children, Eleanor and Gilbert. Clerk
and bookkeeper, Hilea Plantation.
Hakalau Plantation Co., 1891-1906;
became connected with the First
Bank of Hilo, Ltd., 1906; cashier
of the First Bank of Hilo, Ltd.,
since 1906. Is secretary of the First
Trust Co. of Hilo, Ltd., and the
Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty-
Co., Ltd.; treasurer of the Ha-
waii Telephone Co., and the Hilo
Electric Light Co., Ltd. Is a 32nd
degree Mason and an Elk.
PATTERSON, FRED, lawyer, Hi-
lo, Hawaii; born at Fort Bidwell,
Modoc County, Calif., Jan. 15, 1889;
son of Thomas Jefferson and Eda
(Tonningsen) Patterson; educated
Ontario high school, Ontario, Ore-
gon, 1909; University of Calif.,
LL.B. 1913. Practiced law with
Henry H. Davis, San Francisco,
1913-1916; law practice, Lihue, Ka-
uai, T. H., 1916-17; law partner-
ship with Senator James W. Rus-
sell, Hilo, Hawaii, since Feb. 1919.
Served as captain of infantry, U.
S. Army, during World War. Is
pres. Bank of Kauai, Ltd. ; secty.,
Securities Trading Corp. ; secty.,
Commercial Trust Co., Ltd.; secty.
American Trading Co., Ltd.; direc-
tor, Security Building and Loan
Assn. President of Hilo Baseball
League; member Phi Alpha Delta
(legal fraternity) ; Lodge Le Prog-
res de TOceania, 371, F. & A. M. ;
Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
PATTERSON, LAWRENCE, L.,
physician, Kilauea, Kauai; born at
Marion, Iowa, July 27, 1885; son
of Henry S. and Emma F. (Doran)
Patterson; educated in grammar
and high schools, Des Moines,
Iowa; Denver & Gross Medical
School, M. D. 1909, Denver, Colo.;
married Mabel L. Larson at Fort
Shafter, Honolulu, Dec. 21, 1918;
one son, Richard L. Interne, St.
Anthony's Hospital, Denver, Colo.;
came to Hawaii, 1910; with Ter-
ritorial Board of Health, 1916-
1918; major Medical Corps, U. S.
Army, stationed at Schofield Bar-
racks, Oahu, June 1918 -Aug. 1919;
physician and surgeon foV Kilauea
Sugar Co., Kauai, since 1920.
PECK, LEVI TENNEY, banker
and street railway president, Ho-
nolulu; born in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Feb. 25, 1860; son of Alfred Phineas
(member old Trinity church quar-
tette choir, New York City before
Civil War) and Harriet Newell
(Tenney^ Peck; great-grandson of
Capt. Phineas Peck of Norwich,
Conn., in battle of Saratoga, etc.,
in Revolutionary War, and descen-
dant of Henry Peck of original
New Haven colony. Educated pri-
vate and public schools, Brooklyn,
N. Y., Northwestern College, Wa-
tertown, Wis.. graduate of high
school. Milwaukee, Wis., class of
1879; married Elizabeth Locke (of
Glens Falls, N. Y.) at Merchant-
ville, N. J., Feb. 14, 1901; one son,
Newton Tenney. Taught in Mil-
waukee high and public schools,
1879-80; teacher German-English
Academy and German-American
Normal College, Milwaukee, 1881-
82; employed in railroad land busi-
ness, Chicago, 1882-89; as manager
Kenova Assn., established, named
and developed the town of Kenova,
W. Va., and an addition to Iron-
ton, Ohio, 1889-1901; located in Ho-
nolulu in 1901 as treasurer, S. N.
Castle Estate, Ltd., and of the
Rapid Transit system; president
Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land
Co. since 1904; cashier First Nat.
Bank of Hawaii 1905. later vice-
president and president since 1915 ;
president First American Savings
& Trust Co.; former director and
auditor Castle & Cooke, Ltd., Al-
exander & Baldwin, Ltd. and of the
Hawaiian Fibre Co. Was city
councilman Kenova, W. Va. ; mem-
ber board of health, Wayne Co.,
W. Va.; received tentative ap-
poirtment as captain W. Va. Vol-
unteers, Spanish American War,
1898, subject to expected third
call which was not made; was
chairman Republican W. Va. Dist.
