treasurer Maui County Fair Asso-
elation; deputy collector customs,
Kahului; U. S. immigration in-
spector for Maui. Was three years
in 42nd Royal Highlanders, Scot-
land; Lt. Col. 3rd Reg., N. G. H.;
trustee of Chamber of Commerce.
Member Commercial Club, Hono-
lulu; K. of P., Royal Society of
Arts, England; 32nd K. C. C. H.
Mason and Shriner.

LISTER, ROBERT, industrial
manager, Kohala, Hawaii, T. H. ;
born at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
April 16, 1850; son of James and
Elizabeth Lister; , educated in the
public schools; married Sarah R.
Goff of Hamilton, Ontario, April
9, 1872; two children: E. W. and
Archie E. Began as an apprentice
in the machine trade, in Canada ;
instrumental in fitting up the Lusk
Canning Co., in Oakland, Calif.,
1889; superintendent, King Morse
Canning Co., San Francisco; later
constructed the Woodstock Fruit
Cannery at Sydney, Australia; re-
turned to California and construc-
ted the San Leandro Cannery for
King Morse; removed to Honolulu,
1901; and was superintendent of
the Thomas Pineapple Co., later
becoming builder and manager of
the Kohala Pineapple Co., at Ma-
hukona, Hawaii. Member of Elks
club in Honolulu.

LIVINGSTON, STANLEY, busi-
ness man, Honolulu; born at Quin-
cy, Ohio, June 20, 1876; son of
Samuel L. and Candace; married
Anna Rouwenhorst Aug. 8, 1904, at
Honolulu; five children, Donald,
Magrieta, Paul Maynard, David
Livingstone and Stanley, Jr. Grad-
uated at Oberlin College, A. B.,
1902; Columbia University, M. A.,
1907. Instructor, registrar and busi-
ness agent Kamehameha Schools,
Honolulu, 1902-12; bookkeeper,
secretary and treasurer Haiku
Fruit and Packing Co., Haiku,
Maui, 1912-15; principal Punahou
Boarding School, Honolulu, 1915-
16; real estate business with Ha-
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1916-20; vice pres. and manager of
Milton Realty Co., Ltd., since 1920.
Musical director of Central Union
Church, Honolulu, 1903-12 and
since 1915; secretary Philharmonic
Society, Honolulu, since 1918. Was
member Coast Artillery Company,
National Guard of Hawaii; mem-
ber Commercial Club, Honolulu.

LOOMIS, CHARLES FRANCIS,

secy. Territorial Committee, Y. M.
C. A., Honolulu; born Minneapolis,
Minn., Oct. 26, 1887; son of Albert
S. and Alice M. (Forward) Loomis;
married Alice E. Richardson, in
Honolulu, July 31, 1912; four chil-
dren: Herbert Richardson, Alice
Nevius, John Forward and Elliott
Richardson. Educated public

schools, St. Louis; manual train-
ing school; Univ. Missouri. B.S. in
Ed., 1911. Was secy, of boys'
work, Honolulu Y. M. C. A., July
1911-May 1916; county secy., Ka-
uai Y. M. C. A., May, 1916-May,
1918; educational secy. Army &
Navy Y. M. C. A., Honolulu, May,
1918-March, 1919; industrial secy.
Territorial Y. M. C. A. and secy.
Citizenship Education Committee,
since March, 1919. Organized and
was principal of first Boys' Vaca-
tion School, Honolulu; has organ-
ized clubs and night schools on va-
rious plantations of the Territory
and in Honolulu. Member Pi Kap-
pa Alpha Fraternity.

