mond, Edith, Ethel, Alice, Helen.
Educated Brewster's school (Ho-
nolulu), Salem (Mass.) grammar
and high schools. Began business
career with Salem (Mass.) Five
Cents Bank; pay-clerk U. S. N.,
Mare Island (Cal.) 1872-78: U. S.
Flagship Pensacola 1878-79; pur-
chasing pay office, San Francisco,
1880-84; asst. bookkeeper W. G.
Irwin & Co. (Honolulu), 1884;
cashier Glaus Spreckels & Co., Ho-
nolulu, 1885-1910; president Bank
of Honolulu, Ltd.. 1910-19; presi-
dent Olowalu Co.. vice-president
Pioneer Mill Co.; director Hawaii
Consolidated Railway: secretary
and director Waimanalo Sugar
Co.; treasurer and director William
G. Irwin Estate Company; trustee
William G. Irwin Charity Foundn-
tion; trustee Hawaiian Lodge No.
21. F. & A. M.; trustee Scottish
Rite Masons; Master Hawaiian
Lodge No. 21; High Priest Hono-
lulu Royal Arch Chapter; 32 c Ma-
son, Knight Templar, Aloha Temple
A. A. O. N. M. S.; president Ho-
nolulu Chamber of Commerce, 1912;
president Oahu Country Club. 1916-
17; president Pacific Club, 1919-20.
SPENCER, HAROLD GORDON,
lawyer, Honolulu: born Nov. 22,
1879, at Makawao, Maui; son of
James Gordon and Isabel (Thomas)
Spencer; educated Oahu College,
Honolulu; Harvard, 1903; Yale Law
School, LL.B., 1908; following
24 -
graduation admitted to Connecticut
bar; returned Honolulu, admitted
Hawaii bar, July 14, 1908; U. S.
Dist. Court, July 16, 1908. Has
practised law in Honolulu since
that time. Was referee in bank-
ruptcy, 1908-09: apDointed U. S.
Commissioner, 1909.
SPENCER, SAMUEL MAHUKA,
county auditor, Hilo, Hawaii; born
in Waimea, Hawaii, July 18, 1875;
son of Ashford and Puakalehua
(Auwae) Spencer; graduated from
Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu,
1893: married Alice Kinimaka in
Honolulu July 5, 1895; five chil-
dren: Jeanette. Harry, Alice, Edith
and John Kinohou. Began busi-
ness career as clerk in Territorial
land office, Honolulu, 1893-95; dep-
uty sheriff, Waimea, Hawaii, 1895-
97; bookkeeper Henry Waterhouse
Co., Honolulu, 1897-02; bookkeeper
Parker Ranch, Wn.imea, Hawaii,
1902-12; deputy county clerk,
County of Hawaii, 1912-1914; spe-
cial auditor County of Hawaii,
1914-15; elected county auditor,
1915, and has been auditor since.
Is a notary public and was admit-
ted to practise law in the District
Courts. Past Master Kilauea
Lodge No. 330, F. & A. M., 1919;
member A. O. F., A. & A. S. R.,
Aloha Temple, Mystic Shrine.
SPICER, HARRY E., business-
man, Honolulu; born in Fenton,
Mich., Aug. 28, 1878; son of Thomas
J. and Sarah Louise (Roberts)
Spicer; educated in public and
high schools of Manistee, Mich. On
leaving school went to work for
book and stationery store Manis-
tee, Mich., 1893-98; served through
Spanish-American War, 1896-99;
employed by J. W. Slater, home
furnisher, Traverse City, Mich.,
1899-1902; manager and buyer for
J. Wilhelm, Traverse City, 1903;
manager and buyer, Boston Store,
Traverse City, 1903-05; manager
and buyer carpet department Kil-
patrick Furniture Co., Denver,
Colo., 1906; with Copper Queen
Con. Mining Co., Douglas, Ariz.,
1906-10; manager J. Hopp & Co.,
furniture, Honolulu, T. H., 1910.
Member 34th Regiment, Michigan
N. G., during Spanish -American
War. Member B. P. O. E., Oahu
Country, Commercial and Ad
Clubs, Chamber of Commerce.
SPILLNER, ERNST HANS, sugar
chemist, Waimea, Kauai; born at
Lihue, Kauai; son of Edward and
Henrietta Spillner; educated, St.