Judicial Convention; member 4th
Dist. W. Va. Congressional com-
mittee; master of Masonic Lodge,
Kenova; and was president Cen-
tury Literary Club of Ironton, Ohio.
Member of Pacific, Commercial,
Country, Social Science, Rotary
and Ad clubs of Honolulu; treas-
urer and director Hawaiian Volca-
no Research Assn.; former trus-
tee Queen's Hospital; chairman
Seaman's Institute Com., Episco-
palian warden, treasurer St. An-
drew's Cathedral parish since 1901;
delegate to Episcopal general con-
vention, Richmond, 1907; trustee
Y. W. C. A.; was chairman central
committee for Hawaii in the
Liberty Loan campaigns; was
member tax commission of Hawaii,
1908; is vice-president for Hawaii
of the American Bankers' Associa-
tion and first president of the
Philharmonic Society of Honolulu.
PECKER, IRVING OTIS, uni-
versity professor, Honolulu; born
Jan. 20, 1890, at Marblehead, Mass.;
son of Edwin Everett and Edith
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ROSCOE W. PERKINS
HERBERT De L. PERRY
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(Bartlett) Pecker. Educated Bos-
ton University, A. B., 1912; grad-
uate student Sorbonne, Paris, 1912-
13; assistant professor Romance
Languages, Pomona College, Cali-
fornia, 1914-18; professor of Ro-
mance Languages, University of
Hawaii, since 1919. Traveled in
Europe in 1912, 1913, 1914 and
1920; traveled in Mexico in 1919.
Was instructor in Military French
at Y. M. C. A., Camp Kearney,
California, 1918. Member of Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity.
PEDRO, THOMAS, Jr., lawyer,
stenographer, notary public, auc-
tioneer, Hilo, Hawaii; born in
Honolulu, Mar. 17, 1889; son of
Thomas Pedro; educated, St. Louis
College, Honolulu, 1909; married
Annie Apana, in Honolulu, Aug. 2,
1915; three children: Mary McCol-
gan. Thos. McColgan, and Charles
Cox. Began as overseer Kahului
R. R. Co., Maui, 1909-11; law clerk
and stenographer and later postof-
fice clerk, Honolulu, 1911-13; be-
cause of ill health became letter
carrier, 1913-16; appointed asst.
clerk, 4th Circuit Court, Hilo, July
3, 1916; admitted to practice all
dist. courts of Territory, Mar. 13,
1918; began active practice of law,
Sept. 1, 1920. Was member Natl.
Guard of Hawaii; member and di-
rector Hawaiian Civic Club; mem-
ber St. Louis College Alumni Assn.;
member and officer, A. O. F. Is in-
terested in fishing business and
automobile business, Hilo, Hawaii.
PEMBERTON, CYRIL EUGENE,
entomologist, Honolulu; born Aug.
12, 1886, Los Angeles, Calif.; son
of William Samuel and Elizabeth
(Hampton) Pemberton; married
Una Craig, at San Rafael, Calif.,
June 19, 1911; one child: Virginia.
Educated, Los Angeles and San
Francisco; graduated Stanford
Univ., A. B., May 1911; entered
service U. S. Bureau of Ento-
mology, Tulare, Cal., citrus dist.,
as expert and agent for Bureau,
July 1, 1911; appointment changed
to scientific assistant, July 1, 1912,
under which title served in Cal.
citrus dists., Washington, D. C.
and Hawaii; has made close inves-
tigation of citrus fruit insects, as
follows: mediterranean fruit fly,
1911-12; fruit and melon fly, 1913-
16; parasites for fruit fly, 1916-17;
appointed in charge fruit fly in-
vestigations, Hawaii, Jan. 1916.
Served in U. S. Inf.. July 1918-
Feb. 1919; asst. entomologist, H.
