Chester Guy Wilcox

1848 - 1925  (77 years)

• Name	Chester Guy Wilcox
  Birth	29 May 1848	Milford, Oakland County, Michigan, United States
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	K8BP-ZSN
  Residence	1855	Camden, Oneida County, New York, United States   [1]
  Residence	1870	Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Residence	1880	Depere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Residence	1900	De Pere city Ward 1-2, Brown, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Residence	1905	De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Residence	1910	De Pere Ward 1, Brown, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Passport Application	1920	Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  Name	Chester Gavin Wilcox  [1]
  Residence	1920	De Pere Ward 1, Brown, Wisconsin, United States   [1]
  _UID	99EFED186D2C47548A7B258ABB60EEA82646
  Death	17 Sep 1925	Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
  	- Camden Advance Journal Newspaper Obituary dated 24 Sep 1925 and De Pere Journal-Democrat Obituary dated 17 Sep 1925 both state Chester G. Wilcox was placed in a crypt in a mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Wilcox died in a Green Bay Hospital of heart disease. - Chester G. Wilcox received his education at the Union Seminary in Camden and Utica University in Utica, Michigan. He supplemented his education with a course study in the Bryant and Stratton's Commercial College in Utica with bookkeeping and later taught a class. He learned harness making and finished his schooling in that trade in Rome, New York. - He went to Wisconsin in 1865 where his Uncle E. I. Wilcox lived in De Pere. He was Mayor of De Pere from 1916 to 1920. He helped in organizing the De Pere Electric Light and Power Company and the Artesian Water Supply Company. - Chester G. Wilcox is survived by his wife, Sarah, and son, Guy Wilcox of De Pere, and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Foster of Green Bay.
  Burial	Greenwood Cemetery, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
  	No grave - body placed in crypt in Greenwood Mausoleum
  Person ID	I12751	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Levi Sheldon Wilcox,   b. 3 Dec 1818, Camden, Oneida County, New York, United States d. 18 Sep 1895, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Isabelle G. Lambie,   b. 23 Apr 1825, Scotland d. 26 Feb 1911, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F3866	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah J. Miller,   b. 14 Jul 1850, Wisconsin, United States d. 21 Jan 1937, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1871	De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States
  	FAG indication that marriage was in 1871
  Children	+ 1. Levi Sheldon Wilcox,   b. 4 Oct 1874, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States d. 27 Dec 1900, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 26 years)   2. Carrie B. Wilcox,   b. Abt 1877, Wisconsin, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Chester Gavin Wilcox, Jr.,   b. 5 Dec 1893, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States d. 17 Jan 1969, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F5785	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1855 - Camden, Oneida County, New York, United States Residence - 1870 - Wisconsin, United States Marriage - 15 Jun 1871 - De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States Residence - 1880 - Depere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States Residence - 1905 - De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States Passport Application - 1920 - Wisconsin, United States Death - 17 Sep 1925 - Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States Burial - - Greenwood Cemetery, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch, Family Trees, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 25 Jan 2024), entry for Chester Guy Wilcox, person ID K8BP-ZSN. (Reliability: 3).