SABRA WATSON

SABRA married HAZARD SR WILCOX, (LOYALIST). HAZARD (son of EDWARD WILCOX and MARCY ROBINSON) was born about 1745 in EXETER, WASH, RI; died in 1779 in WHITE PLAINS, NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

TIMELINE OF HAZARD WILLCOX

25 DEC 1775 HAZARD WILLCOX, JR.' S BIRTH AT WALLUMSCOCK, ALBANY, NEW YORK.
1777 HAZARD WILLCOX, SR. FLED WITH FAMILY TO CANADA AFTER LOSING HIS PROPERTY IN THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON.
02 MAR 1779 HAZARD WILLCOX, SR.'S DEATH. (HAZARD WILCOX, JR. 3 YEARS OLD).
1779 EUNICE SABRA WATSON DIED. (HAZARD WILCOX, JR. 3 YEARS OLD).
14 OCT 1801 HAZARD WILLCOX, JR.'S MARRIAGE TO SARAH SEELEY IN OSWEGATCHIE, ONTARIO, CANADA.
27 DEC 1810 SABRA WILCOX PURDY'S PETITION LISTED HAZARD WILCOX, JR. AS "OF LOUGHBOROUGH".
14 MAY 1793 HAZARD JR. AND WILLIAM WILLCOX BOTH PETITION FOR 800 ACRES IN GRANVILLE, UPPER CANADA.
16 OCT 1802 FIRST CHILD MARY WILLCOX BORN IN ERNESTOWN, UPPER CANADA.
10 AUG 1804 SECOND CHILD SARAH SEELEY WILLCOX BORN IN ERNESTOWN, UPPER CANADA.
07 JAN 1806 THIRD CHILD WILLIAM AUGUSTUS WILLCOX BORN IN ERNESTOWN, UPPER CANADA.
08 MAR 1808 HAZARD JR. WROTE TO THE BOARD LISTED AS "U. E. LOYALIST OF LOUGHBOROUGH".
19 MAY 1808 FORTH CHILD EUNICE SEELEY WILLCOX BORN IN ERNESTOWN, UPPER CANADA.
16 JUN 1810 FIFTH CHILD SABRAH WILLCOX BORN IN ERNESTOWN, UPPER CANADA.
30 JUN 1811 SARAH SEELEY WILLCOX LISTED AS "WIFE OF HAZARD WILLCOX OF LOUGHBOROUGH" IN HER PETITION.
26 JAN 1813 SIXTH CHILD JONATHAN HAZARD WILLCOX BORN IN MARION COUNTY, MISSOURI.
01 DEC 1815 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH CHILDREN JAMES M. AND JOSEPH S. WILLCOX BIRTHS IN MARION COUNTY, MISSOURI
16 OCT 1816 HAZARD JR. GRANTED 200 ACRES IN CARTWRIGHT TOWNSHIP, DURHAM COUNTY, CON. 9, LOT 24.
20 APR 1817 NINTH CHILD STEVEN ENOS WILLCOX BORN IN MARION COUNTY, MISSOURI.
01 OCT 1821 TENTH AND ELEVENTH CHILDREN CLARISSA JANE AND LEMUEL NIXON WILLCOX BIRTHS IN CARMI, WHITE, ILLINOIS.
14 JAN 1824 TWELFTH CHILD JOHN HENRY OWEN WILLCOX BORN IN BENTON, SALINE, ARKANSAS.
ABT 1828 THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH CHILD JAMES AND HAZARD WILLCOX BIRTHS.
16 FEB 1831 HAZARD WILLCOX, JR.'S DIED IN MARION, WILLIAMSON, MISSOURI.


TIMELINE OF JOHN HENRY OWEN WILLCOX

14 JAN 1824 JOHN HENRY OWEN WILLCOX BORN IN BENTON, SALINE, ARKANSAS.
ABT 1828 JAMES AND HAZARD WILLCOX BIRTHS.
16 FEB 1831 HAZARD WILLCOX, JR.'S DIED IN MARION, WILLIAMSON, MISSOURI. (JHO 7 YEARS OLD).
1833 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI.
NOV 1833 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT TO CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI.
SUMMER 1836 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE CLAY COUNTY AND THEY MOVED TO RAY COUNTY, MISSOURI AND STAYED ABOUT A YEAR.
1837 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY THEN MOVED TO FAR WEST, MISSOURI.
? CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY MOVED TO QUINCY, ILLINOIS AND THEY STAYED THERE UNTIL SPRING OF 1839.
1838 JHO BAPTIZED BY JOSEPH SMITH, JR. (JHO 14 YEARS OLD)
SPRING 1839 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY MOVED TO CHARLESTON, LEE COUNTY, IOWA.
1841 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES SEELYE FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE, MISSOURI.
03 FEB 1846 JHO ENDOWMENT AT THE NAUVOO TEMPLE.
29 SEP 1847 ARRIVED IN SALT LAKE VALLEY.
18 MAR 1848 JHO MARRIAGE TO MARY YOUNG IN SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH.
1848-1849 DREW A LOT IN THE SUGARHOUSE AREA. CLEARED, PLOWED, AND PLANTED. LIVED IN A BRUSH "SHANTY". CRICKETS DEVOURED THE NEW WHEAT. MOVED BACK TO OLD FORT TO LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER.
15 FEB 1849 FIRST CHILD HAZARD WILCOX WAS BORN IN SALT LAKE CITY.
1849 CALLED TO GO TO MANTI, SANPETE, UTAH.
13 JUL 1851 SECOND CHILD ELIZABETH WILCOX BORN IN MANTI.

1851 ONE OF 6 FAMILIES SENT TO ESTABLISH FORT HAMBLETON (MT. PLEASANT). WORK IN A SAWMILL ON PLEASANT CREEK.
SPRING 1853 DRIVEN OUT OF FORT HAMBLETON BY INDIANS. MOVED BACK TO MANTI.
1 AUG 1853 THIRD CHILD SARAH WILCOX BORN IN MANTI.
1854 MOVED TO PLEASANT GROVE
1855 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM TO NORTH OGDEN. STAYED ONLY ONE WINTER (TOO COLD).
10 NOV 1855 FOURTH CHILD JAMES HENRY WILCOX BORN IN NORTH ODGEN.
1856 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM BACK TO PLEASANT GROVE. STAYED FOR 4 YEARS.
17 JUN 1856 JHO SEALED TO WIFE MARY YOUNG IN THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE.
13 MAR 1858 FIFTH CHILD JOHN CARLOS WILCOX BORN IN PLEASANT GROVE.
1859/1860 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM TO MT. PLEASANT.
08 NOV 1860 SIXTH CHILD MARY MEHITTABIL WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
20 MAR 1863 SEVENTH CHILD CLARISSA JANE WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
06 OCT 1865 EIGHTH CHILD SABRA ELLEN WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
13 APR 1868 NINTH CHILD HANNAH EMELINE WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
23 JUL 1871 TENTH CHILD MARTHA ANN WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
01 AUG 1874 ELEVENTH CHILD JUSTIN AZEL WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
06 JUL 1909 JHO NAME LISTED ON PIONEER MONUMENT IN MT. PLEASANT.
21 NOV 1909 JHO DIES IN MT. PLEASANT.