S. P. A. Experiment Stat., Hono-
lulu, Feb. 1, 1919 to date. Conduct-
ed detailed study of sugar cane
leaf-hopper and control methods,
1919-20; sent abroad to Fiji Islands
and Australia to investigate foreign
beneficial insects for introduction
to Hawaii, July, 1920, the foreign
work, including forest seed intro-
ductions, extending to the present.
Member Amer. Assn. of Economic
Entomologists, pres. Hawaiian En-
tomological Society, 1918.
PENHALLOW, HENRY BALCH,
sugar plantation manager, Wailuku,
Maui; born in San Francisco, Cal.,
Dec. 2, 1877; son of De Blois
Pearce and Eliza Otis (Turner)
Penhallow. Educated at Mt. Ta-
malpais Military Academy (Cal.),
Stanford University; married Ma-
rion Reynolds in Honolulu Feb. 24,
1903; four children: David Pearce,
Richard, Henry Chadsey, Charles
Folsom. Entered office of C. Brew-
er & Co.. Honolulu, on leaving col-
lege, 1899-1901; assistant cashier
Hawaiian Trust Co., 1901-02; book-
keeper Wailuku Sugar Co., Maui,
1902-05; overseer, 1905-07; assist-
ant manager, 1907-08; manager
Wailuku Sugar Co. since 1998. Was
senator from Maui, 1913-15 session
of Territorial Legislature. Mem-
ber L T niversity, Oahu Country and
Honolulu Ad clubs; Hawaiian
Lodge No. 21, F. & A. M.; Hono-
lulu Chapter No. 1, R. A. M.; Ho-
nolulu Commandery No. 1, K. T. ;
Aloha Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S.;
Maui County Fair and Racing
Assn., Maui Chamber of Commerce,
and Hawaiian Chapter, Sons of
American Revolution.
PERKINS, ROSCOE WILEY,
photographer, Honolulu, T. H. ; born
in San Francisco, Cal., January 20,
1878; son of Charles Bottrel and
Clara (Fawcett) Perkins; educated
at Polytechnic High School, San
Francisco. Entered business with
Goodall, Perkins & Co., steamship
agents, San Francisco. 1895-1900;
came to Honolulu, entering employ
Vincent & Belser, contractors, 1900-
1901; owner and manager photo-
graphic studio since April 1901.
Member N. G. H. 1914 and 1915.
Member Commercial, Oahu Country,
Rotary, Outrigger and Automobile
clubs; past master Honolulu Lodge
No. 409, F. & A. M.; member Hono-
lulu Commandery No., 1, K. T. ;
Honolulu Consistory No. 1, and
Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.
PERRY, ANTONIO, lawyer, Ho-
nolulu; born Jan. 5, 1871, at Hono-
lulu; son of Jason and Anna (Hen-
riques) Perry; married Eugenia
May Vanderburgh at San Francis-
co Jan. 9, 1912; two children: Eu-
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genia Jacqueline and Gail Antonia.
Educated at old Fort Street School,
St. Albans College and Punahou
College; studied law in office of
A. S. Hartwell, 1891; admitted to
bar in 1893; district magistrate for
Honolulu,, 1894-96; circuit judge
First Circuit, 1896-1900; associate
justice Supreme Court, 1900-04 and
1909-14. Member 1 Oahu Country
Club, Hawaiian Historical Society,
Bar Association of Hawaii.
PERRY, HERBERT DE L., assist-
ant manager the Liberty House
Honolulu; born Pawnee City, Neb.,
Nov. 30, 1885; son of Arthur W.
