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Dijah Ariel Wilcox

Jun 1814 – 2 Mar 1889

Birth	Jun 1814
Death	2 Mar 1889
Cemetery	Oakdale Cemetery Oakdale , Antelope County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Nebr girl on 08 Nov 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61293415

Bio

Obituary-The Oakdale Sentinel-March, 1889 DIJAH WILCOX Died Saturday, March 2, 1889, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Josephine Bliss, in Oakdale Neb., Dijah WILCOX, at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 2 days. Father WILCOX was born in the state of New York in 1814. In 1837 he was married to Elvina DOW and the same year moved to Michigan where he lived about 12 years, then moved to Iowa, where he lived when the war of the rebellion broke out. Two of his sons served through the war in the union army. In 1878 he moved to Nebraska. He was a shoemaker by trade and was esteemed as a noble, unselfish christian man. Just before he died he said he was ready to go and passed away like one going to sleep. The funeral was conducted from the home by Rev. D. C. WINSHIP of the M. E. Church, and his remains were laid to rest in the Oakdale cemetery.

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Family

Parents

• Jedidiah Wilcox 1763–1818 FaG

Spouse

• Elvira Mary Dow Wilcox 1816–1889 FaG

Siblings

• PVT Ephriam Wilcox 1803–1863 FaG

Children

• Oscar Wesley Fritzgallon Wilcox 1840–1925
• 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

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