HAZARD married SARAH SEELEY on 14 Oct 1801. SARAH (daughter of AUGUSTUS SEELEY and MARY (SARAH) BRISBIN (BRISBANE)) was born on 16 Nov 1780 in ALBANY, ALBANY, NY; was christened on 17 Dec 1780 in ALBANY, ALBANY, NEW YORK; died on 9 Nov 1856 in MANTI, SANPETE, UT; was buried in Nov 1856 in MANTI, SANPETE, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

MARY married JOHN LOWRY on 1 Feb 1824 in MADISON, MONROE, MO. JOHN (son of WILLIAM LOWRY and MARY (POLLY) NORRIS) was born on 10 Aug 1799 in SPRINGFIELD, ROBERTSON, TN; died on 7 Jan 1867 in MANTI, SANPETE, UT; was buried on 9 Jan 1867 in MANTI, SANPTE, UT. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"MY NAME IS CLARISSA JANE WILCOX. I WAS BORN IN CARMI, WHITE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ON OCTOBER FIRST, 1821. I HAD A TWIN BROTHER, BUT HE DIED AT BIRTH. MY PARENTS ARE HAZARD WILCOX JR. AND SARAH SEELEY [THE CORRECT SPELLING IS UNKNOWN]. MY SEELEY GRANDPARENTS WERE AUGUSTUS SEELEY AND MARY BRISBANE. MY WILCOX GRANDPARENTS WERE HAZARD WILCOX SR. AND EUNICE SABRAH WATSON. BEYOND THAT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW MY GRANDMOTHER, SARAH SEELEY, TIES IN WITH YOUR SEELY LINE, BUT THE TWO LINES PROBABLY COME TOGETHER BACK SOMEPLACE. I WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD. I THINK THE DATE WAS MAY 20, 1833. ALONG ABOUT THAT TIME, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CENTER STAKE OF ZION WOULD BE IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND THAT WE SHOULD GATHER THERE, SO WE DID. BUT WE HADN'T BEEN THERE LONG, WHEN WE--ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE--THAT IS, ALL THE SAINTS, WERE DRIVEN OUT, EXCEPT SOME WHO WOULDN'T STAND UP TO THE MOB AN' THEY'D DENY THAT JOSEPH SMITH WAS A PROPHET, JUST SO THE MOB WOULDN'T BOTHER THEM.
"ANYWAY, THE MOBBINGS AND THE BURNINGS GOT TO BE SO BAD IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 1833, WE WERE COMPELLED TO LEAVE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES. THE SAINTS MOVED TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, BUT OUR FAMILY MOVED TO CLAY COUNTY. WE (THE SAINTS) WERE FRIENDLESS AND PENNILESS, AND THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY TOOK PITY ON US AND SAID WE COULD STAY IN THEIR COUNTY UNTIL THINGS WERE SETTLED IN JACKSON COUNTY AND WE COULD RETURN THERE; OR UNTIL WE FOUND ANOTHER PERMANENT LOCATION. WELL, OUR LEADERS SPENT THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS APPEALING TO THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LISTEN--TRYING TO GET OUR LANDS REINSTATED TO US, SO WE COULD RETURN TO JACKSON COUNTY, BUT WE NEVER DID GET REINSTATED; NOT EVEN IN A LAND WITH A CONSTITUTION THAT GUARANTEES TO ITS CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY.
"MOBS CONTINUED TO ROAM THE COUNTRYSIDE, HARASSING THE SAINTS, AND THINGS KEPT GETTING WORSE IN CLAY COUNTY. MOTHER AND I SPENT MANY EVENINGS DISCUSSING WHAT WOULD BECOME OF US. SHE WAS A WIDOW; I WAS A TEENAGE GIRL. SOMETIMES WE FELT THAT WE WERE JUST A BURDEN ON THE CHURCH. FINALLY IN JUNE OF 1836, THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY FIGURED WE HAD STAYED LONG ENOUGH. THEY WERE DECENT ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ASKED US TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR COUNTY. OUR LEADERS AGREED THAT THE SAINTS WOULD MOVE OUT. OUR FAMILY MOVED INTO RAY COUNTY IN THE SUMMER OF 1836. WE STAYED THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THEN WE MOVED TO FAR WEST IN 1837.
"I REMEMBER WHEN THE SAINTS WERE DRIVEN OUT OF DEWITT AND THEIR CARAVAN CAME DRAGGING INTO FAR WEST. THEY WERE TRULY A PITIFUL LOOKING SIGHT. IT MADE ME CRY INSIDE TO SEE THEM. WE TOOK A FAMILY INTO OUR HOME, FED THEM, HEATED TUBS OF WATER SO THEY COULD EACH HAVE A BATH--GAVE THEM OUR BEDS AND THEN WHILE THEY SLEPT, WE WASHED THEIR CLOTHES. THEY CALLED ME AND MOTHER "ANGELS OF MERCY."
"I DON'T REMEMBER MEETING WELLINGTON OR DAVID DURING OUR STAY IN FAR WEST. IT COULD BE THAT WE ATTENDED THE SAME MEETINGS--MAYBE I EVEN SAW THEM AT A DANCE. BUT IF I DID SEE THEM, THEY WERE JUST FACES IN THE CROWD. THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FACES COMING INTO FAR WEST AT THAT TIME.