Louis College, Honolulu, two and
one-half years. Started working in
370
MEN OF HAWAII
DR. JOSEPH E. STRODE
FREDERICK E. STEERE
a V
DR. F. K. SYLVA
V. L. STEVENSON
BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
371
Lihue sugar mill; later became
night sugar boiler and night chem-
ist. Is head chemist and sugar
boiler, Waimea Sugar Co., Kauai.
SPINOLA, MICHAEL de FREI-
TAS, businessman, Hilo, Hawaii;
born in Madeira, Portugal, Dec. 19,
1876; son of John de F. and Maria
(Menezes) Spinola; education, St.
Mary's school, Hilo, 1896; married
Mary Alice Carvalho de Mello, in
Hilo, Nov. 26, 1910: children, Mi-
chael Henry, Stanislaus Rosario,
Cyril Anthony, Mary Agnes Lau-
retta, Cornelius Jerome, Eleanor
Valentina. Taught school four
years at Papaikou before entering
regular business career: bookkeep-
er with First Bank of Hilo, 1900-
06, promoted to asst. cashier, serv-
ing from 1906-12; started co-part-
nership with Judge W. S. Wise,
real estate and insurance, 1913,
dissolving in 1914; since that date
in similar business for himself.
Helped organize People's Bank,
Ltd., and Kaiwiki Milling Co., Hilo,
also Waiakea Homesteaders' Assn.;
is secy, and director Peoples' Bank
and Security Trust Co., Ltd. ; secy.
Waiakea Homesteaders' Trustees.
SPITZ, CHARLES WILLIAM,
businessman, Honolulu; born in
Budapest, Hungary, Mar. 11, 1854;
son of Leopold and Rosica (Freund)
Spitz; educated, Budapest public
schools; married Bernice K. Dwight,
in Honolulu, Jan. 18th, 1919; one
child, Charles William, Jr. Came to
Hawaii in 1880 and was first em-
ployed at Kilauea Plantation, Kauai,
remaining there until 1883 when he
went to Hana, Maui, as clerk in genl.
mdse. store. After two years started
out for himself. Opened store in
Nawiliwili, Kauai, in October, 1886,
and remained in business there un-
til 1918. In 1899 started first whole-
sale liquor store on Kauai, which he
maintained until advent of prohibi-
tion; in 1912 branched out into auto-
mobile business, and became stock-
holder in Royal Hawaiian Sales Co..
Honolulu, in 1918, which year he
moved to Honolulu. Is member
Commercial Club, Chamber of Com-
merce. Ad Club, Automobile Club,
Harmony Lodge, I. O. O. F. ; is treas.
Royal Hawaiian Sales Co. and pres.
Nawiliwili Garage; director Reliance
Trailer and Truck Co., San Fran-
cisco.
SPITZER, CLIFFORD, merchant,
Honolulu; born Chicago, Jan. 10,
1891; son of Joseph and Eda Spit-
zer; married Violet Prager, at Ho-
nolulu, June 16. 1917. Became as-
sociated with father in manage-
ment of The Hub, retail clothing
business, Honolulu, Jan., 1907, suc-
ceeding to full management at
death of father, 1913. Member
B. P. O. E.
STAFFORD, HAROLD E., lawyer,
Honolulu; formerly deputy attorney
general, Territory of Hawaii; dep-
uty city and county attorney, Ho-
nolulu, since July 1, 1919. Was cap-
tain of infantry during world war.
Married Mildred Ayer in Honolulu.
March 3, 1918; two children, Robert
A. and Richard G. Member of Ma-
sons, Elks and Odd Fellows.
STAINBACK, INGRAM M., law-
yer, Honolulu; born May 12, 1883,
at Somerville, Tenn. ; son of Charles
Ashley and Laura (Blakeley) Stain -
back; educated public and private
schools, Somerville and Bellbuckle.
Tenn.; A.B. Princeton 1907, cum
laude, special honors in department
of politics and economics; J.D. L T ni-
versity of Chicago 1912, cum laude.
Entered professional career in Ho-
nolulu 1912; attorney general Ter-
ritory of Hawaii April 1914-1917.
