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Oscar Wesley Fritzgallon Wilcox

15 Oct 1840 – 9 Aug 1925

Birth	15 Oct 1840
Death	9 Aug 1925
Cemetery	Jamestown Cemetery Jamestown , Cloud County , Kansas , USA
Added by	BJW on 10 Jul 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39990329

Bio

Union Veteran of the Civil War Enlisted on September 14, 1861, age 20, and mustered-in on October 1, 1861, into Company B, 11th Regiment, Iowa Infantry. Enlistment Rank: Private. Battles, Skirmishes, and Engagements: Battle of Shiloh, Second Battle of Corinth, Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Atlanta, Sherman's "March to the Sea", and the Campaign of the Carolina's. The Regiment participated in the Grand Review of the Armies on May 24, 1865. Mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 15, 1865. Invalid Pension filed on May 22, 1889 (Application No. 695260 and Certificate No. 505101). Widow Pension filed on August 27, 1925 (Certificate No. 967131). Member of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Grubb Post No. 273. Source: Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion; U.S., Adjutant General Military Records, 1631-1976; Kansas, U.S., Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940; U.S., Civil War Pensions Index, 1861-1900. Contributor: 3109039

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Family

Parents

• Dijah Ariel Wilcox 1814–1889
• Elvira Mary Dow Wilcox 1816–1889 FaG

Spouse

• Lavina M. Burghduff Wilcox 1847–1933 FaG

Siblings

• Elizabeth Wilcox Case 1842–1913
• Marquis De Lafayette "Lafayette" Wilcox 1842–1914
• Fanny Elvira Wilcox Dinnel 1844–1912
• Arista Wilcox 1856–1913
• Josephine Louise Wilcox Strain 1861–1928

Children

• Nellie Wilcox Goodell 1873–1968 FaG
• Centennial Wilcox Shell 1876–1956 FaG
• Roy Dow Wilcox 1881–1960 FaG

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