LOOMIS, EDWARD BACKUS,

civil engineer, Honolulu; born in
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 5, 1884; son of
Carlton Edward and Altie (Backus)
Loomis; educated, grammar and
high schools, Lincoln, Neb., and
University of Nebraska ; married
Isabelle McCorriston, in Honolulu,
Sept. 29, 1914; two children. Jane
and John Edward. Began in en-
gineering dept., City of Lincoln,
during college course, 1901-05; in-
strument man for Tri- State Irriga-
tion & Land Co., Wyoming, 1906;
draftsman for C. B. & Q. R. R.,
Lincoln, 1907; asst. city and county
engr., Honolulu, 1908; surveyor,
Territorial Survey Dept., Hawaii,
1909; construction engr. for Stone
& Webster Engineering Corpora-
tion, Seattle, Wash., 1909-11; con-
tracting business. Bend., Ore., 1912;
engr. with B. P. Bishop Estate, Ho-
nolulu, since 1912. Member Phi
Delta Theta Fraternity, University
Club, Honolulu.

LOONEY, JAMES PRYOR, pine-
apple planter and educator, Hono-
lulu; born in Knox County, Tenn.,
Dec. 24, 1848 ; son of Samuel W.
and Sara A. (Pryor) Looney. Ed-



ucated U. S. Grant University,
Athens, Tenn., 1883, Ph. B., A. M.
In Cursu, 1886; Ph. D., pro merito
(received same degree from Port-
land University, Portland (Ore.).
Member faculty, Alma Mater, U.
S. Grant L'niversity, Athens, Tenn.,
1883-86; elected professor lan-
guages, Blandville College, Bland-
ville, Ky., 1886-89; appointed Com-
missioner World's Exposition at
Paris, France, representing state of
Oregon, 1889; elected professor of
mathematics, Portland University,
1890-95; in charge of dept. of sci-
ence, Portland High School, 1895-
1900; appointed instructor of school
at Lahainaluna by Dept. of Educa-
tion. Territory of Hawaii, 1900-
1903; became interested in pine-
apple business and has been suc-
cessful planter since 1904; appoint-
ed principal Kaaawa Public School
in addition to business duties. Has
written literary papers on Yellow-
stone Park. Yosemite Valley. As-
cension of Mt. Aetna, Sicily, poem
on Thanksgiving History for 115
years and others. Master Mason
and Odd Fellow.

LORD. EDMUND JOSEPH, gen-
eral contractor. Honolulu: born in
Canada. April 8, 1868; son of Ed-
mund and Virginia Lord; educated
thru home study and practical ex-
perience; married May McNally
of Marion. Ohio, May 17, 1898;
three children: George Marion, Al-
bert Edmond and Virginia. After
engaging for ten years with pub-
lic works in various states of the
United States, came to Hawaii in
May 1900. Was superintendent of
sewer construction with the con-
tracting firm of Vincent & Belser,
Honolulu, for a few months. Spent
several months in the employ of
the Territorial Government on con-
struction work and in 1901 went
into the contracting business for
himself. Has been a successful
contractor on general construction
work throughout the islands for
both public and private interests.
Is a Mason, an Elk and member
of the Oahu Country Club and
Commercial Club.

LOUGHER, WILLIAM, sugar
mill superintendent, Puunene. Maui,
T. H.; born at Bonvilstone, Wales,
Great Britan, Dec. 22, 1876; son of
Robert and Elizabeth Lougher;
educated in public schools; married
Lillian Adele Murray in Honolulu,
July 25, 1907; two children; Irma
Eleanor and Alwyn Patricia. Start-
ed career assisting his father on
the farm; came to Hawaii, May
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and Plantation Co., Hilo, Hawaii,
two years; in charge of boiling
house for Nuilii Mill and Planta-
tion Co., Kohala, Hawaii, five
years; is now superintendent of
the sugar factory of the Hawaiian
Commercial & Sugar Co., at Pun-
nene, Maui, having been with that
plantation since 1902. Is member
of Lodge Maui 472, F. & A. M.;
Lodge 616, B. P. O. E., Honolulu;
Aloha Lodge No. 3, K. of P., Maui.

