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Austin C Wilcox Jr.

Birth	:	Dec 1840
Death	:	1924
Burial	:	Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7832985, -92.6810989
Plot	:	B 1
Description	:	1850 United States Federal Census Name: Austin Wilcox Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: New York Home in 1850: Richland, Jones, Iowa Household Members: Samuel G Backus (30), Caroline Backus (30), Gertrude A Backus (7), Harriet Backus (5), Nancy Backus (1), Austin Wilcox (10). American Civil War Soldiers Residence: Shell Rock, Iowa Enlistment Date: 16 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862 at the age of 21. Enlisted in Company E, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 11 Sep 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company E, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 3 Apr 1864 at Mound City, IL. 1870 United States Federal... Read More	1850 United States Federal Census Name: Austin Wilcox Birth Year: abt 1840 Birthplace: New York Home in 1850: Richland, Jones, Iowa Household Members: Samuel G Backus (30), Caroline Backus (30), Gertrude A Backus (7), Harriet Backus (5), Nancy Backus (1), Austin Wilcox (10). American Civil War Soldiers Residence: Shell Rock, Iowa Enlistment Date: 16 Aug 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Iowa Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862 at the age of 21. Enlisted in Company E, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 11 Sep 1862. Received a disability discharge from Company E, 32nd Infantry Regiment Iowa on 3 Apr 1864 at Mound City, IL. 1870 United States Federal Census Home in 1870: Jackson, Butler, Iowa Post Office: Butler Center Household Members: Austin C Wilcox (28), Marthe Wilcox (20), David Wilcox (1). 1910 United States Federal Census Home in 1910: Clarksville, Butler, Iowa Spouse's Name: Martha E Wilcox Father's Birthplace: Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace: New York Household Members: Austin C Wilcox (69), Martha E Wilcox (60), Herbert E Wilcox (20). Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Marital Status: Married Census Date: 1915 Residence: Iowa, Butler County, Clarksville Household Members: Austin C Wilcox (74). 1920 United States Federal Census Home in 1920: Butler, Butler, Iowa Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Martha E Wilcox Home Owned: Own Able to Read: Yes; Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Austin C Wilcox (79), Martha E Wilcox (69). Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees (accuracy not guaranteed) Austin C Wilcox, Jr. Birth: Dec 1840 in New York Death: 1924 in Clarksville, Butler, Iowa Father: Austin C Wilcox (1810-) Mother: Hannah W Ackerly (1816-) in NY Siblings: Gilbert (1829-1891), Edward W (1831-1892), George W (1831-1880), Lucy Mae (1832-), Austin C (1840-1924), Sarah F. (1842-), Lydia (1844-), Emily (1847-), Herbert A (1854-), Ira Bidwell (1858-). Spouse: Martha E Champlin (1850-1937) - Butler Co, Iowa Married 1867 Children: David A (1869-1949) Cora E (1871-1904) Inza M (1874-1920) Eddie E (1875-1876) Jennie E (1879-) twin of Jay Jay (1879-) Maude E (1884-) Herbert Elmer (1889-1977) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Austin C. Wilcox is now living retired in Clarksville and his rest is well earned, as it follows many years of active, persistent labor in the fields when farm work claimed his attention. He was born in Binghampton, New York, December 26, 1840, his parents being Austin C. and Hannah (Taylor) Wilcox, natives of Pennsylvania and of New York respectively. About 1848 they removed Westward to Dubuque, Iowa, by way of the river route, and the father died in that city almost immediately after his arrival there, the mother surviving for only six days. They had a family of seven children, the eldest being twenty years of age and the youngest a baby of a year or two at the time of the parents' deaths. The members of the family, besides our subject, were: 1 Edward, now deceased 2 Gilbert, who enlisted from Des Moines and served for three years in the Civil war but has now passed away 3 Mrs. Lucy Petty, who has also departed this life 4 George, who served through the war, veteranizing as a member of an Illinois regiment, but is now deceased 5 Mrs. Lydia Matilda Henderson Hickel, who was married twice and is now deceased 6 Mrs. Emily Hickel, who has also been called from this life Austin C. Wilcox was the fifth in order of birth and is the only one of the children now living. Left an orphan at the age of eight years, he went to live with strangers in Jones County, by whom he was reared to the age of sixteen years. He spent the succeeding year in Dubuque county and then made his way across the plains to the Rocky mountains, where he spent a few months in 1860. In the fall of that year, however, he came to Butler county, which was still largely a frontier district, and he began breaking the prairie with four oxen of his own. He knows all of the phases of pioneer life and the hardships and difficulties incident to the development of a new farm. Interruption to his business affairs came in the shape of military service, for on the 16th of August, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Thirty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, from which he was honorably discharged at Mound City, Illinois, on the 3d of April, 1864, owing to disability. He was engaged in guard duty in Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky until taken ill. At the close of his military service Mr. Wilcox returned to Butler County, and in January, 1865, went to Blackhawk county, where he engaged in buying and feeding cattle and hogs for about three years. In 1868 he returned and bought a farm in Jackson Township, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits for almost a third of a century. In 1900, however, he retired and took up his abode in Clarksville, where he now makes his home. He is still the owner of three hundred and twenty acres on sections 25 and 36, Jackson Township, which came into his possession as wild prairie land and was converted by him into rich and productive fields. He built a good home at Clarksville on a tract of twelve acres which he had purchased. Much of this, however, he has since sold off in city lots, retaining now only four acres. His life has been a busy and useful one. He knows what hard labor means, for he performed the arduous task of developing a new farm. He always kept up with the latest improvements in machinery and utilized progressive methods in developing his place, which he converted into one of the valuable properties of the township. On the 14th of October, 1866, Mr. Wilcox was united in marriage to Miss Martha E. Champlin, who was born January 17, 1850, in Illinois, and who was taken to Blackhawk County by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David A. Champlin, when she was ten years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox became the parents of seven children: 1 David A., of Butler township, who is married and has six children 2 Cora, who died at the age of thirty-two years 3 Inzie, who is the wife of Edwin Hickel, of Waterloo, and has one child 4 Jay, of Massachusetts, who is married and has two children 5 Jennie, twin sister of Jay and the wife of E. A. K. Baxter, of Parkersburg, Iowa, by whom she has two children 6 Maude, the wife of Al Smith, of Dubuque county, by whom she has two children 7 Herbert, at home Mr. Wilcox has always voted the republican ticket until a few years ago and might now be called an independent republican, for if his judgment dictates his vote is cast for candidates of other parties. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church, to the support of which she contributes liberally. He is a charter member of Butler Post, G.A.R., of Clarksville, and greatly enjoys meeting with his old army comrades. He is a self-made man and one who deserves much credit for what he has accomplished. Not all of the days in his career have been equally bright and as recently as the spring of the present year he suffered heavy losses by fire, which destroyed most of the buildings upon his farm. But he has never allowed difficulties or obstacles to discourage him and persistently and energetically has worked his way upward and is today numbered among the men of affluence in Butler County, possessing a competence sufficient to supply him with all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. Source: History of Butler County (from contributor James Tomlinson)