and Nellie (Ansley) Perry; mar-
ried Georgia Armstrong, in Hono-
lulu, Oct. 3, 1916; one child, Arm-
strong. Educated high school, also
Economist Training School of New
York City. With small dry goods
house, Michigan, 1903-08; in win-
dow decorating dept. Marshall
Field & Co., Chicago, 1908-09; on
road as asst. to Hart, Schafner &
Marx salesman. 1909; in dry goods
business Cheboygan, Mich., 1909-
12 ; studied advertising in New
York City, 1912-13; took charge
of advertising for B. F. Ehlers &
Co., Honolulu, remaining in that
position until changed to the Lib-
erty House Aug., 1918, when he
was made asst. mgr., which posi-
tion he has held since. Member
B. P. O. E.
PETERS, EMIL CORNELIUS,
lawyer, Honolulu; born in San
Francisco, Cal., Dec. 15, 1877; son
of Julius Albert and Marie A. (Hil-
derbrandt) Peters. Educated Stan-
ford University, 1895-97; Hasting's
College of Law, 1897-1900; LL.D.,
University of California, 1900; ad-
mitted to practice State of Cali-
fornia April 29, 1899; married Mary
Mapuana Smith Sept. 20, 1904, in
Honolulu; three children: Mapuana
S., Emil C., Jr., and Elsa H. As-
sociated with Denson, Oatman &
Benson, attorneys, San Francisco;
came to Honolulu Oct. 21, 1900; ad-
mitted to the bar, Territory of Ha-
waii, Nov. 22, 1900; deputy attor-
ney general, Feb. 1, 1903-Novem-
ber 21, 1905; attorney general of
Hawaii Nov. 21, 1905-Aug. 15, 1907;
judge advocate general, National
Guard of Hawaii, Nov. 21, 1905-
April 17, 1914. Member of Com-
mercial, University and Oahu Coun-
try clubs, B. P. O. E. and A. F. &
A. M.
PETERSON, DAVID LOUIS,
custom broker. Honolulu; born
Feb. 20, 1878, at Koleakea, Oahu
Hawaii; son of Icabod Bartlett and
Henrietta Copeland (Austin) Pe-
terson; married Harriet. Hiilani
Jones at Honolulu Sept. 28, 1904;
five children, David Reuben, Mel-
ville Ulualoha, King George Koni,
Richard Kanoelani and Moana
Audrey; descendant of "Silver-
Head" Thos. Clark, an English nil-
grim, who took part in the orieinal
landing at Plymouth Rock. Educat-
ed at Fort Street School and St.
Louis College, Honolulu: entered
business with firm of "Wall Nichols
Co., 1896-99: with McBryde plan-
tation, 1899-1900; with Hind, Rolph
& Co., 1901-05, and with Harry
Johnson, customs broker, 1905-07;
own business since Julv. 1912.
President and treasurer of Ameri-
can Customs Brokerage Co., Ltd.
since July, 1920.
PETRIE, LESTER, master me-
chanic, Honolulu; born in San Fran-
cisco, Jan. 26, 1878; son of Adam
and Clara (Sutton) Petrie; married
Mary K. Crewes, in Honolulu, Jan.
25, 1912; children: Lester Herbert,
Mary Ramona, Wesley Harold.
After completing schooling com-
menced work for Oahu Railway &
Land Co., Honolulu, 1894, and has
been with them in various positions
since that date. Is member of
Board of Supervisors. Honolulu,
now serving third term, having been
elected in 1912, 1917 and 1919; chair-
man, Oahu Loan Fund Commission;
was member Honolulu Park Com-
mission; former member Natl.
Guard of Hawaii. Past potentate.
Aloha Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. ;
past master Hawaiian Lodge No.
21, F. & A. M.; Past D. D. Y. S.,
I. O. O. F., in Hawaii; member Ho-
nolulu Lodge No. 616, B. P. O. E.
PETRIE, THOMAS HERBERT,
businessman, Honolulu; born in
San Francisco, Cal., July 24. 1876;
son of Adam and Clara (Sutton)
Petrie; educated in Honolulu grade
and high schools; married Eva
MacGregor in San Rafael, Calif.,
Dec. 12, 1910. Entered employ of
Castle & Cooke. Ltd., Honolulu,
Feb. 13, 1893, and was appointed
secy, of the corporation Dec. 27,
1906. Member Territorial House of
Representatives, 1917. Was private
in Hawaii National Guard, retiring
with rank of capt., 1893-99. Mem-
ber Commercial and Oahu Country
Clubs; Excelsior Lodge No. 1, I.
O. O. F., Honolulu bodies Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite Ma-
sonry; 32d degree; Aloha Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. ; past master and
treasurer, Honolulu Lodge No. 409.
