WI BIO - Eau Claire Co - WILCOX, Charles R.

History Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol I, p 336

Charles R. WILCOX, a son of Alfred and Hannah (AKIN) WILCOX, was born 04 
March 1832 in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, and lived there until 
he came to Wisconsin. His father [Alfred WILCOX] died in 1833, and his 
mother [Hannah (AKIN) WILCOX, if not remarried] died in November 1871 in 
Union, Eau Claire County [Wisconsin]. He lost two brothers in the [Civil] 
War.

On 08 October 1859 he [Charles R. WILCOX] came to the town of Union (Truax 
Prairie*), then the town of Half Moon, and engaged in farming. He was a 
member of the Oak Grove* town board before the organization of Union, and 
Treasurer of that town from the time of its organization until he came to Eau 
Claire* in 1875. He engaged in lumbering soon after his arrival, and then in 
making street improvements, and he has been Street Commissioner since April 
1880.

On 20 June 1864, he [Charles R. WILCOX] was married in Eau Claire [Eau Claire 
County, Wisconsin], to Millie M. PAUL, who was born in New York State, 
although her parents located at an early day in Delevan [Delavan, Walworth 
County; Territory of Wisconsin formed 20 April 1836; State of Wisconsin 
created 29 May 1848].

[* The extinct Truax Prairie, now part of the city of Eau Claire, was named 
for Peter TRUAX, who about 1870 raised draft horses there for the logging 
industry. Oak Grove became West Eau Claire and then Union, and is still in 
existence today in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. The city of Eau Claire was 
incorporated in 1872.]

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