Major, U. S. Army 1917-1919. Mem-
ber Ter. Food Board 1919, Public
Utility Commission 1919, Univer-
sity, Outrigger Canoe and Oahu
Country Clubs.
STANLEY, WILLIAM L., lawyer,
Honolulu; born in Dublin, Ireland,
March 5, 1872; son of James
Charles and Katharine (Lucas)
Stanley; married Juanita Danford,
Oct. 20, 1896. in Honolulu; chil-
dren: Chas. Desmond, Eileen, Der-
mot and Brian Henry. Educated
at Dover College (Dover. Eng.),
Rathmires School (Dublin), Trin-
ity College (Dublin), and there at-
tended Arts and Laws School 1SS9-
93. Studied law in office of A. S.
Hartwell, Honolulu, May 1893-
March 1895; admitted to practice
in Supreme Court 1895; partner-
ship Hartwell, Thurston and Stan-
ley 1895-96; partnership Thurston
and Stanley 1896-97; judge Circuit
Court, Oct. 1897-July 1900; associat-
ed in partnership with Henry
Holmes, first as Holmes and Stan-
ley and later as Holmes, Stanley
and Olson 1900-15; as Stanley and
Wilder until 1916; practiced alone
until May 1, 1920, when formed
partnership of Smith, Warren and
Stanley. Member Pacific. Univer-
sity and Country clubs, past mas-
ter Honolulu Lodge F. & A. M.,
past commander Templar Degree,
Aloha Shrine and Chiefs of Hawaii.
STARK, FRANK FREDERICK,
sugar plantation asst. mgr.. La-
372
MEN OP HAWAII
E. WHITE SUTTON
BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
373
haina, Maui; born Stetten, Ger-
many, Sept. 6, 1869; son of August
and Johanna (Smith) Stark; mar-
ried Annie Elizabeth Doherty, at
San Francisco, Nov. 18, 1911. Re-
ceived early education in Lihue,
Kauai, going from there as small
boy to Naalehu, Hawaii, where he
began work on plantation; learned
sugar boiling, Kahuku, Oahu, later
moving to Pioneer Mill to accept
position as asst. sugar boiler. At
various times held positions of
field luna, section luna, and in 1905
appointed asst. mgr. Has also
acted as mgr. at various periods.
With Pioneer Mill Co. 25 years.
Member Wailuku Aloha Lodge No.
3, Knights of Pythias. Recognized
authorty on cane growing and soils.
STEERE, FREDERICK E., real
estate, Honolulu; born in Provi-
dence, R. I., Aug. 16, 1872; son of
Hardin and Alrnira Melissa (Wil-
bur) Steere; descendant of John
Steere of Ockley, England, who lo-
cated in Rhode Island in 1659;
married Charlotte Doyle lies in
Providence, Oct. 17, 1898; two chil-
dren, Charlotte Elizabeth and Fred-
erick Eugene, Jr. Educated pri-
mary schools, Johnston, R. I., and
Brown University, graduated 1894;
entered employ Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. of N. Y. 1894: located in
Honolulu 1898 in employ of Lewers
& Cooke, Ltd., 1902-03; Allen &
Robinson during 1903 and becoming
associated with Water-house Trust
Co. in 1903, remaining with this
company since in charge of realty
department. Member Industrial
Accident Board (Oahu) and Board
of Appraisers (Oahu) ; member and
one of founders of University
Club, charter member Country
Club, member Commercial Club.
STEIN ER, JAMES, real estate,
Honolulu; born in Mirschikau, Pil-
sen, Czecho Slovakia, July 24, 1860;
son of Benedict and Ester
(Schwarzkopf) Steiner; educated
at State High School, Pilsen, Cze-
cho Slovakia; married Roas Scharz
in Prague, Austria, October 20,
1889; four children, Harry, Lionel,
Walter and Ernest Steiner. Re-
ceived business training at Frank-
fort-on-Main, Germany, 1876; came
to United States 1881, making short
stay in New York and St. Louis;
came to Hawaii via San Francisco,
1882, entering employ of H. J. Hart,
confectioner and caterer, with
whom he soon became partner; be-
came managing partner of business
on death of Mr. Hart, 1888; retired
from Hart & Co. 1899, founding
Island Curio Co.; retired from this
business 1914 to devote his time to
management of his property hold-
ings and island investments. Be-
came American citizen 1900. Mem-
ber Honolulu Lodge No. 409, F. &
A. M., Mystic Lodge No. 2, K. P.,
and Chamber of Commerce of Ho-
nolulu.
