Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Wilcox, Samuel Whitney September 19, 1847 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

SAMUEL WHITNEY WILCOX, Retired Capitalist. Like his brother, George N. Wilcox, 
Samuel W. Wilcox is a native son of Hawaii who, in a life time of service, has 
contributed greatly to the upbuilding and progress of his homeland.
  Born at Waioli, Kauai, Sept. 19, 1847, the son of Abner and Lucy E. (Hart) 
Wilcox, who came to Hawaii in 1837 as missionaries under the American Board, 
Samuel W. Wilcox was educated at Punahou School.
  From 1869 until 1872 he was engaged in sugar planting and manufacturing at 
Hanalei, serving also as deputy sheriff of Hanalei district. In 1872 he became 
sheriff of the Island of Kauai, an office he occupied with distinction for 25 
years, until 1897.
  For many years he was manager of the cattle ranch department of Grove Farm 
plantation, at Lihue, in this, as in other ventures, being associated with his 
brother, George N. Wilcox.
  In the line of political service to the Territory, he was a member of the 
House of Representatives, 1901-02, and a member of the Senate, 1903-07. 
  Mr. Wilcox married Emma Washburn Lyman of Hilo, also a child of missionary 
parents, on Oct. 7, 1874. They were the parents of six children, Ralph L. 
(deceased), Lucy Etta (Mrs. H. D. Sloggett), Charles H. (deceased), Elsie 
Hart, Gaylord P. and Mabel I. Wilcox.
  Mr. Wilcox and his wife were the donors of the Lihue Memorial Parish House, 
given to the Lihue Union Church and the Lihue community as a memorial to their 
two deceased sons. Mr. Wilcox has been deeply interested in and a generous 
contributor to the religious and social work of the Hawaiian Board, the 
Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A.


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