Alonzo Wilcox (March 18, 1810 – March 26, 1878) was an American pioneer and politician.
Born in Edmeston, New York, [1] Wilcox studied medicine at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, but he never practiced the profession because of his dislike for it. [1] He moved to Medina, New York in 1821, to Chicago in 1835, to Joliet, Illinois in 1837, and to Warsaw, Illinois in 1840. [1] In 1843, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin Territory, where he married Martha Jane Tofflemire (1826–1915) in 1844. [1] [2] He served on the Madison Village Board and was the city treasurer. [1] In 1856 Wilcox moved to Honey Creek, in Sauk County, Wisconsin and then to Spring Green, Wisconsin in 1862. [1] He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1863 [3] and then was the sergeant-at-arms of the Wisconsin Assembly in 1865. [1] He died in Spring Green, Wisconsin. [1] [4]
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"Wilcox". Wisconsin State Journal. April 6, 1878. p. 4. Retrieved October 8, 2019 – via
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"Mrs. J. V. Hauxhurst". The Dunn County News. December 23, 1915. p. 8. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via
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"Legislative Nominations of 1863". Wisconsin State Journal. October 31, 1863. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2019 – via
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- ^ Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 8, Wisconsin Historical Society: 1879, Biographical Sketch of Alonso Wilcox, p. 467.
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