Sylvester K. Wilcox
Sylvester K. Wilcox, physician and surgeon, Mantua Corners, was born August 4, 1824, in Chester, Hampden Co., Mass.; son of Ralph and Betsey (Noney) Wilcox, latter of whom was a sister of Capt. Noney, of the war of 1812. The father of our subject, Ralph Wilcox, a farmer, came to Ohio in an early day and settled at Mantua Corners, where he passed the remainder of his life. Hia children were Norman (deceased); Reuben G., a blacksmith at Hiram Rapids; Eliza (deceased), and Sylvester K. Our subject was educated to the profession of medicine, at the Medical Department of Western Reserve College, Cleveland, Ohio, whence he graduated in 1846. and then settled in Mantua Township, Ohio; thence he removed to Hiram Township, but after ten years' residence there, retumed to Mantua Township, where he has since remained. Dr. Wilcox has been twice married; the first time, September 10, 1845, to Harriet M. Stodard, by whom he had two children: L. D., and Harriet, wife of Delos Peck, in California. His second marriage occurred in Mecca, Trumble Co., Ohio, in 1862, with Olive S. Whitney, by whom there is no issue. The Doctor is a grandson of a Revolutionary soldier, and is an accomplished physician, a valuable citizen. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885