George N. Wilcox and Grove Farm

          George Norton Wilcox (known as G.N.) was the second son of eight boys born to Abner and Lucy Wilcox, Congregational Church missionary teachers at Waioli Mission Station in Hanalei. In addition to being educated by his parents, He was later sent to study at Punahou, a missionary  school on the island of Oahu and thereafter studied engineering on the mainland at the Sheffield Scientific School, now a part of Yale University.

          G.N. Wilcox acquired Grove Farm from Judge Herman Widemann in 1864. He took out a 10 year lease (with an option to buy) and moved into a house with thatch grassed roof. He was soon joined by his brother Sam, as well as Kaipu, who worked with the brothers to shape a sucessful sugar plantation

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