Simon P. Wolcott
Simon P. Wolcott, attorney-at-law, Kent, was born in Northfield, Summit Co., Ohio, January 30, 1837, son of Alfred and Mary A. (Scovill) Wolcott. He was born and reared on his father's farm and received his early education in the common schools. He prepared for college under the instruction of the late President Garfield, at Hiram Eclectic Institute, Hiram, Ohio, and from there attended Western Reserve College at Hudson, Ohio, where he graduated in 1862. Choosing the law for his profession, he studied one year in the office of H.B. Foster, of Hudson, Ohio, and one year with N.D. Tibbals, of Akron. He was admitted to the bar of Summit County in 1864, and in the fall of the same year located in Kent, where he has been in active practice ever since. He was married July 17, 1866, to Mary H., daughter of Anson A. and Sally P. (White) Brewster, of Hudson, and the issue of this union was three children: Nellie B., Jennie B. and Duncan B. Wolcott. In 1866 Mr. Wolcott was elected Mayor of Kent, being the second Mayor of the town; also served as City Solicitor of Kent two terms; was a member of the School Board nine years, and he is at present member of the Board of Examiners. In the fall of 1881 he was elected to the State Senate, representing Portage, Summit, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula Counties; was re-elected in the fall of 1883 and he is now serving his second term. In politics Mr. Wolcott has always been a stanch Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885