LOUISSON, ABRAHAM L., cof-
fee planter, Paauilo, Hawaii; born
in San Francisco, Jan. 18, 1864;
son of Morris and Theresa (Gun-
ther) Louisson; education, primary
work at St. Albans college, Hono-
lulu; six years' schooling in Ger-
many. Began business in San
Francisco with uncle in firm of
Lachman & Co., remaining two
years; father was partner in Grin-
baum & Co., Honolulu, 1885-88;
mercantile business. New York,
1888-95; returned to Hawaii, 1897,
entering farming and growing busi-
ness with brother Henry, of San
Francisco, in Hamakua Dist., Ha-
waii, in which business is still en-
gaged. Has been a consistent
fighter for protection of American
coffee growers, having appeared
before Congressional committees
visiting Hawaii and also in Wash-
ington in 1908; in 1916 as Inde-
pendent Republican, was defeated
for office of Delegate to Congress
from Hawaii; was member Hama-
kua Dist. draft board during period
of selective service operations.
Member Elks, Knights of Pythias,
Owls.

LOW, EBENEZER, PARKER,

shipper, Honolulu; born at Hono-
lulu Oct. 26, 1864; son of John S.
and Martha (Fuller) Low; married
Elizabeth Napoleon at Honolulu
Oct. 11, 1887; eight children: An-
nabelle Dole, Caroline' Robinson,
Elizabeth Jessamine, Laura Louise,
E. Woods, Eben Fuller, John San-
ford Dole. Educated at public
school, Waimea, Hawaii and
lolani College, Honolulu. Entered
employ T. H. Davies & Co. as of-
fice boy in 1881; asst. cashier, 1884;
cashier and plantation accountant,
1887; manager Kohala ranch, 1890-
93, serving same time as deputy
tax assessor, N. Kohala; entered
partnership with Robert Hind and
started Puuwaawaa ranch, Hawaii,
1893; disposed of interests to Mr.
Hind, 1893; manager Humuula
ranch, 1908-10; came to Honolulu
and started shipping business with
Miller Salvage Co., 1909, buying
out their interests two years later.



Established Oahu Shipping Co.
with J. B. Castle, 1913, buying Mr.
Castle out in 1917. Member Board
of Supervisors, Honolulu, 1911-13;
same. 1919 to date; member Hono-
lulu Yacht and Boat Club, 1886-90,
rowing in number of boat and
canoe races during those years;
made several cruises to South
Seas; sent Hawaiian cowboys to
Cheyenne roundup, 1908; served as
volunteer, Honolulu Rifles, 1886-
90; member Hawaiian Civic Club,
Ad Club and Commercial Club, Ho-
nolulu.

LOW, APAU PAUL, civil engi-
neer, Wailuku, Maui; born in Ho-
nolulu July 22, 1891; son of Yee
Sing Low and Ho Shee Low; mar-
ried Annie V. Tong at Honolulu
Aug. 22, 1916. Graduated McKin-
ley high school, Honolulu, 1910;
Stanford Univ. A. B., 1914; Univ.
Illinois, 1915. Inspector Hilo break-
water, U. S. Engs., 1915-16; asst.
county engr., Maui, 1916-18; coun-
ty eng., Maui, 1918 to date; is also
Maui Loan fund engineer. Member
Chinese Univ. Club of Hawaii,
Aloha Temple, Lodge Maui, 472
(senior deacon); lao Lodge of Per-
fection (junior warden); Halea-
kala Chapter of Rose Croix (ex-
pert).

LOWREY, FREDERICK D., mer-
chant, Honolulu; born in Honolulu
June 6, 1885; son of Frederick Jew-
ett and Cherilla (Storrs) Lowrey;
married Lelia Parsons in Santa
Rosa, Cal., Feb. 15, 1911; five chil-
dren: Frederick Parsons, John
Jewett, Dwight Happer, Kathleen,
Lillian Storrs. Educated at Pun-
ahou School (Honolulu), 1894-
1903; Harvard, 1904-07, A. B. 1908.
Began business career with Lewers
& Cooke, Ltd., lumber and building
material merchants, Honolulu;
treasurer Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.
Member Oahu Liquor License
Commission, 1912-1918, chairman
1914-16; elected- representative
from 4th District, Territorial Leg-
islature, 1921. Member University
Club and Oahu Country Club, Ho-
nolulu.

