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CPT Wallace W. Wolcott

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CPT Wallace W. Wolcott

Birth
Watertown, Washington County, Ohio, USA
Death
21 Feb 1894 (aged 59)
Labette, Labette County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Parsons, Labette County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.3344194, Longitude: -95.2411639
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Wallace Wolcott, who was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1834, and was a son of E. and Caroline (McClure) Walcott, both natives of Ohio.

He was one of 13 children, as follows: Oscar; Wallace; Louis; Amanda; Salome; Vesta; Rollin; Edmond; Corwin; Helen; Mary; Katie; and Ida.

Wallace Wolcott operated a sawmill in Ohio for many years.

When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, in 1864, as a captain in Company K, 148th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.

He came west to Labette county, Kansas, in 1884, and for a number of years; was a contractor in Parsons. He was a trustee of North township one term, and was also school director and treasurer.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott became parents of the following children: Addie (Huling), who lives at Dewey, Indian Territory; Addison, a student at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa; Elmer, who now lives in Ohio; Carrie, who is living at home and teaches school at South Mound, Neosho county; Louis D., a carpenter at Parsons, Kansas; Olive, who resides in Parsons; William H., a mail carrier at Parsons; and Belle, who is at home.

Compiled from History of Labette County, Kansas and its Representative Citizens, ed. & comp. by Hon. Nelson Case. Pub. by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. 1901


Wallace Wolcott, who was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1834, and was a son of E. and Caroline (McClure) Walcott, both natives of Ohio.

He was one of 13 children, as follows: Oscar; Wallace; Louis; Amanda; Salome; Vesta; Rollin; Edmond; Corwin; Helen; Mary; Katie; and Ida.

Wallace Wolcott operated a sawmill in Ohio for many years.

When the Civil War broke out he enlisted, in 1864, as a captain in Company K, 148th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.

He came west to Labette county, Kansas, in 1884, and for a number of years; was a contractor in Parsons. He was a trustee of North township one term, and was also school director and treasurer.

Mr. and Mrs. Wolcott became parents of the following children: Addie (Huling), who lives at Dewey, Indian Territory; Addison, a student at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa; Elmer, who now lives in Ohio; Carrie, who is living at home and teaches school at South Mound, Neosho county; Louis D., a carpenter at Parsons, Kansas; Olive, who resides in Parsons; William H., a mail carrier at Parsons; and Belle, who is at home.

Compiled from History of Labette County, Kansas and its Representative Citizens, ed. & comp. by Hon. Nelson Case. Pub. by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. 1901



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