Son of Benjamin Wilcox and Mary Macomber
Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] January 20, 2007, 1:09 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) SYLVESTER WILCOX, an honored pioneer of California, for forty years a successful farmer and stock-raiser of San Benito county, near San Juan, crossed the plains, via Salt Lake, in 1851. He stopped en route at Hangtown, in Greenwood valley, where he worked in the mines for a year. The winters of 1851 and 1852 were passed east of Stockton, in San Joaquin county, in the vicinity of two brothers, one of whom Mr. Wilcox had not seen for several years. In the fall of 1852 he came to San Juan, near which place he engaged in his present business, which he has since successfully pursued. Mr. Wilcox was married in San Bernardino, to Miss Sarah Moore, an estimable lady, born in Palo Alto county, Iowa, January 3, 1828. Her father, Matthew Moore, deceased, crossed the plains to this country in 1851. Mr. Wilcox has demonstrated what industry and perseverance can accomplish in California. He has not only accumulated a competence, but has done so in an honest and praiseworthy manner. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/sanbenito/bios/wilcox529gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb
Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] January 20, 2007, 1:09 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) SYLVESTER WILCOX, an honored pioneer of California, for forty years a successful farmer and stock-raiser of San Benito county, near San Juan, crossed the plains, via Salt Lake, in 1851. He stopped en route at Hangtown, in Greenwood valley, where he worked in the mines for a year. The winters of 1851 and 1852 were passed east of Stockton, in San Joaquin county, in the vicinity of two brothers, one of whom Mr. Wilcox had not seen for several years. In the fall of 1852 he came to San Juan, near which place he engaged in his present business, which he has since successfully pursued. Mr. Wilcox was married in San Bernardino, to Miss Sarah Moore, an estimable lady, born in Palo Alto county, Iowa, January 3, 1828. Her father, Matthew Moore, deceased, crossed the plains to this country in 1851. Mr. Wilcox has demonstrated what industry and perseverance can accomplish in California. He has not only accumulated a competence, but has done so in an honest and praiseworthy manner. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/sanbenito/bios/wilcox529gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb
Son of Benjamin Wilcox and Mary Macomber
Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] January 20, 2007, 1:09 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) SYLVESTER WILCOX, an honored pioneer of California, for forty years a successful farmer and stock-raiser of San Benito county, near San Juan, crossed the plains, via Salt Lake, in 1851. He stopped en route at Hangtown, in Greenwood valley, where he worked in the mines for a year. The winters of 1851 and 1852 were passed east of Stockton, in San Joaquin county, in the vicinity of two brothers, one of whom Mr. Wilcox had not seen for several years. In the fall of 1852 he came to San Juan, near which place he engaged in his present business, which he has since successfully pursued. Mr. Wilcox was married in San Bernardino, to Miss Sarah Moore, an estimable lady, born in Palo Alto county, Iowa, January 3, 1828. Her father, Matthew Moore, deceased, crossed the plains to this country in 1851. Mr. Wilcox has demonstrated what industry and perseverance can accomplish in California. He has not only accumulated a competence, but has done so in an honest and praiseworthy manner. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/sanbenito/bios/wilcox529gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb
Archives by: Joy Fisher [email protected] January 20, 2007, 1:09 am Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893) SYLVESTER WILCOX, an honored pioneer of California, for forty years a successful farmer and stock-raiser of San Benito county, near San Juan, crossed the plains, via Salt Lake, in 1851. He stopped en route at Hangtown, in Greenwood valley, where he worked in the mines for a year. The winters of 1851 and 1852 were passed east of Stockton, in San Joaquin county, in the vicinity of two brothers, one of whom Mr. Wilcox had not seen for several years. In the fall of 1852 he came to San Juan, near which place he engaged in his present business, which he has since successfully pursued. Mr. Wilcox was married in San Bernardino, to Miss Sarah Moore, an estimable lady, born in Palo Alto county, Iowa, January 3, 1828. Her father, Matthew Moore, deceased, crossed the plains to this country in 1851. Mr. Wilcox has demonstrated what industry and perseverance can accomplish in California. He has not only accumulated a competence, but has done so in an honest and praiseworthy manner. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California. Illustrated. Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent Citizens of To-day. HENRY D. BARROWS, Editor of the Historical Department. LUTHER A. INGERSOLL, Editor of the Biographical Department. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants."-Macaulay. CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1893. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/sanbenito/bios/wilcox529gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb
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