Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Wilcox, Gaylord Parke August 5, 1881 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 19, 2012, 8:01 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist GAYLORD PARKE WILCOX, Corporation Official. Throughout his business career of more than twenty years, Gaylord P. Wilcox, secretary and director of the American Factors, Ltd., has been a figure in the development of the sugar industry and other agricultural and commercial enterprises which have so greatly contributed to the growth of Hawaii. Mr. Wilcox is a member of the comparatively small group of men in Hawaii whose family names have been linked for three generations with the upbuilding of the islands. His paternal grandparents were Abner and Lucy (Hart) Wilcox, missionary teachers, who came to Hawaii in 1836. His father, Samuel Whitney Wilcox, now retired, has long been prominent on Kauai and a political power in the Territory. He was sheriff of Kauai for many years. Mr. Wilcox is a nephew of George N. Wilcox, one of the earliest and most successful sugar planters, who still exercises general supervision over his extensive holdings on Kauai. Born at Lihue, Kauai, on Aug. 5, 1881, to S. W. and Emma (Lyman) Wilcox, his mother also a member of an old missionary family, Mr. Wilcox was educated at Oahu College, Oakland High School and the University of Louisiana. Returning home from college, he became affiliated with the Koloa Sugar Co. in 1902, remaining there until 1905, when he joined the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation. In 1907 he spent a year with the Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation. In 1907 he spent a year with the Hawaiian Sugar Co., from 1909 to 1912 was assistant manager of the Koloa Sugar Co., and from 1913 until 1917 managed the Makee Sugar Co. Mr. Wilcox participated in the reorganization of H. Hackfeld & Co., Ltd., now the American Factors, Ltd., and was appointed secretary of the new corporation and manager of its plantation department in Jan., 1918, bringing to that responsible position the experience he had gained in his many years as an actual producer of sugar. In addition to his activities as an executive Mr. Wilcox is a director of the following corporations: American Factors, Ltd.; Ahukini Terminal and Railway Co., Ltd.; Bishop Trust Co., Ltd.; East Kauai Water Co., Ltd.; First National Bank of Hawaii, First American Trust Co. of Hawaii, Ltd.; Grove Farm Co., Ltd.; Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.; Kekaha Sugar Co., Ltd.; Koloa Sugar Co.; Lihue Plantation Co., Ltd.; Makee Sugar Co., Ltd.; Oahu Sugar Co., Ltd.; Olaa Sugar Co., Ltd.; Pioneer Mill Co., Ltd.; Princeville Plantation Co., Royal Hawaiian Sales Co., Ltd.; Selana-Dindings Plantation, Ltd.; Waiahi Electric Co., Ltd.; Waiahole Water Co., Ltd., and Waimea Sugar Mill Co., Ltd. Mr. Wilcox and Ethel Kulamanu Wilcox were married at Lihue, March 10, 1909. They have two children, Alice K., and Albert H. Wilcox. In Honolulu Mr. Wilcox is a member of the Pacific Club, Hawaii Polo and Racing Club, Oahu Country and Ad Clubs. He is also a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/wilcox643bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb