Early Life
Wilcox was born February 15, 1855 on the island of Maui. His father Captain William Slocum Wilcox (1814–1910) was a native of Newport, Rhode Island. His mother Kalua Makoleokalani (1836–1865), a native of Maui, was the daughter of Makoleokalani Hiapo (grandchild of Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku) and Haupa, a direct descendant of Lonomakaihonua (the son and the brother, respectively, of King Lonohonuakini and King Kaulahea II of Maui, who reigned in the 1600s). His parents sent him to Haleakala Boarding School in the town of Makawao.
Upon completion of his studies, Wilcox became a teacher at a Maui country school. In 1880, Wilcox was elected to the royal legislature in Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu. He represented the citizens of Wailuku and its neighboring Maui towns.
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