F. & A. M.
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PHILLIPS, JAMES TICE, audi-
tor, Honolulu; born in Beatrice,
Neb., Jan. 1, 1887; son of John
Thomas and Mary (Tice) Phillips;
married Mary Blythe Hart at
San Francisco Oct. 29, 1911;
three children: John Kerner,
Thomas Newton, Jean Mary.
Graduate Beatrice (Neb.) High
School and Business College; rail-
road clerk and stenographer, Rock
Island Lines, Fairbury, Neb., and
Davenport, la., 1905-08; joint fa-
cility accountant, same, Central
district, Davenport, la., and Chica-
go, 1908-09; division accountant,
Santa Fe R. R., Needles, Cal., 1910;
traveling accountant, S. P. R. R.,
with headquarters in San Francis-
co, 1911-13; special accountant and
confidential auditor, S. P. Allied
properties (lumber, coal, oil, steam-
ship, refrigerator car lines, land
companies, etc.), headquarters San
Francisco, 1913-16; auditor of dis-
bursements, Oahu Railway & Land
Co., Honolulu, March, 1916-Dec.,
1917; active service, U. S. Army,
Dec., 1917-March, 1919; senior ac-
countant Audit Company of Ha-
waii, to Jan. 1, 1920; anditor Public
Utilities Commission since Jan. 1,
1920. Instructor of accountancy,
University of Hawaii, 1921. While
in army served as captain,
Quartermaster's Corps; in finance
dept., Honolulu; asst. to Camp
Quartermaster, Camp McClellan,
Ala.; also served in the sub-
sistence and transportation branch-
es and as executive officer.
Holds rank of major, Reserve
Corps. Member Honolulu Post No.
1, American Legion (executive
committee) ; chairman department
committees on citizen employment
and foreign language press, Amer-
ican Legion. Member Rotary Club,
Commercial Club, Blue Lodge
Chapter, Commandery, F. & A. M.;
member Aloha Temple of the
Shrine; American Acad. of Polit-
ical and Social Science.
PHILLIPS, PETER TAIT, agent,
Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.,
Ltd., Hilo, Hawaii; born at Belize,
British Honduras, July 18, 1875;
son of John and Margaret Hunter
(Tait) Phillips; educated in the
Boys' High School, Tauranga, New
Zealand; married Florence Edna
(Rickard) Edwards in Hilo, Ha-
waii. March 26, 1908; one child,
Margurite Cecile. Began career
with Macky-Logan Steen & Co.,
wholesale dry goods, Auckland, N.
Z., 1890-94; came to Hawaiian
Islands, 1894, and entered employ
of Hawaiian Sugar Co., Makaweli,
1894-1895; with Theo. H. Davies ifc
Co., Honolulu 1895-99: in the em-
ploy of the Wilder S. S. Co. until
merged with the Inter- Island
Steam Nav. Co., Honolulu, July,
1905; purser and freight clerk on
various steamers until 1908; purser
of the S. S. Mauna Kea, 1908-16;
appointed agent in Hilo for the
Inter-Island Steam Nav. Co., Ltd.,
Dec., 1916. Member of Knights of
Pythias; Honolulu Lodge No. 409,
F. & A. M. ; Honolulu Chapter, R.
A. M.; Knights Templar, Aloha
Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., Com-
mercial Club (Honolulu), Hilo
Yacht and Hilo Rotary clubs.
PINKERTON, FORREST JOY,
physician, Honolulu; born in Low-
ell, Incl., Jan. 23, 1892; son of Cass
D. and Minnie (Trump) Pinker-
ton; married Marion Chapin at Ho-
nolulu July 11, 1919; one child:
Miarion Joy. Attended Univv of
Chicago, 1908 and 1909; graduated
at Chicago College of Medicine and
Surgery, M. D., 1914. Post grad-
uate of Francis E. Willard Hospi-
tal, Chicago; (specialty work) Illi-
nois Charitable Eye and Ear In-
firmary, Chicago, 1915-16. Major
in Med. Corps, U. S. A., in charge
eye, ear, nose and throat service,
Hawaiian Dept., 1917-19. Is major,
M. R. C. Member Commercial
Club University Club, Oahu Coun-
try Club, F. & A. M., I. O. O. F.,
B. P. O. E., Aloha Temple Mystic
Shrine, Honolulu bodies A. A. S. R.