STEVENSON, VALENTINE L.,
newspaperman. Hilo, Hawaii; born
Queensland, Australia, Feb. 24,
1872; son of James Bristow and
Marie Frances (Egan) Stevenson;
married Teresa M. Clonan, at Ho-
nolulu, July 27, 1911; two children:
Maile Frances Margaret and Lei-
lani Noreen. Educated Sydney
grammar school and St. Ignatius
College, Sydney. With Bank of
New South Wales, 1889-96; Colo-
nial Sug. Refining Co., in charge
Navoli Estate, Fiji, 1897-1904; Ho-
nomu Sug. Co., Hawaii; H. C. &
S. Co., Maui; Olaa Sug. Co., Ha-
waii; Pacific Sug. Mill, Hawaii, and
Hawaiian Sug. Co., Kauai, as over-
seer, timekeeper, office work, etc.,
1904-08. Since 1908 in newspaper
work. Has been editor Hilo Trib-
une, Hawaii Herald, Maui News,
Hawaii Post -Herald. Was also
sporting editor Honolulu Evening
Bulletin, Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser, and marine reporter on Ha-
waiian Star; court reporter Hono-
lulu Star-Bulletin. Contributor to
various periodicals of Hawaii and
Australia. At present editor Hilo
Daily Tribune's "All Hawaii" page,
giving news of entire county. Mem-
ber Maui Lodge No. 472. F. & A. M.
Was secy. Hilo Board of Trade,
1917. Republican.
STEWART, BURT C., law ste-
nographer, Hilo, Hawaii; born Ba-
tavia, N. Y., March 8, 1874; son
of Willard Nelson and Mary Mar-
garet (Klock) Stewart; education,
Union School and Gloversville
Business College, Gloversville, N.
Y. ; married Keola Kama, at Hilo,
Feb. 17, 1910. Was law stenogra-
pher at Gloversville for a number
of years up to 1904; enlisted in
U. S. Cavalry and served in Phil-
ippines, 1904-07; stenographer,
chief clerk, Philippine Ry., 1907-
08; arrived in Honolulu in 1908;
filled various positions, 1909-14, in
Honolulu and Hilo; clerk in Hilo
Tax Office, 1915-17. Was secy.,
1918-19, of following organizations:
Hilo Board of Trade, Hawaii Pub-
licity Commission, Hawaii Automo-
bile Club, Hawaii Island Welfare
Bureau, Kilauea Council Boy
Scouts. Was secy. Eighth Annual
Civic Convention, Hilo, Sept. 23-27,
1920. Member Hilo Yacht Club.
374
MEN OF HAWAII
WADE WARREN THAYER
ARTHUR F. THAYER
JAMES T. TAYLOR
CHARLES H. THURSTON
BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
375
STEWART, JAMES ERNEST,
civil engineer, Honolulu; born No-
ble Co., Ind., Oct. 23, 1885; son of
E. P. and Ellen (Stangland) Stew-
art; married Dorothy Langstaff
Rood, at Portland, Oreg., Nov. 30,
1916; two children: James Ernest
and Edwin Allison. Graduated
Iowa State College, B. S. C. E.,
1911. Principal asst. in field party,
U. S. General Land office, work in
Northern Idaho, summers of 1911
and 1912; computer, field office, U.
S. Reclam. Service, Payette-Boise
project, Idaho, winter of 1911-12:
jun. eng. U. S. G. S., 1912-16; field
work in Oregon and Wash., 1912-
14; office work. Washington, D. C.,
1915-16; asst. eng. U. S. G. S.,
1916-19; office and field work, Oreg.
and Wash., 1916-18; office work,
Honolulu, 1918-19; dist. engr. U. S.
G. S., also chief hydrographer and
engr., Terr. Hawaii, 1919 to date.
Member Univ. Club and Amer.
Association of Engineers.
