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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
their people, industries and institutions.
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co.,
1914
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CHARLES B. WALDRON
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 500
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ROLLA F. WALKER
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 660 |
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WILLIAM W. WEAVER
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 507 |
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SILAS N. WHITTED
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 637 |
Asher S. Wilcox |
ASHER S. WILCOX.
In holding up for consideration those facts which have shown
the distinction of a true, useful and honorable life, a life
characterized by perseverance, energy and well defined
purpose, such as was lived by the late Asher S. Wilcox,
long a well known business man at Tunnelton, Lawrence
county, Indiana, will be but to reiterate the dictum
pronounced upon the man by the people who knew him so long
and well, for the subject of this memoir presented in his
career an interesting study of the manner in which adherence
to principle and sturdy endeavor may win worthy distinction.
Throughout an interesting and active career duty was ever
his motive of action, and usefulness to his fellow men not
by any means a secondary consideration. He achieved
much in an individual way not dependent upon hereditary
prestige, but proved himself worthy as a factor in local
public affairs and as a citizen and business man of the
utmost loyalty and progressiveness. He carried forward
to successful completion whatever he undertook and his
business methods were ever in strict conformity with the
standard ethics of commercial life—in brief, his is the
story of a life whose success is measured by its usefulness,
a life that made for good in all its relations with the
world.
Asher S. Wilcox was born on Apr. 22, 1843.
In Washington county, Indiana, and he was the son of
Hiram and Julia (Clark) Wilcox, both of whom were born
in the state of Vermont, having come to Indiana from that
state with their parents, who were also natives of Vermont.
Hiram Wilcox was for a number of years a
successful farmer in Washington county, Indiana, and a
business man of considerable importance in his community.
To him and his wife were born the following children:
Mary, Alonzo, Asher S., Lorrena,
Thalus, Solon and Amber.
Asher S. Wilcox received a common school
education, which was liberally supplemented during after
years by such reading and habits of close observation, that
he was considered a well informed man. In young
manhood he followed the pursuit to which he had been reared,
that of farming and stock raising, also doing an extensive
business in the buying and shipping of stock, carrying on
his operations in partnership with his brother, Thalus M.,
in Bono township, this county. They were successful
and in 1887 Mr. Wilcox located in Tunnelton and
engaged in the mercantile business, in which his efforts
were rewarded with gratifying results. He also owned a
mill here. His brother. Thalus, was associated
with him to the time of his death, which occurred in 1900,
after which the brother's widow took his place in the firm.
Eventually, William H. Huddleston bought an interest
in the business. Mr. Wilcox remained actively
in management of his varied interests up to the time of his
death, which occurred on July 15, 1907, and by his sound
judgment, persistent efforts and integrity in all of his
transactions lie gained a comfortable competence, owning
besides the interests already mentioned, six hundred acres
of valuable farm land near Tunnelton and several houses and
lots in Tunnelton. The store building was burned on
Nov. 13, 1907. and in 1910 Mrs. Wilcox erected
a splendid and substantial brick store building. The
mill burned in 1912 and is now being rebuilt by a local
company. Mrs. Wilcox having sold her
interest in the mill, though she is a stockholder in the new
company. The fine residence in which Mrs.
Wilcox now resides was built by Mr. Wilcox in
1892. and is a comfortable and attractive home.
On Mar. 19, 1874, Mr. Wilcox married
Ellen B. Speake, a native of Jackson county, Indiana,
and the daughter of James and Ann (Stutsman) Speake,
he a native of North Carolina and she of Jackson county,
Indiana, though of old Pennsylvania stock. James
Speake came to Jackson county, Indiana, in childhood
with his mother, and here he received a limited education.
He learned the trade of a cooper and also made many flat
boats. He died in 1854. She died on June 12,
1909, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. She was
a member of the Christian church. They were the
parents of the following children: Elizabeth,
deceased, was the wife of E. Wright and the mother of
five children: Ella B., Mrs. Wilcox;
Emma, who became the wife of Josiah Huffington,
of Oklahoma, is the mother of six children.
Politically, Mr. Wilcox was an earnest supporter
of the Democratic party and took an active part in
campaigns, though he never aspired to public office for
himself, though often solicited. Fraternally, he was a
member of the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of
Red Men. Religiously, Mr. Wilcox was an
attendant of the Christian church, of which he was a warm
supporter, giving liberally to the support of the society
and doing all in his power to advance its welfare.
Although his life was a busy one, his everyday affairs
making heavy demands upon his time, he never shrank from his
duties as a citizen and his obligations to the church, his
neighbors and his friends. To him home life was a
sacred trust. Friendship was inviolable and nothing
could swerve him from the path of rectitude and honor.
Owing to his splendid success, his genuine worth and his
genial disposition, he easily won friends and always
retained them, enjoying a marked degree of popularity in the
locality where so many of his active years had been spent.
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 528 |
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THALUS M. WILCOX
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 606 |
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CANAAN WILLIAMS
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 590 |
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ISAAC WILLIAMS
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 693 |
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J. B. WILSON
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 594 |
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WALTER E. WOODBURN
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 524 |
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MARSHALL WOOLERY
Source: History of Lawrence and Monroe
Counties, Indiana;
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co., 1914 -
Page 738 |
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