She was born November 4 , 1882 , in the Kingdom of Hawaii , on the island of Kauai , as one of six children of Samuel Whitney Wilcox ( 1847 – 1929 ) and Emma Washburn Lyman Wilcox ( 1849 – 1934 ) . Mabel 's mother was a seminary student in Chicago in 1871 when the Great Chicago Fire occurred . 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
Mabel Isabel Wilcox