STILLMAN, ARTHUR JOSEPH,
accountant. Kailua, Hawaii; born in
Honolulu, July 31, 1887; son of Oli-
ver K. and Nancy (Malteno) Still-
man; education. Oahu College, Ho-
nolulu; married Aileen Ruth Ma-
guire, at Huehue, Hawaii. Dec. 27,
1917, children: Thelma, Ruth, Mary
Aileen. Postmaster, Kohala, Ha-
waii, 1908-12; spent four years as
asst. bookkeeper, Hawi Mill & Plan-
tation Co., Ltd., and two years as
asst. to John A. Maguire on his
ranch at Huehue; following Mr. Ma-
guire's death was mgr. of estate for
nine months; is now accountant for
Jas. Frank Woods and the Puu-
waawaa Ranch, Hawaii. Member
Kilauea Lodge No. 330, Hilo. Is 32
deg. Mason, Shriner.
STONE, JOHN FRANKLIN,
secretary, Honolulu; born Athena,
Ore., July 21, 1889; son of Ezekiel
Henderson and Aurilla (Fletcher)
Stone; both parents were among
early pioneers to Oregon, crossing
plains as children in emigrant
trains; education, grammar and
high schools of Ore. and Wash.;
Pearsons Academy. Walla Walla,
Wash., 1908; Whitman College,
Walla Walla, A.B. English, cum
laude, 1912; shorthand course,
Phillips Commercial school, Hono-
lulu, 1920-21; married Julia Russell
Peabody in Honolulu, June 22,
1916; one child. Harold Franklin.
Was raised on farm and from age
of 11 to 22 made a "hand" every
summer in wheat fields of North-
west; principal of schools, John
Day, Ore., 1912-1913; English in-
structor, Mills School, Honolulu,
1913-15; reporter, Honolulu Star-
Bulletin, 1915-18; secy, to Governor
of Hawaii since June, 1918; taught
in Y. M. C. A. night schools, 1915-
19; is correspondent for Phila.
Public Ledger and other mainland
publications. Member Honolulu Ad
Club, Manoa Tennis Club, Press
Club, Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
Was member 1st Co., C. A. C.,
Natl. Guard of Hawaii. 1916-17.
STRODE, JOSEPH EM MERSON,
physician, Honolulu; born Kansas
City, Mo., Mar. 6, 1891; son of W.
S. and Jodie E. (Dillingham)
Strode; married Pauline Schaefer,
at Petersburg, Va., Dec. 8, 1917;
one child: Evelyn Marguerite.
Graduated Oak Grove, Mo., high
school, 1909; Warrensburg State
Normal school, 1909-11; Washing-
ton Univ., St. Louis, Mo., M.D.,
1915; Army Medical School, honor
graduate, 1918. Was surgical in-
terne, Barnes Hosp., St. Louis,
1915-16; interne, Queen's Hosp.,
Honolulu, 1916-17; commissioned 1st
lieut. Med. Res. Corps, Sept. 7,
1917; stationed Base Hospital,
Camp Taylor, Ky., Feb. 1918 -May
1919; discharged May 1919. Mem-
ber Board Med. Examiners, Ha-
waii, 1920; visiting surgeon, Queen's
Hosp., 1920; secy. Med. Society
Hawaii. 1921; A. A. Surgeon, U. S.
Pub. Health Service, Honolulu,
1921. Member Univ. Club. B. P.
O. E., Med. Society of Hawaii,
Amer. Med. Assn., American Le-
gion, Ad Club, Phi Beta Pi, Alpha
Omega Alpha.
SUPE, GUSTAVUS DIETRICH,
businessman, Hilo, Hawaii; born
Blumfield, Mich., June 8, 1866; son
of Charles Dietrich and Caroline
(Rademacher) Supe; educated in
district school and grammar and
high schools Bay City, Mich.; mar-
ried Maggie Kama in Hilo, July
5, 1907; five children: Jessie, Gus-
tavus, Margaret, Lena, Juanita. Be-
gan business with father in whole-
sale groceries. Bay City, Mich.,
1885-88; removed to Sault Ma-
rie, Mich., and engaged in grocery
business, 1888-96; came to Hawaii-
an Islands and started a coffee
plantation at Olaa, Hawaii, selling
out to Olaa Sugar Co., 1899;
started sugar cane plantation, sell-
ing out in 1913; taught school, Ka-
lapana, Hawaii, 1913-15; deputy tax
assessor, South Hilo dist., 19i5-21,
resigning to join repair dept. Vol-
cano Garage. Was road supervisor
for Puna dist.. Hawaii, 1905-06; su-
pervisor, Puna dist., 1907-08; dele-
gate to Nat'l. Democratic Conven-
tion, San Francisco, 1920; is di-
376
MEN OF HAWAII
ANTONE F. TAVARES
BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
377
rector of Hilo Electric Light Co.
