Life span: 04/18/1819 to 02/07/1864TabsLife SummaryFull name: John Allen WilcoxPlace of Birth: Greene County, NC Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 1No. of Children: 2Family: Mary E. Donelson (wife), Cadmus M. Wilcox (brother)Occupation: PoliticianMilitaryPolitical Parties: DemocraticWhigAmerican Party (Know Nothings or Nativists)Other Affiliations: Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)Government: Confederate government (1861-65)US House of RepresentativesState legislatureMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War) Note Cards John Allen Wilcox (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceWILCOX, John A., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Greene County, N.C., April 18, 1819; moved to Tennessee; attended the common schools; moved to Mississippi and settled in Aberdeen; secretary of the State senate; served in the Mexican War as lieutenant, adjutant, and lieutenant colonel; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; moved to Texas in 1853; member of the Confederate Congress; died in Richmond, Va., February 7, 1864; interment in Hollywood Cemetery."Wilcox, John A.," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000457. Events Major TopicsSecession Documents Bibliography
John Allen Wilcox (Congressional Biographical Directory) ReferenceWILCOX, John A., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Greene County, N.C., April 18, 1819; moved to Tennessee; attended the common schools; moved to Mississippi and settled in Aberdeen; secretary of the State senate; served in the Mexican War as lieutenant, adjutant, and lieutenant colonel; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress; moved to Texas in 1853; member of the Confederate Congress; died in Richmond, Va., February 7, 1864; interment in Hollywood Cemetery."Wilcox, John A.," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000457.