PITTAM. CHARLES C., rancher,
Schofield Barracks, Oahu, T. H.;
manager of the Kemoo Farm.
PLANKINTON. JOHN C., elec-
trical engineer, Hilo. Hawaii; born
at Athena, Oreg., Oct. 30. 1889; son
of Alfred Walker and Susan May
(Wise) Plankinton; married Eliza-
beth Nunns Clark, in New York
City, June 8, 1916; two children;
John Clark and Elizabeth Sleight.
Educated public and high school,
Dallas, Oreg.; graduated Oregon
State College, B. S. in electl. en-
gineering, 1910; began professional
career with General Electric Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y., 1910; electrical
eng. with same company, San
Francisco. 1911-13; electrical eng.
Catton, Neill & Co., Honolulu, 1913-
16: mgr. Hilo Electric Light Co.,
since 1916; director Hilo Electric
Light Co., since Jan. 1, 1921; trea-
surer and director of Hilo Board
of Trade. Member of Hilo Rotary
Club, Hilo Yacht Club, Automobile
Club, Hilo Ad Club and director
Hawaii Island Welfare Bureau.
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PERCY M. POND
J. M. PHILLIAS POIRIER
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PLEASANT, ELLIS EUGENE,
clergyman, Wailuku, Maui; born
at Robinson, 111., Jan. 19, 1870; son
of George Washington and Eliza-
beth Maria (Stiles) Pleasant; mar-
ried Frances Rebecca Gilson of
Grove City, Pa., Dec. 21, 1909. Ed-
ucated at Union Christian College.
Merom, Ind., A. B., 1900; principal
high school, Palestine, 111.. 1900-03;
Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1903-
06; graduate student of Union
Theological Seminary, New York
City, and in Columbia University,
1906-07; Oberlin Theological Sem-
inary, degree B. D., 1906. Pastor
First Cong. Church, Lakota, N. D.,
1907-09: First Cone. Church at
Ballantine, Mont., 1909-15; Kahu-
lui Union Church, Kahului, Maui,
1915-19; agt. Hawaiian Board for
Maui Co., and secretary-treasurer
Maui Aid Assn.. 1919 to date.
POGUE, WILLIAM FAWCETT,
irrigation expert. Haiku, Maui, born
at Lahainaluna, Lahaina, Maui, Jan.
12, 1856; son of John Fawcett and
Maria Kapule (Whitney) Pogue;
father a missionary to Hawaii,
mother first white girl born in Ha-
waii; educated at Oahu College,
Honolulu, and Marietta College,
Ohio, 1879; married Emma Vic-
toria Saffery, at Wailuku, Maui,
May 2, 1880; fourteen children.
Eclmond S., William F.. John F.,
Sam W., Hervy W., C. Coville,
Marie E., Charles A., May L..
Ruth E., Henry B.. Fred McC.. J.
Pauahi, F. Kahunani. Began busi-
ness career at Paliuli, Maui, with
H. P. Baldwin and S. T. Alexander;
head overseer, Haiku Sugar Co.;
manager Rose ranch, Ulupalakua;
manager Haleakala Ranch Co.;
manager Kihei Plantation Co.; su-
perintendent Hawaiian Commercial
& Sugar Co.'s ditches in Koolau
district; manager East Maui Irri-
gation Co.; also interested in gen-
eral ranching with late S. G. Wil-
der at Keauhou, Hawaii. Mem-
ber Territorial Legislature. 1888;
chairman Board of Supervisors,
County of Maui, 1908-12; chairman
Maui Loan Fund Commission from
1911. Postmaster at Huelo, Maui,
1906-13; member Constitutional
Convention, Republic Hawaii; chair-
man Maui County Farm and Sani-
tarium since 1910.
POHLMANN, WM. CHARLES,
merchant, Honolulu; born in Essen,
Germany, July 27, 1881; son of J.