"I REMEMBER WHEN FAR WEST WAS UNDER SIEGE FROM THE MOB AND COLONEL HINKLE DECEIVED THE PROPHET AND LURED HIM OUT OF THE CITY, AND GENERAL LUCAS TOOK HIM PRISONER. I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS VERY WELL. I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT COL. HINKLE WAS A RATHER DASHING YOUNG MAN, UNTIL HE DID THAT, AND THEN I COULDN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF HIM. I REMEMBER ONE DAY I WAS WALKING ALONG MAIN STREET, AND HE CAME ALONG RIDING HIS FANCY HORSE. I DIDN'T LOOK AT HIM, BUT HE SPOKE TO ME. IN A VOICE DRIPPING WITH HONEY, HE SAID, 'GOOD MORNING, MISS WILCOX.' I PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HIM, AND I TURNED AWAY.
"SOON AFTER THAT WE WERE EVACUATED FROM FAR WEST AND CONVEYED TO QUINCY, ILLINOIS, WHERE WE STAYED UNTIL SPRING OF 1839. THEN WE MOVED TO CHARLESTON, WHICH WAS IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA.
"I HAD A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT WHILE LIVING IN CHARLESTON, IOWA, I CAME VERY NEAR TO BECOMING AN INVALID FOR LIFE. I WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT THROUGH THE TRUNK OF MY BODY. I WAS TORN UP BAD INSIDE. IT WAS GHASTLY! I WAS RIGHT NEAR DEATH'S DOOR, AND I COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH EASILY. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IF I LIVED I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN. I ASKED FOR A BLESSING, AND SO THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH WERE CALLED, AND ELDER MOSES GIFFORD ADMINISTERED TO ME. HE PROMISED ME THAT I WOULD GET WELL, AND THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. I HAD COMPLETE FAITH THAT I WOULD GET WELL, AND THAT I WOULD HEAL PROPERLY. AND I DID.
"I REMEMBER IN 1841 WHEN THE SEELYE FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE AND SOON AFTER THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST MET JUSTUS WELLINGTON SEELYE. WE COURTED FOR A TIME, AND I REMEMBER THE NIGHT HE PROPOSED. WELLINGTON HAD COME IN HIS BUGGY FROM NASHVILLE TO CHARLESTON TO TAKE ME TO A SQUARE DANCE, AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME. HE ALWAYS ENJOYED A DANCE. HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER DANCE THAN EAT. WELL, AFTER THE LAST QUADRILLE AND CLOSING PRAYER, WE WERE RIDING HOME. THE MOON WAS LOW, SHINING LIKE A BALL OF FIRE THROUGH THE TREES.
"WELLINGTON SAID, 'I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR MOONLIT NIGHT.'
"I BOLDLY ANSWERED, 'YES. IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR A BUGGY RIDE.'
"WELLINGTON TOLD ME LATER THAT, WHEN I SAID THAT, HIS HEART JUMPED A COG. INSTEAD OF TURNING IN AT MY PLACE, HE KEPT RIGHT ON GOING OUT THE LANE TO THE WEST. IT WAS STILL PLENTY COLD AT NIGHT AND WELLINGTON HAD BROUGHT ALONG A HEAVY QUILT. I PULLED THE QUILT AROUND US, AND OF NECESSITY SLID OVER CLOSE TO HIM. HE TOLD ME LATER THAT WHEN I DID THAT HIS HEART JUMPED TWO COGS. AT THE SUGAR CREEK LANE, WELLINGTON TURNED SOUTH AND WENT DOWN THROUGH THE BOTTOMS. NOW I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS. IT'S ENOUGH FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT 'ERE WE RETURNED TO MY HOUSE WE WERE MAKING PLANS FOR A TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN.
"THE NEXT MORNING I ASKED MY MOTHER WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF ME MARRYING JUSTUS WELLINGTON SEELYE. SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT HIGHLY OF BROTHER WELLINGTON--SHE ALWAYS CALLED HIM BROTHER WELLINGTON--AND IF I WAS SURE I LOVED HIM, AND WANTED HIM TO BE THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN SHE WOULD GIVE HER APPROVAL.
"WE WERE MARRIED IN CHARLESTON ON MARCH 10, 1842. BROTHER CYRUS WHEELOCK MARRIED US. WELLINGTON PURCHASED ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON THE BENCH ABOVE NASHVILLE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE LIVED."
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CLARISSA JANE WILCOX SEELY WITNESSED THE OCCASION WHEN THE MANTLE OF JOSEPH SMITH RESTED UPON BRIGHAM YOUNG