LOWREY, FREDERICK JEWETT,

merchant, Honolulu; born Oct. 18,
1858 at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co.,
Mass.; son of Frederick Canfield
and Alice L. (Moore) Lowrey;
descendant of long line of mili-
tary officers of Revolutionary War,
including Col. Samuel Canfield,
Captains Daniel Jewett, Abijah
Moore and Joseph Highley; edu-
cated in public schools of Pitts-
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A. L. LOUISSON



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FRED D. LOWREY



SHERWOOD M. LOWREY




HAROLD L. LYON



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ifornia; married Cherilla L. Storrs
in Honolulu. Jan. 17. 1884 (died
Jan. 9, 1918); four children: Fred-
erick D wight, Sherwood Moore,
Helen Storrs (deceased), Alan
Jewett. Married Maud Gregory
Phillips. in Washington. D. C..
June 9, 1921. Began business ca-
reer in San Francisco, Cal.. and
in Honolulu with Lewers & Dick-
son, in 1879; later with Lewers
& Cooke, hardware and lumber
merchants; became president of
Lewers & Cooke. Ltd., when the
latter institution incorporated, Jan.

I, 1901. Is also president of the
Oahu Sugar Co., the Waiahole Wa-
ter Co., the Oahu Cemetery Assn..
and the Hawaiian Board of Mis-
sions, and is vice-president of the
Honolulu Gas Co., Ltd. Has served
as chairman. Board of Prison In-
spectors; member, Board of Health
during plague epidemic; sergeant
and later captain, Citizen's Guard;
president of Queen's Hospital; and
is now serving as trustee. Central
Union Church, trustee Y. M. C. A.
and Y. W. C. A. and a director of
American Factors, Ltd. Member
and ex-president. Social Science
Assn.. ex-president Chamber of
Commerce of Honolulu., member of
Pacific, Commercial and Oahu
Country clubs.

LOWREY, SHERWOOD M.,

treasurer American Factors. Ltd..
Honolulu; born in Honolulu. Feb.

II, 1887; son of Frederick J. and
Cherilla L. (Storrs) Lowrey; edu-
cated at Punahou preparatory and
Oahu college. Honolulu, and Hotch-
kiss, 1906; Harvard 1906-07, Bryant
& Stratton's Commercial school.
Boston, 1907-08; married Ida Kopke
in Honolulu, Nov. 14. 1911: four
children; Jane. Robert S.. Margaret
C., and Martha. Began business
career with the hardware and lum-
ber firm of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd.,
Honolulu, as bill clerk, 1908; was
cashier and in charge of stocks
and bonds, Guardian Trust Co.,
Ltd., 1911-1915; treasurer of Lew-
ers & Cooke, Ltd., 1915-18. Served
as captain in Hawaiian National
Guard from 1914, being called into
active service June 1, 1918, and
commissioned major, Sept. 4, 1918;
honorably discharged Feb. 1919.
Was cashier, American Factors,
Ltd., Honolulu, 1919-20; asst. man-
ager, San Francisco office of same
firm, Feb. -May 1920 and treasurer
since May 1920. Was a messenger
in Citizen's Guard during revolu-
tion of 1895; treasurer of Mid-Pa-
cific Carnival, 1915, secretary 1916.
Member of Chamber of Commerce
of Honolulu (director and treas-
17



urer 1921), Fox Club (Cambridge,
Mass.), Pacific Club.

LOWSON, GEORGE, banker.

Hilo, Hawaii; born in Kirriemuir,
Scotland, Feb. 16. 1887; son of Geo.
and Helen (Boagg) Lowson; re-
ceived education in grammar school
and Webster's Seminary, Kirrie-
muir; was law apprentice in native
town, 1902-1907, and later employed
in law office at Edinburgh, 1907-
10; arrived in Hawaii 1910, taking
position with the First Bank of
Hilo. Ltd. : made mgr. Kohala
branch of same in 1914, and asst.
cashier at head office, Hilo, 1915.
Naturalized as American citizen,
1915. Member Hilo Lodge No. 759,
B. P. O. E., exalted ruler 1920.

