubtless had a large influence
in the formation of his decision to enter upon the career of
a manufacturer of underwear. The goods made by his company have
received a world-wide reputation.
- Mr. WILCOX is a member of the society of Elks of Janesville,
and secretary of the Sinnissippi
- Golf Club of Janesville.
- On January 1, 1901, Mr. WILCOX was united in marriage with
Miss Mabel Barrett LEWIS.
- They are the happy parents of one child - Annette.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wisconsin, Vol. II"
by William Fiske Brown, (c)1908, p. 913.
- Courtesy of Carol
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- Photo courtesy of Maggy
Wilcox
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- [Click here
for John L. WILCOX's obituary. A biography for his father-in-law
(Franklin F. LEWIS) is available here.]
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