Member Hilo Lodge No. 759, B. P.
O. E.
SUTTON, EDWIN WHITE, law-
yer, Honolulu; born in Hartford,
Mich., September 15, 1882; son of
Warner P. Sutton, consul general
to Mexico, secretary Pan-American
Conference, and Lois May (Andrus)
Sutton; married Alice Benton Car-
penter in Cleveland, Ohio, August
12, 1908; children: Edwin White,
Jr., Richard Carpenter, Henry. Ed-
ucated Oberlin Academy, Univer-
sity of Michigan, graduate 1904, law
department, degree LL. B. Prac-
ticed law in Honolulu August, 1906-
1917; deputy attorney general of
Hawaiian Territory 1908-1912; as-
sociated with law firm Smith. War-
ren and Hemenway 1912-1913;
member law firm Smith, Warren,
Hemenway and Sutton 1913-1914;
member law firm Smith, Warren
and Sutton 1914-1917; manager, di-
rector and vice-president Bishop
Trust Compny, Ltd., since Feb. 15,
1917. Member Coast Artillery, N.
G. H. 1st Co. (sgt.) 1916-1917.
Judge advocate (major) N. G. H.
1919-1920. Member of Oahu Coun-
try Club (director 1912, 1920, presi-
dent 1916), University Club (secre-
tary 1912-1914), Hawaiian Polo and
Racing Club (secretary 1921), Bar
Association of Hawaii (secretary
1912-16, treasurer 1916-21) and
Chamber of Commerce (treasurer
1918). Trustee Hilo Boarding
School. Trustee and Treasurer Ha-
waiian Academy of Design.
SYLVA, FRANK CURTIS, gov-
ernment official, Wailuku, Maui;
born at Waikapu, Maui, May 26,
1886; son of Frank and Ellen (Cur-
tis) Sylva; educated Kamehameha
Schools, Honolulu; married Chris-
tina Eckarjt at Wailuku, Maui,
Sept. 16, 1912; three children:
Irene, Frank Curtis and Olga. En-
tered employ of Wailuku Sugar
Co., Waikapu, Maui, 1908-11 as
luna; on police force, Wailuku,
1911-14; appointed inspector of
Weights and Measures and clerk
to sheriff, Wailuku, Maui, 1914.
Was private, Hospital Corps, N.
G. H., sergeant, Co. D. and second
lieut. Co. A, Third Inf., N. G. H.
Member A. O. F.
SYLVA, FRANCIS KAAHA, den-
tal surgeon, Honolulu; born in
Honolulu Apr. 8, 1896; married
Martha Cochrane in San Francisco,
Cal., Jan. 24, 1920; one child, Fran-
cis Patrick. Educated Central
Grammar School. 1910: McKinlev
High School, 1914; University of
California, 1917, D.D.S. Graduated
from University of California Col-
lege of Dentistry 1917; practiced in
California until Sept. 1917; entered
U. S. Army Sept. 1917, pvt. 91st
Division, Camp Lewis, Wash.; 1st
lieut. May, 1918; captain Mar.
1919; served in France and Bel-
gium; discharged May, 1919; re-
turned to Honolulu and has been
in private practice since June, 1919.
Awarded Belgian War Cross Dec.
1918 at Preoven, Belgium. Trustee
Frederick Funston Post 94, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars ; American
Legion.
TARLETON, ALBERT HENRY,
executive secy., Hawaiian Pineapple
Packers' Assn., Honolulu; born San
Jose, Calif., April 15, 1874; son of
George Washington and Jennie
Maria (Brierly) Tarleton; married
Frances Belle Dutot, in San Fran-
cisco, Dec. 28, 1899; two children;
Colby Dutot and Frances Erma.