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Latitude: 42.7832985
Longitude: -92.6810989

Family Members:

Spouse

Martha E Champlin Wilcox

(1850 - 1937)

Children

David A Wilcox

(1869 - 1948)

Cora May Wilcox

(1871 - 1904)

Inza M “Inzie” Wilcox Hickle

(1874 - 1920)

Eddie E Wilcox

(1875 - 1876)

Herbert E Wilcox

(1889 - 1977)

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Coordinate: 42.7832985, -92.6810989

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Coordinate: 42.7742004, -92.6622009

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7. Allison Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7400017, -92.7891998

8. Riverside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7126600, -92.5874500

9. Nettleton Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8438988, -92.7881012

10. Jungling Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7879100, -92.8191900

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Coordinate: 42.7000008, -92.7722015

12. Coster Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6749600, -92.7122700

13. South Vilmar Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8168000, -92.8298800

14. Brethren Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8695500, -92.7909100

15. Willow Lawn Cemetery
Plainfield, Bremer County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8432999, -92.5391998

16. Spring Lake Cemetery
Waverly, Bremer County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7742004, -92.5147018

17. Hardeman Cemetery
Greene, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8706017, -92.8013992

18. North Vilmar Cemetery
Vilmar, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8329700, -92.8392900

19. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.9067001, -92.6342010

20. Saint Marys Cemetery
Greene, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8827300, -92.7990200

21. Rose Hill Cemetery
Greene, Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8843994, -92.7988968

22. New Albion Cemetery
Butler County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6427994, -92.7416992

23. Andrews Cemetery
Waverly, Bremer County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7771988, -92.4772034

24. Jackson Cemetery
Plainfield, Bremer County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8908005, -92.5302963