"MY NAME IS CLARISSA JANE WILCOX. I WAS BORN IN CARMI, WHITE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ON OCTOBER FIRST, 1821. I HAD A TWIN BROTHER, BUT HE DIED AT BIRTH. MY PARENTS ARE HAZARD WILCOX JR. AND SARAH SEELEY [THE CORRECT SPELLING IS UNKNOWN]. MY SEELEY GRANDPARENTS WERE AUGUSTUS SEELEY AND MARY BRISBANE. MY WILCOX GRANDPARENTS WERE HAZARD WILCOX SR. AND EUNICE SABRAH WATSON. BEYOND THAT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW MY GRANDMOTHER, SARAH SEELEY, TIES IN WITH YOUR SEELY LINE, BUT THE TWO LINES PROBABLY COME TOGETHER BACK SOMEPLACE. I WAS BAPTIZED INTO THE CHURCH WHEN I WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD. I THINK THE DATE WAS MAY 20, 1833. ALONG ABOUT THAT TIME, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CENTER STAKE OF ZION WOULD BE IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI, AND THAT WE SHOULD GATHER THERE, SO WE DID. BUT WE HADN'T BEEN THERE LONG, WHEN WE--ALONG WITH EVERYONE ELSE--THAT IS, ALL THE SAINTS, WERE DRIVEN OUT, EXCEPT SOME WHO WOULDN'T STAND UP TO THE MOB AN' THEY'D DENY THAT JOSEPH SMITH WAS A PROPHET, JUST SO THE MOB WOULDN'T BOTHER THEM.
"ANYWAY, THE MOBBINGS AND THE BURNINGS GOT TO BE SO BAD IN JACKSON COUNTY THAT IN NOVEMBER OF 1833, WE WERE COMPELLED TO LEAVE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE OUR LIVES. THE SAINTS MOVED TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES, BUT OUR FAMILY MOVED TO CLAY COUNTY. WE (THE SAINTS) WERE FRIENDLESS AND PENNILESS, AND THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY TOOK PITY ON US AND SAID WE COULD STAY IN THEIR COUNTY UNTIL THINGS WERE SETTLED IN JACKSON COUNTY AND WE COULD RETURN THERE; OR UNTIL WE FOUND ANOTHER PERMANENT LOCATION. WELL, OUR LEADERS SPENT THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS APPEALING TO THE GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LISTEN--TRYING TO GET OUR LANDS REINSTATED TO US, SO WE COULD RETURN TO JACKSON COUNTY, BUT WE NEVER DID GET REINSTATED; NOT EVEN IN A LAND WITH A CONSTITUTION THAT GUARANTEES TO ITS CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY.
"MOBS CONTINUED TO ROAM THE COUNTRYSIDE, HARASSING THE SAINTS, AND THINGS KEPT GETTING WORSE IN CLAY COUNTY. MOTHER AND I SPENT MANY EVENINGS DISCUSSING WHAT WOULD BECOME OF US. SHE WAS A WIDOW; I WAS A TEENAGE GIRL. SOMETIMES WE FELT THAT WE WERE JUST A BURDEN ON THE CHURCH. FINALLY IN JUNE OF 1836, THE CITIZENS OF CLAY COUNTY FIGURED WE HAD STAYED LONG ENOUGH. THEY WERE DECENT ABOUT IT, BUT THEY ASKED US TO MOVE OUT OF THEIR COUNTY. OUR LEADERS AGREED THAT THE SAINTS WOULD MOVE OUT. OUR FAMILY MOVED INTO RAY COUNTY IN THE SUMMER OF 1836. WE STAYED THERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, AND THEN WE MOVED TO FAR WEST IN 1837.
"I REMEMBER WHEN THE SAINTS WERE DRIVEN OUT OF DEWITT AND THEIR CARAVAN CAME DRAGGING INTO FAR WEST. THEY WERE TRULY A PITIFUL LOOKING SIGHT. IT MADE ME CRY INSIDE TO SEE THEM. WE TOOK A FAMILY INTO OUR HOME, FED THEM, HEATED TUBS OF WATER SO THEY COULD EACH HAVE A BATH--GAVE THEM OUR BEDS AND THEN WHILE THEY SLEPT, WE WASHED THEIR CLOTHES. THEY CALLED ME AND MOTHER "ANGELS OF MERCY."
"I DON'T REMEMBER MEETING WELLINGTON OR DAVID DURING OUR STAY IN FAR WEST. IT COULD BE THAT WE ATTENDED THE SAME MEETINGS--MAYBE I EVEN SAW THEM AT A DANCE. BUT IF I DID SEE THEM, THEY WERE JUST FACES IN THE CROWD. THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FACES COMING INTO FAR WEST AT THAT TIME.
"I REMEMBER WHEN FAR WEST WAS UNDER SIEGE FROM THE MOB AND COLONEL HINKLE DECEIVED THE PROPHET AND LURED HIM OUT OF THE CITY, AND GENERAL LUCAS TOOK HIM PRISONER. I REMEMBER THOSE DAYS VERY WELL. I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT COL. HINKLE WAS A RATHER DASHING YOUNG MAN, UNTIL HE DID THAT, AND THEN I COULDN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF HIM. I REMEMBER ONE DAY I WAS WALKING ALONG MAIN STREET, AND HE CAME ALONG RIDING HIS FANCY HORSE. I DIDN'T LOOK AT HIM, BUT HE SPOKE TO ME. IN A VOICE DRIPPING WITH HONEY, HE SAID, 'GOOD MORNING, MISS WILCOX.' I PRETENDED NOT TO HEAR HIM, AND I TURNED AWAY.
"SOON AFTER THAT WE WERE EVACUATED FROM FAR WEST AND CONVEYED TO QUINCY, ILLINOIS, WHERE WE STAYED UNTIL SPRING OF 1839. THEN WE MOVED TO CHARLESTON, WHICH WAS IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA.
"I HAD A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, BUT WHILE LIVING IN CHARLESTON, IOWA, I CAME VERY NEAR TO BECOMING AN INVALID FOR LIFE. I WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT THROUGH THE TRUNK OF MY BODY. I WAS TORN UP BAD INSIDE. IT WAS GHASTLY! I WAS RIGHT NEAR DEATH'S DOOR, AND I COULD HAVE SLIPPED THROUGH EASILY. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT IF I LIVED I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BEAR CHILDREN. I ASKED FOR A BLESSING, AND SO THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH WERE CALLED, AND ELDER MOSES GIFFORD ADMINISTERED TO ME. HE PROMISED ME THAT I WOULD GET WELL, AND THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN. I HAD COMPLETE FAITH THAT I WOULD GET WELL, AND THAT I WOULD HEAL PROPERLY. AND I DID.
"I REMEMBER IN 1841 WHEN THE SEELYE FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE AND SOON AFTER THAT WAS WHEN I FIRST MET JUSTUS WELLINGTON SEELYE. WE COURTED FOR A TIME, AND I REMEMBER THE NIGHT HE PROPOSED. WELLINGTON HAD COME IN HIS BUGGY FROM NASHVILLE TO CHARLESTON TO TAKE ME TO A SQUARE DANCE, AND I COULD TELL THAT HE WAS HAVING A GOOD TIME. HE ALWAYS ENJOYED A DANCE. HE SAID HE WOULD RATHER DANCE THAN EAT. WELL, AFTER THE LAST QUADRILLE AND CLOSING PRAYER, WE WERE RIDING HOME. THE MOON WAS LOW, SHINING LIKE A BALL OF FIRE THROUGH THE TREES.
"WELLINGTON SAID, 'I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAR MOONLIT NIGHT.'
"I BOLDLY ANSWERED, 'YES. IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FOR A BUGGY RIDE.'
"WELLINGTON TOLD ME LATER THAT, WHEN I SAID THAT, HIS HEART JUMPED A COG. INSTEAD OF TURNING IN AT MY PLACE, HE KEPT RIGHT ON GOING OUT THE LANE TO THE WEST. IT WAS STILL PLENTY COLD AT NIGHT AND WELLINGTON HAD BROUGHT ALONG A HEAVY QUILT. I PULLED THE QUILT AROUND US, AND OF NECESSITY SLID OVER CLOSE TO HIM. HE TOLD ME LATER THAT WHEN I DID THAT HIS HEART JUMPED TWO COGS. AT THE SUGAR CREEK LANE, WELLINGTON TURNED SOUTH AND WENT DOWN THROUGH THE BOTTOMS. NOW I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ALL THE DETAILS. IT'S ENOUGH FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT 'ERE WE RETURNED TO MY HOUSE WE WERE MAKING PLANS FOR A TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN.
"THE NEXT MORNING I ASKED MY MOTHER WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF ME MARRYING JUSTUS WELLINGTON SEELYE. SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT HIGHLY OF BROTHER WELLINGTON--SHE ALWAYS CALLED HIM BROTHER WELLINGTON--AND IF I WAS SURE I LOVED HIM, AND WANTED HIM TO BE THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN SHE WOULD GIVE HER APPROVAL.
"WE WERE MARRIED IN CHARLESTON ON MARCH 10, 1842. BROTHER CYRUS WHEELOCK MARRIED US. WELLINGTON PURCHASED ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND ON THE BENCH ABOVE NASHVILLE, AND THAT'S WHERE WE LIVED."
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CLARISSA JANE WILCOX SEELY WITNESSED THE OCCASION WHEN THE MANTLE OF JOSEPH SMITH RESTED UPON BRIGHAM YOUNG