H. and M. C. (Wasmuth) Pohl-
mann; educated. Essen Gymnas-
ium, 1898; Maschinen Bauschule,
Dnesburg, M.E., 1902; married
Floi-a Ann Sigel, in Berkeley, Cal.,
April 28, 1915; engineer in office
and shop. F. A. Krupp Co., Essen,
1902-08; came to America Oct.,
1908; with Natl. Union Fire Ins.
Co., Pittsburg, as statistician, Nov.
1908-April 1909; with Westinghouse
Electric Co., Pittsburg, as mechani-
cian, May, 1909-April, 1910; since
Oct., 1910, in Hawaii and now im-
porter of machinery and special-
ties. Member Ad Club. Commercial
Club and Chamber of Commerce of
Honolulu.
POINDEXTER, JOSEPH BOYD,
lawyer, Honolulu; born at Canyon
City, Ore., April 14, 1869; son of
Thomas W. and Margaret (Pipkin)
Poindexter. Educated in public
schools of Montana, Ohio Wesleyan
University, Washington University
(St. Louis, Mo.), LL.B., 1892; mar-
ried Margaret Conger at Dillon,
Mont., April 22, 1897; children:
Everton G., Helen. Admitted to
bar of Montana Dec. 5, 1892; prac-
ticed law at Dillon, Mont.; elected
county attorney of Beaverhead
County, Mont, (three terms), Jan.,
1897- Jan., 1903; judge district court
of Fifth Judicial District of Mon-
tana (court of ereneral iurisdiction).
1909-12; appointed Attorney Gen-
eral of Montana, June 1, 1915-Jan.
1, 1917; appointed by President
Wilson U. S. District Judge, Ter-
ritory of Hawaii, qualifying May
14, 1917. Is 32nd degree Mason,
Shriner and Elk.
POIRIER, JEAN MARIE PHIL-
LIAS, hotel manager, Honolulu;
born at Roxton Falls, Prov. of
Quebec, Jan. 22, 1869; son of Her-
man and Virginia (Phoeneuf) Poir-
ier; educated Seminary St. Charles
Borromee, Sherbrooke, Canada,
graduating June 1887 with highest
honor; began business career as
clerk with LaBanque Nationale,
Sherbrooke, Canada, Sept. 1887;
paying and receiving teller. La-
Banque Nationale, Ottawa, Canada.
1887-93; associated with his uncle
in the hotel business at Colusa,
Colusa County, Calif., 1893-10; en-
gaged in the apartment house
business San Francisco, Calif.,
1910-11; sold out and engaged in
real estate business at Los Angeles
and San Diego, Calif.; came to
Honolulu Dec. 23, 1912 and accept-
ed position with Young Hotel;
chief clerk, Moana Hotel, 1913-
1917; manager of the Moana and
Seaside hotels, Waikiki, since 1917.
Member, Commercial Club of Ho-
nolulu, Mason, Odd Fellow and
Shriner.
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POND, PERCY MARTYN, busi-
nessman and promoter, Honolulu;
born in Medina, Ohio, Feb. 2, 1870;
son of Chauncey N. Pond, D.D.,
and Harriet P. (Perkins) Pond;
educated in schools of Chicago,
Berea, Ohio, and Oberlin, Ohio;
graduate of Oberlin College, de-
gree A. B., 1892; studied one year
later in O. T. S., Oberlin; married
Edith O. Eldredge, Nov. 26, 1900
in Chicago, 111. ; children, Eldredge
B. and Richard C. Came to Ha-
waii 1896 and became a luna on
the Ewa Plantation until March
1897; with Castle & Cooke, Ltd., as
store cashier 1897-98; in real es-
tate business, McClellan & Pond,
selling new residential section, Col-
lege Hills 1900-03; with Water-
house Trust Co., 1903-04; conduc-
ted a dairy business, the Pond
Dairy, 1904-11; filled and opened
Beachwalk Tract, beginning the
opening of Waikiki back from the
beach, 1911-13; bought and opened
up Royal Grove Tract 1914; start-
ed Kemoo Farms 1914; pioneered
the pure milk campaign in Hono-
lulu, voluntarily testing cows for
tuberculosis and clearing herd of
diseased animals; started the Pond
Company, Limited, of which he is
now president and manager.
POOR. FRANK CHANEY, gov-