Background
Wilcox, Sheldon E. was born on May 9, 1850 in Ripley, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Emily (Palmer) Wilcox.
Wilcox, Sheldon E. was born on May 9, 1850 in Ripley, New York, United States. Son of Charles and Emily (Palmer) Wilcox.
Old Chicago U.; Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1877. Master of Arts, Hamilton Theological Seminary, 1880. Doctor of Divinity, Des Moines College, Iowa, 1902.
Ministry, 1880; pastor Homer, New York, 1880-1884, Muscatine, Iowa, 1884-1891, Omaha, 1891-1893, Osage, Iowa, 1893-1899, Boone, 1899-1901. Superintendent missions, Iowa Baptist State Convention, 1901-1914. State budget secretary of National and State Baptist Missions Societies, 1914-1923, retired.
Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Sarah A. Baker, of Hamilton, New York, July 14, 1880. Children: Florence, Mistress Ethel Haughton, Theodora, Clinton and Stanley (twins), Philip G, James P. ordained Baptist.