Henry H. Wilcox
Henry H. Wilcox, farmer, P. O. Streetsborough, was born January 1, 1845, in Streetsboro, this county; son of Alanson and Sylvia (Lawrence) Wilcox, and grandson of Benjamin Wilcox who came from Jefferson County, N. Y., to Streetsboro in 1832, and located on the farm now occupied by our subject, which he cleared and improved, and where he lived and died. He had seven children: Wealthy, wife of Rufus Ellsworth; Julia, deceased wife of James W. Clark; Jeanette, wife of Alanson Plum; Betsey, wife of Daniel Tucker; Alanson (deceased); Newell and Frank. Alanson Wilcox, the father of our subject, was a carpenter by trade. He put up the Methodist Church at Streetsboro, besides many other buildings. He was married, February 2, 1837, to Sylvia, daughter of Thomas and Susannah (Parker) Lawrence, who settled in Streetsboro in 1833. By this union there were two children: Harriet E. (deceased) and Henry H. In 1837 Alanson Wilcox moved to the farm settled by his father, where he resided until his death. He died August 24, 1862, at the age of fifty years. Our subject was reared on the old homestead where he has always resided. He was married, September 10, 1871, to Agnes, daughter of Henry and Louisa (Tucker) French, of Streetsboro, by whom he has three children: Millard D., Artemas J. and John H. Mrs. Wilcox is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Wilcox has served his township as Clerk and Trustee; in politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885