Grammar school and business col-
lege education. Worked on father's
fruit farm, San Jose, Calif., to 1897,
when he visited Hawaii; returned
following year and entered employ
O. R. & L. Co., remaining to 1915;
with Honolulu Construction and
Draying Co., 1916-18; executive
secy. Hawaiian Pineapple Packers'
Assn.. 1918 to date. Was demobili-
zation secy, for Y. M. C. A. at Ho-
nolulu while local troops were be-
ing mustered out of service, early
part of 1919. Member Rotary Club
(secy.); Commercial Club (direct-
or) ; director Y. M. C. A.
TAVARES, ANTONE F., mana-
ger Haiku Fruit & Packing Co.,
Haiku, Maui; born in Azores
Islands April 11, 1875; married
Julia M. Akana, who died Nov. 22,
1918; married Mathilda Silva Sept.
6, 1920, at Paia, Maui; nine chil-
dren (by first wife) : Lilly, Tony,
Cyrus, Julia, Emma, Hannah, Ern-
est, Frederick, Edna Ruth. Gram-
mar school education. Truant of-
ficer at Makawao, Maui; school
teacher at Haiku and Kaupakulua;
attorney at law, licensed at Wai-
luku, Maui, 1898; clerk Second Cir-
cuit Court, Wailuku, 1898; post-
master, Makawaoi, 1900-11; dep-
uty tax collector, Makawao, 1902-
11; held last two positions while
practicing law. Manager of Maui
Pineapple Co., 1914-1918; assistant
mgr. and secy. Haiku Fruit &
Packing Co., 1918-19; secy., direc-
tor and mgr. same, 1919 to date.
Elected to Terr. House of Repre-
378
MEN OF HAWAII
EDWARD D. TENNEY
BIOGRAPHICAL, REFERENCE LIBRARY
379
sentatives, 1911; re-elected five
consecutive terms; elected to Sen-
ate, 1920, for four years. Owner of
Kamaole ranch, Kula, Maui. Mem-
ber Pacific Club; Maui Chamber of
Commerce.
TAYLOR. Al B^RT PIERCE.
newspaperman. Honolulu: born at
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 18, 1872; son
of George A. A. and Melissa
(Pierce) Taylor; educated, public
schools, Leadville, Colo., and at St.
Mark's Episconal school. S^lt Lake
City, until 1891; m^rr'ed Emma
Metcalf Davison at Honolulu. Nov.
3, 1902. Began in offices of Union
Pacific Ry., Salt Lake City; with
survey party, Salt Lake -Los An-
geles railroad route, 1893; made
bicycle trip across Rockies. Amer-
ican League Wheelman, 1894; sec-
retary. National Silver Party con-
vention, St. Louis, July 1896; asst.
secy., Silver Party committee,
"Washington. during Bryan-Mc-
Kinley campaign, 1896; joined Cu-
ban cause against Spain under Gen.
Havana and deported to U. S. after
release gained by Consul-Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee; following employment in
patent attorney's office for short
time became secretary to L. A.
Thurston, Hawaiian Annexation
Commissioner, Washington, D. C..
1897-98; came to Honolulu, Aug.
1898 and was secy, to Judge W. F.
Frear, then of U. S. Senatorial
Comm. to prepare basis for Organic
Act; has been associated with rep-
ortorial staff, Honolulu Advertiser,
since Nov. 16, 1899 except when he
served as chief of detectives, Ho-
nolulu, 1907-08, representative of
Hawaiian Promotion Committee at
San Francisco and supervising con-
struction of Hawaii's building
at P. P. Exposition, 1913-14, and
secretary Hawaiian Promotion Com-
mittee, Honolulu 1915-17.
TAYLOR, JAMES TOWNSEND,
consulting civil engineer, Honolulu:
born in Waiaha, Kona, Hawaii,
March 19, 1859; son of Rev. Town-
send Elijah and Persis Goodale
(Thurston) Taylor; married Ethel
May Webster, October 31, 1894, Los
Angeles, Cal. ; one son, Thurston
W. Educated Golden Gate Academy,
Washington College and U. of Cal.
Started with South Pac. Coast R. R.,
1877-79; in state engineering de-
partment, 1880-81; assistant engi-
neer Pomona Land and Water Co.
1883; private practise Pomona, Cal.,
1886; city engineer Pomona, 1887-88;
public and private practise in
Southern California, 1888-1896; con-
sulting engineer, Eddy, New Mex-