Notes:

TIMELINE OF JOHN HENRY OWEN WILLCOX

14 JAN 1824 JOHN HENRY OWEN WILLCOX BORN IN BENTON, SALINE, ARKANSAS.
ABT 1828 JAMES AND HAZARD WILLCOX BIRTHS.
16 FEB 1831 HAZARD WILLCOX, JR.'S DIED IN MARION, WILLIAMSON, MISSOURI. (JHO 7 YEARS OLD).
1833 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE IN JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI.
NOV 1833 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE DRIVEN OUT TO CLAY COUNTY, MISSOURI.
SUMMER 1836 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE CLAY COUNTY AND THEY MOVED TO RAY COUNTY, MISSOURI AND STAYED ABOUT A YEAR.
1837 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY THEN MOVED TO FAR WEST, MISSOURI.
? CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY MOVED TO QUINCY, ILLINOIS AND THEY STAYED THERE UNTIL SPRING OF 1839.
1838 JHO BAPTIZED BY JOSEPH SMITH, JR. (JHO 14 YEARS OLD)
SPRING 1839 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES THEY MOVED TO CHARLESTON, LEE COUNTY, IOWA.
1841 CLARISSA JANE'S HISTORY STATES SEELYE FAMILY FIRST MOVED TO NASHVILLE, MISSOURI.
03 FEB 1846 JHO ENDOWMENT AT THE NAUVOO TEMPLE.
29 SEP 1847 ARRIVED IN SALT LAKE VALLEY.
18 MAR 1848 JHO MARRIAGE TO MARY YOUNG IN SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UTAH.
1848-1849 DREW A LOT IN THE SUGARHOUSE AREA. CLEARED, PLOWED, AND PLANTED. LIVED IN A BRUSH "SHANTY". CRICKETS DEVOURED THE NEW WHEAT. MOVED BACK TO OLD FORT TO LIVE WITH HIS MOTHER.
15 FEB 1849 FIRST CHILD HAZARD WILCOX WAS BORN IN SALT LAKE CITY.
1849 CALLED TO GO TO MANTI, SANPETE, UTAH.
13 JUL 1851 SECOND CHILD ELIZABETH WILCOX BORN IN MANTI.

1851 ONE OF 6 FAMILIES SENT TO ESTABLISH FORT HAMBLETON (MT. PLEASANT). WORK IN A SAWMILL ON PLEASANT CREEK.
SPRING 1853 DRIVEN OUT OF FORT HAMBLETON BY INDIANS. MOVED BACK TO MANTI.
1 AUG 1853 THIRD CHILD SARAH WILCOX BORN IN MANTI.
1854 MOVED TO PLEASANT GROVE
1855 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM TO NORTH OGDEN. STAYED ONLY ONE WINTER (TOO COLD).
10 NOV 1855 FOURTH CHILD JAMES HENRY WILCOX BORN IN NORTH ODGEN.
1856 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM BACK TO PLEASANT GROVE. STAYED FOR 4 YEARS.
17 JUN 1856 JHO SEALED TO WIFE MARY YOUNG IN THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE.
13 MAR 1858 FIFTH CHILD JOHN CARLOS WILCOX BORN IN PLEASANT GROVE.
1859/1860 BRIGHAM YOUNG SENT THEM TO MT. PLEASANT.
08 NOV 1860 SIXTH CHILD MARY MEHITTABIL WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
20 MAR 1863 SEVENTH CHILD CLARISSA JANE WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
06 OCT 1865 EIGHTH CHILD SABRA ELLEN WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
13 APR 1868 NINTH CHILD HANNAH EMELINE WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
23 JUL 1871 TENTH CHILD MARTHA ANN WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
01 AUG 1874 ELEVENTH CHILD JUSTIN AZEL WILCOX BORN IN MT. PLEASANT.
06 JUL 1909 JHO NAME LISTED ON PIONEER MONUMENT IN MT. PLEASANT.
21 NOV 1909 JHO DIES IN MT. PLEASANT.

JOHN married MARY YOUNG on 14 Mar 1848 in SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. MARY (daughter of JAMES YOUNG and ELIZABETH SEELEY) was born on 6 Jun 1831 in WHITBY, ONTARIO, CAN; died on 16 May 1928 in MT PLEASANT, SANPETE, UT; was buried on 19 May 1928. [Group Sheet]

JOHN married MARY ANN ALLEN. [Group Sheet]

JOHN married MARY ANNE ALLEN on 13 Mar 1857 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UT. MARY was born on 10 Mar 1837 in KIRTLAND, GEAUGA, OH; died on 9 Jan 1929 in FERRON, EMERY, UT; was buried on 13 Jan 1929 in MANTI, SANPETE, UT. [Group Sheet]

HAZARD married CATHERINE M WESTWOOD on 12 Apr 1877 in MT. PLEASANT, SANPETE, UT. CATHERINE (daughter of RICHARD WEBLEY WESTWOOD and CATHERINE (CAROLINE) DALLIN) was born on 19 Mar 1860 in UTAH; died on 21 Dec 1940 in MT PLEASANT, , UTAH; was buried on 28 Dec 1940 in MT. PLEASANT, SANPETE, UT. [Group Sheet]

ELIZABETH married PHILIP HURST on 19 Sep 1868 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UT. PHILIP (son of WILLIAM HURST and SUSANNAH WEBLEY) was born on 15 Sep 1836; was christened on 6 Mar 1837 in PIRBRIGHT, BLANFORD, SURREY, ENGLAND; died on 14 Jul 1901 in COLONIA DUBLAN, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO; was buried on 14 Jul 1901 in COLONIA DUBLAN, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. [Group Sheet]

