She was born March 22 , 1879 , in the Kingdom of Hawaii , on Grove Farm on the island of Kauai , one of six children of Samuel Whitney Wilcox ( 1847 – 1929 ) and Emma Washburn Lyman Wilcox ( 1849 – 1934 ) . Her mother was a seminary student in Chicago in 1871 when the Great Chicago Fire occurred , and her father was a Kauai sugar planter , manager of a cattle ranch , and sheriff of Kauai for 25 years
Great Chicago Fire
Great Chicago Fire
Elsie Hart Wilcox