LUCAS, JOHN, contractor, Ho-
nolulu; born Nov. 10. 1857, in Ho-
nolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii; son of
George and Sarah (Williams) Lu-
cas; married Lydy E. Foster in
Honolulu Feb. 3, 1885; two chil-
dren: Sarah E. and Harry F. Edu-
cated Fort Street School (Hono-
lulu), 1865-73, College of Oahu,
1873-74. Served with father as
carpenter from IS 74 to time of lat-
ter's death, 1892: followed general
contracting and milling since;
formed Honolulu Planing Mill, Ltd..
and elected president and manager
in 1911. Member first board of su-
pervisors, County of Oahu. 19-05-07;
member first Board of Liquor Li-
cense Commissioners, Oahu; elect-
ed Nov. 3, 1920, member of Sen-
ate, 3rd Senatorial district, Island
of Oahu, four years. Member Com-
mercial Club. Chamber of Com-
merce, Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F.
& A. M.. Knights Templar, Shrine.
Honolulu Lodge No. 616, B. P. O.
E., Harmony Lodge. I. O. O. F.,
Chiefs of Hawaii.

LUCAS, RAYMOND A., retired.
Hilo, Hawaii; born in Hartford,
Conn.. May 30, 1866; son of Philip
and Anna (Martin) Lucas; edu-
cated in public schools of Hartford;
married at Kohala, Hawaii, May
7. 1888; three children, Lucille,
Anna and Raymond P. Left home.
1880, on whaling expedition, return-
ing from which he shipped to East
Indies 1881-84; on returning to
New York, shipped around Cape
Horn to San Francisco. 1884;
worked in San Francisco, 1884-86;
came to Hawaii and worked on
Kohala Plantation, 1886-89; sugar
boiler at Hawi Mill, 1889-91, during
which time he erected first wire
landing on Hawaii; employed at
Kukuihaele, 1892-95; at Honomu
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estate busines in Hilo, 1898; erect-
ed fish markets at Waiakea for
Japanese Fishing Co. Member Tax
Appeal Board, South Hilo; Hilo
Lodge, No. 759, B. P. O. E.

LUFKIN, CHARLES DEXTER,

banker, Wailuku, Island of Maui;
born at Shelbyville, 111., Oct. 28.
1863; son of Charles Dexter and
Lucia Russell (Smith) Lufkin. Ed-
ucated State Normal University,
Normal, 111.; graduated from Shat-
tuck Military Academy, Faribault,
Minn., 1884; married Julia Helen
Gilmore in Faribault, Minn.; one
child, Frank Addison. Began ca-
reer in shoe business, Faribault,
Minn.; removed to Elk Point, S. D.,
and employed by Citizens' Bank,
1889-98; removed to Honolulu as
supt. of Money Order System of
Island Postoffices, later became as-
sociated with First American Bank
of Hawaii, Ltd.; organized First
National Bank of Wailuku, 1901,
the Lahaina National Bank, 1906,
the First Bank of Paia, 1913, serv-
ing as manager and cashier of these
banks; amalgamated same banks
into the Bank of Maui, Ltd., with
branches at Lahaina and Paia, May
1, 1917; vice president and mana-
ger of Bank of Maui, Ltd. Mem-
ber B. P. O. Elks, Masons, Shrine,
and Knights of Pythias. Repub-
lican.