SARAH married THOMAS WESLEY BILLS on 23 May 1867 in SALT LAKE CITY, S-LK, UT. THOMAS (son of HENRY MOWER and ELIZABETH HALL) was born on 6 Mar 1850 in SALT LAKE CITY, S-LK, UT; died on 6 Oct 1934 in MOUNT PLEASANT, SNPT, UT; was buried on 9 Oct 1934 in FAIRVIEW, SANPETE, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!ORDAINED HIGH PRIEST NOV 15, 1915 BY RICHARD R. LYMAN !DEATH CERT STATE OF UTAH NOV 25, 1939
!CENSUS- 1860, 1870, 1880, AND 1900 STATE OF UTAH

!JAMES HENRY WILCOX--PATRIARICAL BLESSING 138:71.
BORN 10 NOV 1855, NORTH ODGEN,UTAH.
SON OF JOHN HENRY WILCOX AND MARY YOUNG.
RECD 9 APR 1903 AT MT PLEASANT, UTAH
TRIBE: EPHRAIM
PATRIARCH: EDWARD CLIFF
FILM NO 392,696 ODGEN FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY







HISTORY OF JAMES HENRY WILCOX
BY GRACE CANDLAND JACOBSEN


JAMES HENRY WAS BORN NOVEMBER 10, 1855, AT NORTH OGDEN, UTAH. HE WAS THE SON OF JOHN HENRY OWEN AND MARY (YOUNG) WILCOX. WHEN HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD HE CAME WITH HIS PARENTS TO MT. PLEASANT, WHERE HE GREW TO YOUNG MANHOOD. MEANWHILE, HELPING HIS FATHER ON THE FARM AND ASSISTING IN THE WORK OF THE NEW SETTLEMENT, WHICH WAS THEN BUT ONE YEAR OLD.
AS A LAD, JAMES HENRY WAS STRONG AND ALERT AND CAPABLE OF STRENUOUS LABOR WHICH REQUIRED SKILL AND FORESIGHT. HE WAS A MERE BOY WHEN THE BLACK HAWK INDIAN WAR BEGAN, BUT BECAUSE OF HIS DEPENDABILITY AND COURAGE HE WAS CHOSEN AS A SECRET SCOUT TO WATCH THE MANEUVERS OF THE RED MEN. AT OTHER TIMES HE ACTED AS A SENTINEL AND GUARD WHEN DANGER TO HIS OWN PEOPLE THREATENED TWO OF THE MOST DANGEROUS POSTS IN INDIAN WARFARE.
DURING THE PROGRESS OF THAT SIEGE OF MASSACRE AND BLOODSHED, JAMES HENRY BECAME ONE OF THE IMPORTANT FIGURES IN DEFENDING THE RIGHTS AND LIVES OF SETTLERS OF SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES. MANY TIMES THE ARROWS FLEW AROUND LIKE HAIL, BUT HIS LIFE WAS SPARED TO DO THE GREAT WORK THAT AWAITED HIM.
THE HISTORY OF THAT TERRIBLE STRUGGLE, WITH ALL THE HORRORS IS A PART OF HIS OWN HISTORY AND THE COLONIZING OF THESE VALLEYS ARE A PART OF HIS LIFE WORK. TODAY HE ENJOYS THE HONOR OF BEING ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING BLACK HAWK INDIAN VETERANS OF THE STATE.
HIS FIRST VENTURE OUT INTO THE WORLD?S WORK CAME WHEN HE WAS SEVENTEEN. IN THE SPRING OF 1872, HE WENT TO AMERICAN FORK WHERE HE SECURED EMPLOYMENT ON A PRIVATE OWNED ROAD BEING BUILT TO A MINING CAMP IN AMERICAN FORK CANYON IN UTAH.
HERE HE REMAINED UNTIL THE FOLLOWING AUTUMN WHEN HE WENT TO COALVILLE TO TRY HIS HAND AT COAL MINING. THAT KIND OF LABOR WAS BOTH HARD AND UNPLEASANT. HIS NATURE REBELLED AGAINST THE DARK DUNGEONS OF DUST AND GRIME, AND THE UNPROGRESSIVE LIFE OF A POOR MINER. HE WAS FOR THE GREAT OPEN SPACES, ABOVE THE GROUND-THE PURE AIR AND THE GLORIOUS SUNLIGHT.
FORTUNE FAVORED HIM IN THIS DESIRE AND CALLED HIM TO BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON NEAR SALT LAKE CITY. HERE HE WAS ENGAGED BY A SAWMILL COMPANY TO CUT TIMBER, FOR THAT THRIVING INDUSTRY.
JAMES HENRY WAS A CONSCIENTIOUS WORKER AND SERVED HIS EMPLOYER FAITHFULLY AND WELL FOR FIVE SEASONS AND THEN HE DECIDED TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF BY HOMESTEADING A TRACT OF FARMING LAND AT CASTLE DALE, UTAH, WHERE HE ARRIVED IN THE SPRING OF 1876. HE WAS 21 YEARS OLD. FOR 10 YEARS HE HAD BEEN AWAY WORKING HARD AND MAKING MONEY AND HE DECIDED TO VISIT HIS PARENTS AND ENJOY THE SOCIAL LIFE SO LONG DENIED HIM. THE DAY OF ROMANCE WAS AT HAND.
JAMES HENRY WAS TALL AND HANDSOME AND A GREAT FAVORITE WITH THE FAIR SEX. WINNING HIS WAY INTO THEIR HEARTS WITH EASE, BUT HE WAS ALSO A CLEVER AND CAUTIOUS SUITOR AND KEPT HIS AFFECTION INTACT UNTIL HE WAS SURE HE HAD FOUND HIS MATE.
THIS HAPPY EVENT OCCURRED WHEN HE MET MISS HARRIET ANN DAY, THE CHARMING DAUGHTER OF ABRAHAM AND CHARLOTTE KATHERINE DAY. HER BIRTH OCCURRED DECEMBER 27, 1864. SHE WAS NINE YEARS HIS JUNIOR, BUT THEIR NATURES AND INTERESTS BLENDED INTO THE IDEAL HARMONY THAT MAKES WEDDED LIFE A HAVEN OF PEACE AND COMRADERY, ONE OF THE RAREST AND MOST BLESSED THINGS IN LIFE.
AFTER A SHORT COURTSHIP THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 27, 1880 IN THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE AT SALT LAKE CITY.
TWO DAYS LATER THEY WENT TO CASTLE DALE TO MAKE THEIR HOME ON THE SPLENDID FARM, WHICH JAMES HENRY, IN THE TIME, ACQUIRED UNDER THE HOMESTEAD ACT.
HERE THIS FINE COUPLE TOOK UP THE BUSINESS OF LIFE AS ALL PIONEERS DO IN THE SPIRIT OF FAITH AND THE DETERMINATION TO SUCCEED. THE FUTURE HELD NO FEAR FOR JAMES HENRY. HIS AMBITION WAS TO PROVIDE EVERY COMFORT AND LUXURY FOR HIS FAMILY WITHIN HIS POWER FOR WELL HE KNEW THAT THE WONDERFUL WOMAN HE HAD CHOSEN TO KEEP HIM COMPANY DOWN THE STREAM OF COMING YEARS, WAS WORTHY OF ALL HE COULD OFFER HER AND THAT HER KIND AND LOVING SYMPATHY, HER ATTITUDE OF SWEETNESS AND GOOD CHEER WOULD LEAD HIM SAFELY ON TO THE SHORES OF SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS.
