Emma Philinda Metcalf
F, #2056, b. 7 July 1869, d. 9 November 1948
Emma Philinda Metcalf|b. 7 Jul 1869\nd. 9 Nov 1948|p1450.htm|William Metcalf|b. 20 Jul 1826\nd. 17 Feb 1903|p1811.htm|Emerilla R. Marsh|b. 11 Jun 1832\nd. 15 Aug 1910|p1868.htm|William Metcalf|b. a 1788\nd. a 1832|p2103.htm|Eleanor T. Hutchinson|b. a 1798\nd. 2 Sep 1827|p2104.htm|Jonas J. Marsh|b. 24 May 1811\nd. 9 Sep 1902|p1599.htm|Philinda Quick|b. 11 Mar 1811\nd. 5 Aug 1895|p1831.htm|
From left to right: Lela Forest (Willingham) Wilcox, David William Wilcox, Emma Philinda (Metcalf) Wilcox, Kenneth Melvin Wilcox, Bernice Odelia (Witherspoon) Wilcox
Emma Philinda Metcalf, daughter of William Metcalf and Emerilla R. Marsh, was born 7 July 1869 in Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan.1 Emma Philinda Metcalf was the daughter of William Metcalf and Emerilla R. Marsh. Conflicting evidence states that Emma was born on 10 July 1869.2 The census of 1 June 1870 enumerated on 11 July 1870 in the Ellington post office area of Ellington Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, listed Emma "Metcalf", as a 1-year-old residing with William Metcalf.3 She was a school teacher in Tyrone Township, Kent County, Michigan, in 1888.4 She married Rufus Wells Wilcox, son of David W. Wilcox and Emaline Romelia Wells, on 4 September 1888 in Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan..5,4
This was Rufus' second marriage and both parties resided in Tyrone Township, Kent County, Michigan.4 The census of 1 June 1900 enumerated on 14 June 1900 in West Branch Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, listed Ema "Wilcox", as the wife of Rufus Wilcox.6 The census of 15 April 1910 enumerated on 5 May 1910 in West Branch Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, listed Emma "Wilcox", who had been married 21 years, with 9 children of whom 7 were still living, as the 40-year-old wife of Rufus W. Wilcox.7 The census of 1 January 1920 enumerated on 31 March 1920 in Churchill Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, listed Emma P. "Wilcox", as the 50-year-old wife of Rufus W. Wilcox.8 Emma Philinda Wilcox attended the Medcalf family reunion on 8 July 1927 at the farm home of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley Turner in Ellington, Tuscola County, Michigan.9 The census of 1 April 1930 enumerated on 16 April 1930 in Churchill Township, Ogemaw County, Michigan, listed the following:
Emma M. Wilcox, 59-year-old widowed female head of household, married first at the age of 18.10
David W. Wilcox, 29-year-old son, a farmer, married first at the age of 27.10
Mamie E. "Wilcox", 20-year-old daughter-in-law, married first at the age of 17.10
David W. Wilcox, 29-year-old son, a farmer, married first at the age of 27.10
Mamie E. "Wilcox", 20-year-old daughter-in-law, married first at the age of 17.10
Emma Philinda Wilcox attended the Medcalf family reunion on 4 July 1930 in Webberville, Ingham County, Michigan.11,12 She died on 9 November 1948 in West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan.1 She was buried on 11 November 1948 in the Brookside Cemetery, West Branch, Ogemaw County, Michigan.13,14 She was baptized posthumously in the LDS church on 4 January 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Temple Code:JRIVE.15 She received her endowment posthumously on 26 January 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Temple Code:JRIVE.15 She was posthumusly sealed as a , daughter of William Metcalf and Emerilla R. Marsh, on 15 February 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, Temple Code:JRIVE.15
Children of Emma Philinda Metcalf and Rufus Wells Wilcox
- Eleanor Gertrude Wilcox+ b. 22 Aug 1889, d. 19 Feb 1984
- Grace Lillian Wilcox b. 16 Nov 1890, d. 19 Jan 1891
- Rufus Harding Wilcox+ b. 4 Apr 1892, d. 28 Jan 1978
- Evelyn Romelia Wilcox+ b. 31 Jul 1895, d. 25 Jan 1971
- Paris Ellison Wilcox b. 28 Feb 1897, d. 20 Mar 1956
- Hazel Edna Wilcox+ b. 19 Feb 1898, d. 14 Jan 1983
- David William Wilcox+ b. 13 Dec 1900, d. 24 Mar 1969
- Edward John Wilcox b. 19 Feb 1906, d. 4 Nov 1906
- Emma May Wilcox b. 26 Jul 1908, d. 4 May 1924
- Kenneth Melvin Wilcox+ b. 17 May 1911, d. 28 Aug 1966
Citations
- [S2] Emma P. Wilcox Obituary.
- [S19] Tuscola, MI Birth Records.
- [S420] 1870 U.S. Census, Tuscola County, Michigan, page 66 line 14 dwelling 13 family 13.
- [S2060] Wilcox-Metcalf Marriage Certificate.
- [S86] Lela Wilcox Family Records.
- [S4] 1900 U.S. Census, Ogemaw County, Michigan, ED 135 Sh 10 B line 77 dwelling 350 family 353.
- [S418] 1910 U.S. Census, Ogemaw County, Michigan.
- [S419] 1920 U.S. Census, Ogemaw County, Michigan, ED 272 Sh 12A line 36 dwelling 234 family 235.
- [S2377] Cass City Chronical, 8 July 1927 Page 8 Column 3.
- [S1998] 1930 U.S. Census, Ogemaw County, Michigan, ED 65-1 Sh 02A line 34 dwelling 33 family 33.
- [S779] Research of Carolyn G. Hoffman.
- [S2377] Cass City Chronical, 11 July 1930.
- [S3] Brookside Cemetery Burial Records.
- [S4451] FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 46797867.
- [S80] Research of Gene Eleanor Bradley.
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