WILCOX-Elias C. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Elias C. Wilcox., grocer, P. O. Farragut; born in New Jersey, February 4, 1822, and remained there until eighteen years of age, when he emigrated to Covington, Indiana, where he was engaged in clerking for about five years. In 1847 he received the appointment as collector of tolls on the Wabash and Erie canal, holding the position eight years. He was then elected clerk of the courts of Fountain county, serving two terms—eight years. In 1862 he was appointed provost marshal, a position which, at that time in that county, was a perilous one. He continued in this capacity until the close of the war. In 1868 he emigrated to Union county, Iowa, settling on a farm near where Creston is now located. In 1869 he (p. 773) was elected auditor of that county, and at the close of his term was re-elected. He came to Fremont county in 1877, locating in Farragut, where he has since remained, being actively engaged in business. Was married February 8, 1848, to Rachael V. Fields, a native of Clarksburg, Virginia, by which union he is the father of four children, three now living: Albert C., Kate L., and. Frank F.