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Family of Samuel Wilcoxon

Samuel Wilcoxon
b. February 1, 1784, Prince Georges, Maryland
m. March 25, 1806, to Christiana Baker, Brooke County, West Virginia, by J. Pritchard (Vol. 1A, pg. 23)
See marriage record here.

d. August 17, 1866, New Harrisburg, Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio, at age 82, of typhoid (death certificate)
Both he & Christiana buried New Harrisburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Carroll County, Ohio.
On December 2, 1814, purchased 158.54 acres, R6, T15, S2, New Harrisburg, Carroll County, Ohio, while residing in Brooke County, Virginia.
In 1815, sold property in (West) Virginia.
In 1819, listed on personal property tax roll of Stark County, Ohio, owning a horse and a cow.
Family moved to New Harrisburg in what is now Carroll County, Ohio, about 1816.
Occupation:  Cabinet Maker

Christiana Baker
b. November 30, 1786, Maryland
d. May 11, 1867, Ohio, buried New Harrisburg, Carroll County, Ohio
Father - Nathan Baker (died 1843)
Mother - Margaret (?)
Two sisters - Nancy, married William H. Grafton;  and Sarah, who married a Preston
Named in father's will of 1839 as "Christian, wife of Samuel Wilcoxon".
Will also names granddaughter Margaret.

CHILDREN of Samuel Wilcoxen and Christiana Baker:

1.    Nathan B. (Baker?) Wilcoxon
b. December 25, 1806, Brooke County, West Virginia
m. June 3, 1830, to Ruth Wilcoxan, Columbiana County, Ohio
d. Gessie, Indiana

2.     Anthony Wilcoxon
b. May 29, 1808, Brooke County, West Virginia
m. December 19, 1827, to Elizabeth Baxter, Stark County, Ohio, by Josiah/Jonah Foster, MG, Methodist Circuit Rider
d. May 30, 1844
1840 census shows wife Rebecca.
1850 census, Carroll County, OH, Harrison Township. 

3.     Parker Wilcoxon
b. December 20, 1810, Virginia
m. July 2, 1843, Carrollton, Carroll County, Ohio, to Jane McCauley
d. July 30,1886, Ohio, buried New Harrisburg Township, Carroll County, Ohio (next to his parents)
  

4.    Reason Wilcoxon
b. October 12, 1813/1814, Virginia
m. July 18, 1843, Carroll County, Ohio, to Rebecca Dwire
d. December 12, 1872, Ohio, of heart disease.
Occupation:  farmer

5.     Emily (or Emilie) Wilcoxon
b. December 10, 1815
m.(1) September 1, 1836, to Henry Gilmore, Carroll County, Ohio, by Leo Harsh (3 children)
m.(2) Isaac Miller (3 children)

6.     William H. Wilcoxon
b. November 28, 1818
d. July 22, 1823, Ohio, buried New Harrisburg Cemetery, Carroll County, Ohio

7.     John Wilcoxon
b. March 17, 1820 (Harrison Township, Carroll County, Ohio?)
m. September 30, 1852, Carroll County, Ohio, to Elizabeth Gregory
d. July 14, 1888, both buried Augusta, Carroll County, Ohio

8.     Samuel Wilcoxon
b. January 11, 1826, Ohio
m. May 31, 1849, Carroll County, Ohio, to Matilda Barr, by James McKean
d. July 28, 1868, Ohio, of billious typhoid, buried New Harrisburg Cemetery
Last lived Marshall County, Indiana

9.     Margaret Ann Wilcoxon
b. April 25, 1830, Ohio
m. ? Wilcoxon
Named guardian of Alice Emily Wilcoxon, age 12, on April 12, 1857, (Probate Book D, p. 535).
A daughter, Maggie E. Wilcoxon m. January 1874 to Raymond Edleman, Carroll County, Ohio.