LUFKIN, FRANK N., banker,
Lahaina, Island of Maui, Hawaii;
born April 13, 1860, at Shelbyville,
111.; son of Charles Dexter and
Lucia Russell (Smith) Lufkin. Ed-
ucated in high school, Illinois State
Normal at Normal, 111., 1880; Uni-
versity of Michigan, B. A., 1884;
entered the real estate and loan
business at Olathe, Kas., 1886-92;
with the Mexican Central Railway
and other transportation companies
in Mexico City. 1892-1900; secre-
tary and treasurer Mexican-
American S. S. Co., New Orleans,
1900-05; division auditor, United
Fruit Co., in Costa Rica and Guat-
emala, C. A., 1905-15; cashier, La-
haina branch, Bank of Maui, Ltd.,
since 1916. Auditor Bank of Maui,
Ltd., 1920.

LYDECKER, ROBERT COLFAX,

librarian Public Archives, Hono-
lulu; born April 9, 1857, in New
York City; son of John Ryer and
Elizabeth Salter (Ward) Lydecker.
Educated in ward schools of New
York City and College of City of
New York. Began business career
as assistant secretary to Hon.
Thomas L. James, postmaster of
New York, 1875-80; clerk U. S.



Engineer's Office, Chicago, 1880-82;
recorder U. S. Coast and Geodetic
Survey, 1882-85; on voyage in bark
Annie Stafford of Nova Scotia to
India and return as passenger for
health, 1885-86; in mercantile line,
New York, 1887-95; visited Hono-
lulu Aug. 6, 1896; with Oahu Rail-
way & Land Co., as clerk and gen-
eral freight agent, 1896-99; with
E. O. Hall & Son and Theo. H. Da-
vies & Co., 1899-1902; territorial
meteorologist, 1903-04; Librarian
Public Archives since May 11, 1905.
Member Holland Society of New
York City, Hawaiian Historical So-
ciety; was charter member Hono-
lulu Commercial Club; member
Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M.
Honolulu Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.
Honolulu Commandery No. 1, K. T.
Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
Honolulu Lodge No. 616, B. P. O.
Elks.



LYDGATE, JOHN MORTIMER,
minister, Lihue, Kauai; born in
Canada, December 12, 1854; son of
William and Ann (Blezard) Lyd-
gate; educated at Punahou; To-
ronto University; Free Church Col-
lege, Edinburgh, Scotland; Berlin
University, Germany, B. A., M. A. ;
Yale, B. D. ; married Helen Elwell
in Honolulu Jan. 11, 1898; four
children, John Mortimer, Homer,
Percy, William Anthony. Was first
assistant on Government Survey,
1869; independent surveyor, 1873-
1875; manager Laupahoehoe Sugar
Co., 1880-88; in charge of church,
State of Washington, 1891-94; pas-
tor Lihue Union Church and Koloa
Church and agent of Hawaiian
Board, 1896 to 1919. Was manag-
ing director, McBryde Sugar Co.,
for several years. Is editor of
"Garden Island."



LYLE, JAMES ALEXANDER,

superintendent Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Company drydock, Ho-
nolulu; born in Nova Scotia June
27, 1862; son of James and Mary
Ann Lyle; married Margaret M.
Williams in Nova Scotia, 1883; one
child, Edith D. Attended schools at
Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia;
spent two years as shipwright on
Pacific Coast and 23 years in
charge of marine railway, Hono-
lulu; has lived in Honolulu 39
years. President Mutual Building
& Loan Co. ; president Peoples
theater; director Milton Realty Co.,
Ltd.; vice president Caldwell Co.,
Ltd., all of Honolulu; member
Myrtle Boat Club. Hawaii Yacht
Club. Masonic Lodge, Odd Fellows,
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Ad Club, Automobile Club, Hono-
lulu.

LYMAN, DAVID B. K., teacher,
Kohala, Hawaii; born Hilo, Ha-
waii, Dec. 3, 1876; son of Rufus A.
and Rebecca (Hualani) Lyman;
married Charlotte Armstrong, at
Stockton, Calif., Oct. 30, 1907; six
children: Ruth, Evangeline. David,
Robert, Maile, Samuel. Educated
Hawaii public schools, Punahou
preparatory, Atkinson's Business
College, Sacramento, Calif. Worked
on father's farm, 1895-6; clerk, Hilo
postofflce, 1896-98; asst. to sub-
land agent, Hilo, and asst. to Ter-
ritorial Survey Office, 1898-1900;
religious work, California, Oregon,
Washington, 1900-1907; at Koloa,
Kauai, 1907-1913; Kohala, Hawaii,
since. Took up teaching in con-
nection with other work, 1916. Has
studied social conditions in Chi-
cago, New York and London. W T as
member Co. G., N. G. H., during
plague epidemic. Trustee, Kohala
Girls' School; deputy commissioner.
Boy Scouts of America.

