Wilcoxon, Charles “Charley”
(1894–1978)
WILCOXON, CHARLES “CHARLEY” (26 Nov 1894, Newark, Ohio; 1978, Rocky River/Cleveland, Ohio). Relocating with his family to Coshocton, Ohio, Charles Wilcoxon studied piano with his mother and was essentially a self-taught drummer. He began playing in local movie houses in Coshocton as a child; by his midteens he was touring with minstrel groups as far west as Denver. Some of these troupes included The Spring Maid Company (1912-13, with whom he acquired the nickname “Coshoc”) and the A. G. Fields…