- FRED M. WILCOX, a leading representative of the Outagamie county bar, ex-State Senator and prominent public official of Appleton, Wisconsin, was born July 17, 1870, near Marshalltown, Iowa, a son of E. I. and Mary E. (Moffatt) Wilcox. E. I. Wilcox was born in Camden, New York, and came to Wisconsin at an early date, later removing to Iowa, acting in the capacity of principal of many of the public schools of these states. He married Mary E. Moffatt, a native of Ogle county, Illinois, who was taken to Iowa by her parents as a girl, and there both Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox still reside. Fred M. Wilcox graduated from the Montour, Iowa, high school, and then entered the State University, being graduated from the law department in 1893, and was immediately admitted to the bar. He came to Wisconsin in 1894, and for six months worked in the post office at DePere with his cousin, C. G. Wilcox, and in November of the same year removed to Seymour, where he was engaged in a general practice of law until November, 1898, at which time he was elected to the office of district attorney, and immediately removed to Appleton. He served in that capacity for three terms, and in November, 1904, was elected State Senator, and served in that office during one four-year term. Mr. Wilcox is the father of the Municipal Court Act. He is still engaged in practice at Appleton, and is City Attorney for Kaukauna. On September 5, 1899, Mr. Wilcox was married to Theresa A. Brehmer, daughter of Charles and Henrietta Brehmer, of Seymour, Wisconsin, and one son, Frederick B., has been born to this union. Mr. Wilcox is a progressive Republican, and a stanch adherent of the principles of the party as interpreted by Senator LaFollette, of whom he is an intimate friend. Fraternally, he is connected with Waverly Lodge, No. 51, F. & A. M., and is past master of that order. His religious connection is with the Congregational Church, while Mrs. Wilcox is a Lutheran.
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