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Roy Eugene Wilcox

Roy Eugene Wilcox

Male 1899 - 1953  (54 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roy Eugene Wilcox was born in 1899 (son of Hiram Eugene Wilcox and Jessie Sherwood); died in 1953.

    Roy married Ada Peake in 1924. Ada (daughter of Seth Peake and Anne Skelton) was born in 1898; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Thomas Wilcox
    2. Ward Wilcox
    3. Mary Wilcox
    4. John Richard Wilcox

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hiram Eugene Wilcox was born in 1870 (son of Galusha Wilcox and Ann Kilburn); died in 1910.

    Notes:

    Hiram was the only known man to die in Tioga County from Anthrax disease acquired from tannery work.

    Hiram married Jessie Sherwood on 1 May 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jessie Sherwood (daughter of Charles Henry Sherwood and Mary Josephine Rue).
    Children:
    1. Henry Rue Wilcox
    2. Wilkes A. Wilcox died in 1982 in Charleston, Kanawha Co., WV.
    3. 1. Roy Eugene Wilcox was born in 1899; died in 1953.
    4. Hiram Sherwood Wilcox was born in 1902; died in 1955; was buried in Towanda, PA?.
    5. Pauline Josephine Wilcox was born in Oct 1907; died on 29 Oct 1964 in Wellsboro, PA.
    6. Charles Albert Wilcox was born on 19 Jan 1910; died on 21 Jul 1983; was buried on 24 Jul 1983 in Cremated, Wellsboro, PA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Galusha Wilcox and died.

    Galusha + Ann Kilburn. Ann and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ann Kilburn and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Hiram Eugene Wilcox was born in 1870; died in 1910.

  3. 6.  Charles Henry Sherwood was born on 13 Nov 1853 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA (son of Wakeman D. Sherwood and Lucia Janet Brown); died on 18 Nov 1915 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY.

    Notes:

    From WFT Vol 21, Tree #542:
    He was a shipping clerk at a tannery near Wellsboro, Pa, or, perhaps a bookkeeper at Landrus(no longer exits) near Antrim, Pa. Later he lived at Elmira Heights, NY prior to moving to Belmont with his wife. Came to Belmont, NY in August 1915
    to live with his son while sick with stomach cancer. He died November 18, 1915, 6 months before Ellen Sherwood was born.

    Before Elmira Heights, he and family lived at Landrus (does not exist in 1992), Antrim, PA and Morris, PA. He may have been a bookkeeper for a coal company at Antrim.

    Death Certificate indicates date of death as November 18, 1915; cause of death- Cancer of Stomach. Occupation- Shipping Clerk in tannery (perhaps near Wellsboro, PA). Born at Damascus, Pa.; Father- Wakeman Sherwood. Mother- Lucy Brown.
    Buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY. '10

    He was a log rider. He rode the logs being floated down the Delaware River. He met his wife as he stayed overnight at probably Milanville.

    Died of stomach cancer according to death certificate at Belmont, NY

    Charles + Mary Josephine Rue. Mary (daughter of James Rue and Rosina Cannon) was born on 4 Sep 1854 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; died on 15 Dec 1931 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Mary Josephine Rue was born on 4 Sep 1854 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA (daughter of James Rue and Rosina Cannon); died on 15 Dec 1931 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY.

    Notes:

    From WFT Vol 21, Tree #542:
    After the death of Charles Sherwood, Josephine Sherwood divided her time living with her daughters Jessie Sherwood and Bessie Sherwood, and Bert Sherwood. After the twins Shirley and Sherwood Briggs were born, she lived mostly with Bessie and
    Floyd Briggs at Canandaigua, NY. Her children were Jessie, Bessie and Bertie.

    Died of chronic intestinal nepharitis (kidney disease) per Death Certificate at Belmont, NY

    Children:
    1. 3. Jessie Sherwood
    2. Bess Sherwood
    3. Julie Sherwood was born about 26 Aug 1879; died on 5 Nov 1881; was buried in Milanville, PA Cemetery.
    4. Albert Rue Sherwood was born on 12 Jan 1881; died in 1962 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Wakeman D. Sherwood was born on 21 Mar 1821 in Weston, Fairfield Co., CT (son of Albert S. Sherwood and Polly Burr Wood); died on 9 Mar 1904 in Gleason, PA.

    Wakeman married Lucia Janet Brown on 6 Jul 1845 in Westfield, CT. Lucia (daughter of Henry Brown) was born on 24 May 1827 in Weston, Fairfield Co., CT; died on 22 Aug 1906 in Canton, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Lucia Janet Brown was born on 24 May 1827 in Weston, Fairfield Co., CT (daughter of Henry Brown); died on 22 Aug 1906 in Canton, PA.
    Children:
    1. Clarissa Sherwood was born on 20 Jun 1846 in Pennsylvania; died on 15 Apr 1915.
    2. Mary Sherwood was born about 1848 in Pennsylvania; died on 10 May 1882.
    3. Laura Sherwood was born after 1849; and died.
    4. Minnie Sherwood was born after 1849; and died.
    5. 6. Charles Henry Sherwood was born on 13 Nov 1853 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; died on 18 Nov 1915 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY.

  3. 14.  James Rue and died.

    James + Rosina Cannon. Rosina and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Rosina Cannon and died.
    Children:
    1. 7. Mary Josephine Rue was born on 4 Sep 1854 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; died on 15 Dec 1931 in Belmont, NY; was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Belmont, NY.



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