Elizur Wolcott

1817 - 1901  (83 years)

• Name	Elizur Wolcott
  Birth	7 Aug 1817  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Mar 1901	Berkeley, Alameda, California   [1]
  Burial	Diamond Grove Cemetery, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois   [1]
  Person ID	I738	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Elihu Wolcott,   b. 12 Feb 1784   d. 2 Dec 1858, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Rachel McClintock McClure,   b. 29 Oct 1783, North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 2 Apr 1822, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1806  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Lyman Dwight,   b. 25 Dec 1824
  Marriage	15 Jul 1846  [1, 2, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Mattoon Wolcott,   b. 14 May 1863, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois d. 22 Aug 1949, Alameda, Alameda, California (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Graduated from Yale in 1839, one of the early members of Skull and Bones. Studied medicine in Boston for a year, and eventually settled in Jacksonville, Illinois, where he was a member of the board of education. He planned and oversaw the construction of the city's water-works and laid out the Diamond Grove Cemetery, where he was buried.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2419] Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut by Chandler Wolcott. Rochester, New York: The Genesee Press, 1912. [S2530] Diary of David McClure, Doctor of Divinity by David McClure, with notes (including a genealogy of David McClure's descendants) by Franklin B. Dexter. New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1899. [S2525] History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family...Comprising the Ancestors and Descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy by Albert A. Pomeroy. 1912. [S2528] The McClure Family by James Alexander McClure. Petersburg, Virginia: Presses of Frank J. Owen, 1914. [S2430] The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight. New York: John F. Trow, 1874.