About John Allen Wilcox
Lived 1819 – 1864 (aged 44). John Allen Wilcox was an American politician and lawyer.
John Allen Wilcox (or John Alexander Wilcox ) (April 18, 1819 – February 7, 1864) was a politician from Mississippi and Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives in the early 1850s and then in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography John Allen (or Alexander He was reinterred in 1897 to Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
His wife and two young children were taken in by his brother, General Cadmus M. Wilcox.
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Who was John Allen Wilcox?
Confederate Army officer and politician (1819-1864)
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John Allen Wilcox was born on 18 April 1819 in Greene County.
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John Allen Wilcox died on 7 February 1864 in Richmond.
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John Allen Wilcox was a politician and lawyer.
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John Allen Wilcox was American.
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