HARRIET ANN WAS DEEPLY RELIGIOUS. THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN HER HEART AS TO THE DIVINITY AND TRUTH OF MORMONISM. SHE NOT ONLY SWAYED THE SCEPTER OF GOOD WILL IN HER HOME, BUT SHE KEPT ITS VERY ATMOSPHERE CHARGED WITH FAITH AND DUTY. IT WAS HER DESIRE TO SET A WORTHY EXAMPLE TO HER CHILDREN IN ALL THINGS, AND PRACTICE THE PRINCIPLES OF HER RELIGION TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY.
WHEN HER HUSBAND WAS CALLED TO FILL A MISSION, SHE GLADLY CONSENTED AND SENT HIM FORTH TO PROCLAIM THAT SAME MESSAGE OF SALVATION, WHICH HAD BROUGHT HER GRANDPARENTS TO THIS GOODLY LAND.
HE DEPARTED FOR THE NORTHERN STATES MISSION, OCTOBER 16, 1897, AND LABORED IN INDIANA AND VICINITY UNTIL DECEMBER 23, 1899, WHEN HE RETURNED HOME.
DURING HIS ABSENCE, HARRIET ANN MANAGED THE FARM WORK AND CARRIED THE BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT FELL UPON HER FRAIL SHOULDERS AS ALL TRUE CHRISTIANS CARRY WITHOUT COMPLAINT, THE CROSS OF SACRIFICE, THAT FOR ANOTHER?S SAKE.
JAMES HENRY AND HARRIET ANN LIVED HAPPILY TOGETHER FOR 22 YEARS. PROSPERITY AND GOOD FORTUNE CAME THEIR WAY OVER THE ROUGH ROAD OF GOOD HARD WORK. THEY WERE COUNTED AMONG THE WELL-TO-DO OF CASTLE DALE AND THEIR FINE STABLE CITIZENSHIP PLACED THEM HIGH IN THE ESTIMATION OF THAT COMMUNITY, AND ALL WAS WELL AS FAR AS HUMAN EYES COULD SEE, AND HOW MERCIFUL IS PROVIDENCE IN CLOSING THAT DOOR UPON ALL OF LIFE?S CALAMITIES UNTIL WE ARE THERE TO MEET THEM.
AND SO IT WAS IN THIS CASE, NO ONE WAS PERMITTED TO SEE THE UNWELCOME RAVEN OF SORROW ABOUT TO SWOOP DOWN UPON THEM AND LEAVE IN ITS WAKE BROKEN HEARTS AND A DESOLATE HOME.
SEPTEMBER 29, 1902 WAS INDEED A DAY OF MOURNING, FOR ON THAT DAY, HARRIET ANN WENT AWAY BEYOND THE MISTS OF MORTALITY LEAVING AN INFANT DAUGHTER, BUT A FEW HOURS OLD. SHE HAD GIVEN TO THE WORLD ELEVEN LOVED CHILDREN; AND THEN LAID DOWN HER LIFE ON THE ALTAR OF MOTHERHOOD.
THIS GREAT TRAGEDY WAS THE BREAKING POINT IN JAMES HENRY?S LIFE. IT IS SAID THAT ADVERSITY IS SELDOM CONTENT WITH ONE VISIT. THE TRUTH OF THIS PREDICTION WAS VERIFIED A FEW YEARS LATER, WHEN JAMES HENRY BECAME INVOLVED IN A TRANSACTION WHEREBY HE WAS OBLIGED TO FORFEIT ALL HIS PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE COURTS, WHICH HELD HIM TO HIS PROMISE TO PAY IN CASE THE PARTY WHOM HE HAD BEFRIENDED BY SIGNING A PROMISSORY NOT, SHOULD DEFAULT AND DISAPPEAR.
THIS DISTRESSING EVENT, COUPLED WITH THE FIRST, WOULD HAVE DISHEARTENED MOST MEN AND SET THEM DRIFTING, BUT NOT SO WITH JAMES HENRY. CASTLE DALE HAD BEEN THE SCENE OF HIS GREATEST HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY, NOW IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE HE ENDURED HIS DEEPEST SORROW AND DARKEST DECEIT, BUT THE SPIRIT OF THE PIONEERS WAS IN HIS SOUL AND THE CONQUERING IMPULSE OF HIS FOREFATHERS BID HIM ARISE AND BEGIN ANEW, FOR THE WORLD WAS WIDE AND OPPORTUNITIES STILL AWAITED.
ACCORDINGLY, IN 1915, HE JOURNEYED TO MOAB, AND THEN TO SAN JUAN COUNTY AND TOOK UP ANOTHER FARM AS BEFORE ON THE HOMESTEADING PLAN. HIS RESIDENCE HERE CONTINUED FOR TWENTY YEARS, BRINGING THE ACTIVE PERIOD OF HIS USEFUL LIFE UP TO 80 YEARS.
IN THE AUTUMN OF 1934 HE GAVE HIS FARM TO HIS DAUGHTER, ANNA AND HER HUSBAND, WHO RESIDE THERE, AND CAME TO SALT LAKE CITY WITH HIS SON, EDGAR, WHERE HE HAS PERFORMED ORDINANCE WORK FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
THEY REMAINED THERE UNTIL JUNE, 1935, WHEN THEY CAME TO FAIRVIEW TO MAKE THEIR HOME. HERE THEY LIVE TOGETHER DEVOTING MUCH OF THEIR TIME TO THE ALL-IMPORTANT TASK OF GATHERING GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY-A DUTY ENJOYED UPON ALL LATTER-DAY SAINTS FOR THE REDEMPTION AND SALVATION OF THEIR KINDRED.
IN CLOSING THIS BRIEF, IMPERFECT HISTORY OF THE WILCOX FAMILY, IT IS PLEASING TO NOTE THE STRONG, FIRM CITIZENSHIP, THE UNSTINTED SERVICES TO COUNTRY, THE AMBITION AND PERSEVERANCE, THE LOYALTY TO HOME AND RELIGION THAT CHARACTERIZES THIS OUTSTANDING GROUP OF PEOPLE, EVEN FROM THE FIRST GENERATION DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME.
SURELY, THE VAST MULTITUDE WHO BEAR THE WILCOX NAME SHOULD BE PROUD OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHERISH THIS PRICELESS INHERITANCE COMMITTED TO THEIR KEEPING, POINTING THE WAY TO HONOR AND SUCCESS.
IT ISN?T THE THINGS WE GATHER
FROM OUT THE EARTH?S VAST STORE
THAT COUNT, WHEN THE GAME IS FINISHED
AND THE RACE OF LIFE IS O?ER,
BUT THE DEEDS OF LIFE AND SERVICE,
AND THE HEALING BALM WE POUR
OVER THE CRUSHED AND BLEEDING HEARTS
WE LEAVE UPON THE SHORE.

