Owen Wilcox was born in Connecticut in 1809 and came to Texas in early 1836. He soon enlisted in the Texian revolutionary army on March 1, 1836 and assigned to Captain William H. Patton's Company, who he served with during the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21st. On July 1, he was transferred to Captain Benjamin F. Reavill's Company, then transferred again on October 1 to Captain William D. Burnett's Company. He left the service on December 1, 1836 and settled in Travis County. For his overall military service he received 960 acres bounty land, plus another 640 acres for participating in the Battle of Jacinto. He married Philippine Bothmer in 1848 and by 1870 was working as a carpenter and living in Austin. Wilcox died in Austin on April 5, 1879 with only one dollar to his name; but instead of the pauper's grave he feared, he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery with honors.
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Oakwood Cemetery
Austin
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