LYMAN, HENRY JOINER,

planter, Kapoho, Hawaii; born in
Hilo, Hawaii, Dec. 18, 1872; son of
Rufus A. and Rebecca A. (Brick-
wood) Lyman; grandson of David
B. and Sarah Joiner Lyman, mis-
sionaries to Hawaii. 1831; educated
at Oberlin College, A.B., 1894; Cor-
nell Univ. (special agriculture),
1892-93; married Frances Holland
Thompson, in Honolulu, Sept. 5,
1917; one child, Frances Joiner.
Deputy tax assessor and collector,
Puna dist., Hawaii. 1896-1915; su-
pervisor, Haw r aii county, 1912-15;
cane planter since 1907; postmas-
ter, Kapoho, Hawaii, since 1912;
member road board, 1896-1908;
member board of registration 1898;
board of fence commissioners, 1917;
delegate to Republican convention,
Chicago, 1916; member territorial
legislature, 1919-21, special session
1920; member legislative commis-
sion to Washington, D. C., 1920.
Member Seaside Club. Hawaii Pub-
licity Commission. Yacht Club, Hi-
lo; Oahu Country Club, Honolulu.

LYMAN, LEVI CHAMBERLAIN,

educator, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Hilo, Dec. 16, 1866; son of F. S. and
B. C. Lyman; married Nettie E.
Hammond in Honolulu in July,
1897; two children, Kathryn I. and
Orlando H. Graduated Oahu Col-
lege, Honolulu, 1888; Pratt Inst.,
Brooklyn, N. Y., 1892; Mich, State
Auto School, 1918; teacher, Kame-
hameha School, Honolulu, 1888-89
and 1893-97; principal Hilo Board-



ing School, Hilo, since 1897. Dur-
ing leave of absence in 19'08 was
member of faculty of Hampton
Inst., Hampton, Va., teaching agri-
culture and doing survey work;
auto course at Mich., State Auto
School taken during leave in 1917;
upon return to Hilo introduced
auto course in mechanic arts dept.
of Hilo Boarding School. Direc-
tor Hilo Electric Light Co. since
1914. Was private in Co. A, Hono-
lulu Rifles, 1889, and served during
Wilcox revolution, 1893. Member
Masonic Lodge, Hilo Yacht Club.

LYMAN, NORMAN K., Territor-
ial Representative, Hilo, T. H. ;
born in Hilo, Hawaii, March 28,
1879; son of Rufus A. and Re-
becca A. (Brickwood) Lyman;
grandparents were missionaries
and founders of present Hilo
Boarding School; educated in Hilo
and Honokaa public schools and
Punahou; married Emmeline K.
Brown in Hilo, January 24, 1903;
no children. On leaving school
went to Puna Hawaii, 1893; book-
keeper, A. G. Curtis, commission
merchant, Hilo, 1897; was clerk
to sheriff of Hawaii, road overseer,
South Hilo, timekeeper, Hawaiian
Mahogany Co., and supervisor from
Puna district two terms; elected
Representative to Territorial legis-
lature each term since 1911; was
one of the pioneer advocates of
concrete roads in Hawaii. First
Lieut., N. G. H. Member A. O. F.

LYMER, WILLIAM BARKER,

lawyer, Honolulu; born Aug. 22,
1882, at Clarinda, Page County,
Iowa; son of Richard Henry and
Sarah (Bagnall) Lymer; married
California Lucas Aug. 6, 1913, at