THE FOREGOING ACCOUNT OF THE WILCOX FAMILIES WAS WRITTEN BY GRACE CANDLAND JACOBSEN, DECEMBER, 1935, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF EDGAR WILCOX, THE 8TH IN THE WILCOX LINE.

IN THE HISTORY ABOVE, THERE IS NO MENTION OF HIS SECOND MARRIAGE. HE MARRIED ELIZABETH ELLIS (STAKER) (DAY), ON THE 7TH OF APRIL, 1904. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF NATHAN AND ELIZA (CUSWORTH) DAY, AND THE WIDOW OF GEORGE WILLIAM DAY. GEORGE WILLIAM DAY WAS A BROTHER OF HARRIET ANN DAY WILCOX. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN.
TRUMAN AMBROSE WILCOX, BIRTH- 10 JAN. 1905
ARDEN JAMES WILCOX, BIRTH- 6 JULY 1907
OLIVE LORUNE WILCOX, BIRTH- 31 JULY 1909 DIED- 19 OCT. 1931

ELIZABETH ELLIS DIED 4 SEPT. 1949 IN FAIRVIEW, SANPETE, UTAH.

JAMES married HARRIET ANN DAY on 27 Oct 1880 in MT PLEASANT, SNPT, UTAH. HARRIET (daughter of ABRAHAM DAY and CHARLOTTE KATHERINE MELLAND) was born on 27 Dec 1863 in MT PLEASANT, SANPETE, UT; died on 29 Sep 1902 in CASTLE DALE, EMERY, UT. [Group Sheet]

JAMES married ELIZABETH ELLIS STAKER on 7 Apr 1904 in SALT LAKE CITY,SALT LAKE,UT. ELIZABETH (daughter of NATHAN STAKER and ELIZA CUSWORTH) was born on 4 Feb 1866 in MT PLEASANT,SANPETE,UTAH; died on 4 Sep 1949 in FAIRVIEW,SANPETE,UTAH; was buried on 7 Sep 1949 in MT PLEASANT,SANPETE,UTAH. [Group Sheet]

JOHN married ELVIRA MELISSA WING on 30 Dec 1877 in MT. PLEASANT, SANPETE, UTAH. ELVIRA (daughter of SAMUEL JOSEPH WING and ELIZABETH JANE WRIGHT) was born on 21 Aug 1865 in DRAPER, SALT LAKE, UTAH; died on 14 Dec 1954 in MOAB, GRAND, UTAH; was buried on 18 Dec 1954 in MOAB, GRAND, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

MARY married HERBERT STEVEN DAY on 8 Mar 1877 in MOUNT PLEASANT, SAN PT., UT. HERBERT (son of ABRAHAM DAY and CHARLOTTE KATHERINE MELLAND MELLON) was born on 11 May 1855 in SPRINGVILLE, UTAH, UT; died on 9 Apr 1933 in MOAB, GRAND, UT; was buried on 12 Apr 1933 in MOAB, GRAND, UT. [Group Sheet]

CLARISSA married PETER CHRISTIAN MEILING on 15 Nov 1883 in MOUNT PLEASANT, SNPT., UT. PETER (son of JENS CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANSEN CHRISTIANSEN and ELIZABETH METTE CLEMENSEN) was born on 22 Jul 1858 in EPHRIAM, SNPT., UT; died on 13 May 1945 in PROVO, UTAH, UT. [Group Sheet]

SABRA married JOHN LOVERN OLIVER on 3 Oct 1883 in FAIRVIEW, SANPETE, UT. JOHN (son of WILLIAM TEMPLE OLIVER and NANCY FRANCES LOVERN) was born on 4 Apr 1862 in SANTAQUIN, UTAH CO., UT; died on 20 Nov 1948 in MOAB, GRAND CO., UT; was buried on 23 Nov 1948 in MOAB, GRAND CO., UT. [Group Sheet]

HANNAH married JOSEPH CARL CARLSTON on 2 Oct 1885 in LOGAN TEMPLE, LOGAN, CACHE, UT. JOSEPH (son of HANS THORESEN (CARLSEN) CARLSTON and GRETHE MAGDALENE HAARBYE) was born on 11 May 1864 in FAIRVIEW, SANPETE, UT; died on 5 Jul 1949 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UT; was buried in 1949 in FARIVIEW CEM., FAIRVIEW, UT. [Group Sheet]

MARTHA married THOMAS BINGHAM FOY on 27 May 1947 in SALT LAKE CITY, SALT LAKE, UT. THOMAS (son of WILLIAM BOSLEY (BOZLEY) FOY and LUCINDA MARIA BINGHAM) was born on 17 Dec 1868 in MINERSVILLE, BEAVER, UT; died on 31 Oct 1950 in MOAB, GRAND, UT; was buried on 3 Nov 1950 in MOAB, GRAND, UT. [Group Sheet]

JUSTUS married SELMA GUSTAVA ELIZABETH CARLSTON on 20 Nov 1901 in MT PLEASANT, SANPETE, UTAH. SELMA (daughter of JOHN PETER CARLSON and ELISABETH GUSTAVA BACKMAN) was born on 29 Aug 1879 in SPRING CITY, SANPETE, UT; died on 2 Jan 1949 in RAYMOND, ALBERTA. [Group Sheet]