ico, 1896-98; chief engineer Hono-



lulu Sugar Co., and consulting en-
gineer Kekaha Sugar Co., 1898-99;
survey soundings and dredging of
outer harbor, Honolulu, Department
of Public Works, 1903-04; prelimin-
ary surveys, location and construc-
tion of Waihee Canal, Maui, (cap.
45,000,000 gal. 24 hrs.. total cost
$180,000) 1904-07; engineer Nuuanu
Dam and Nuuanu Pipe line, Depart-
ment of Public Works, 1907-08; pre-
liminary surveys Kahua Irrigation
System, Hawaii, 1909; location and
construction of Kahua Ditch, (cap.
50,000,000 gal. 24 hrs). 1910; consult-
ing engineer Hawaii Railway, Ltd.,
relocation 20 miles, 1911; engineer
Hilo R. R., Hawaii, location Ookala
to Paauilo (6 miles), Waiakea to
U. S. breakwater, Kuhio Bay, Kau-
leau extension, Puna (2 miles), 1912-
13; consulting engineer Kewalo re-
clamation suit. Circuit Court, T. H.,
1914; surveys and soundings of Pu-
naluu Harbor, Oahu, and maps of
Punaluu and Kahana Harbors, Oahu,
for aid to navigation, 1914-15; pre-
liminary surveys and investigations
and report of the available water
supply for the City of Honolulu,
Honolulu Water Commission, 1916;
drainage system and road improve-
ment, Makiki, Honolulu, 1917. Was
delegate to International Engineer-
ing Congress, S. F., Cal., and to
Pan-American Rd. Congress, Oak-
land, Cal., 1915. Member Amer. Soc.
of C. E., Hawaiian Engineering As-
sociation, Honolulu Chamber of
Commerce, Commercial Club, life
member Cousins Society, Honolulu,
and I. O. O. F., Pomona, Cal., Lodge
No. 246.

TENNEY, EDWARD DAVIES,

merchant, Honolulu; born Plain-
field, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1859; son of
Lucian Pomeroy and Mary Eliza-
beth (Davies) Tenney; married
Rose Williams Makee, of Honolulu,
Mar. 5, 1889; two children: Wilhel-
mina and Vernon Edwaru. Educa-
ted public schools, New York and
Wisconsin. Arrived Honolulu,

June 26, 1877; worked on sugar
plantations. Island of Hawaii, 1877-
80; entered employ Castle & Cooke,
Dec. 6. 1880; secy, and director
upon incorporation, 1895; vice-pres.
and mgr. Castle & Cooke, Ltd.,
1903-16; pres. and mgr. since 1916.
Served as pres. three terms, and is
a trustee, Hawaiian Sugar Plant-
ers' Assn.; director Sugar Factors
Co., Ltd., serving as pres. three
terms. Pres. Honolulu Chamber of
Commerce, 1904-05; is President
and director of Ewa Plantation
Co., Waialua Agricultural Co., Ltd.;
Kohala Sugar Co., Apokaa Sugar
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and Matson Navigation Co., of San
Francisco. Was member of Ad-
visory Council during reign of Pro-
visional Government of Hawaii.
Member Pacific Club, Commercial
Club and Oahu Country Club, Ho-
nolulu; Pacific Union, San Fran-
cisco.

THAYER, ARTHUR FLETCHER,

businessman, Honolulu; born in
Jackson, Mich., Feb. 8, 1872; son of
Leonard E. and Fannie M. (Fletch-
er) Thayer; married Hazel E. Hair
of Carthage, Mo., Oct. 8, 1907. Ed-
ucated public schools Fort Wayne,
Ind., Howe School, Howe, Ind. ;
Purdue Univ., Lafayette, Ind., and
Univ. of Michigan, graduated as
mechanical engineer. Began ca-
reer as apprentice machinist with
Wabash R. R., 1895; with Wabash,
Missouri Pacific & Kansas City
Southern Railroads until 1911, ris-
ing through the several grades to
the position of master mechanic.
Came to Honolulu Oct. 3, 1911, to
enter business with father in Thay-
er Piano Co., Ltd.; since father's
death, March 11, 1917, has been
manager of this business. Member
College Fraternity, Sigma Phi,
Univ. of Michigan, Mason and
Shriner, Chamber of Commerce,
Commercial and Rotary clubs.

THAYER, WADE WARREN,

lawyer, Honolulu; born Sept. 15,
1873, at Jackson. Jackson County,
Mich.; son of Leonard E. and Fan-
nie (Fletcher) Thayer; married
Rhoda Green in Honolulu June 30,
1908; descendant of Thomas Thayer
of Braintree, Essex County, Eng-
land, who settled in Braintree,
Mass., in 1630, and founded a fam-
ily that played a prominent part
in early American history. Pre-
pared for college in the public
schools of Fort Wayne, Ind., and
at Howe school, Howe, Ind., enter-
ing Hobart College in 1891, grad-
uated University of Michigan, de-
gree of A. B. 1895; LL.B. 1896;
newspaper work in Salt Lake City,
San Francisco and Honolulu 1896-
Oct. 1900; practiced law in Hono-
lulu since; connected with various
business interests, being secretary
and treasurer, Consolidated Soda
Works, 1905-16; secretary Thayer
Piano Co. since 1910; director, The
Sumitomo Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.;
attorney general of Hawaii, 1912-
14, and secretary of Hawaii, 1914-
17; published "A Digest of the De-
cisions of the Supreme Court of
Hawaii," June. 1916; author of
many stories of Hawaiian life pub-
lished in various periodicals. Mem-
ber Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F. &



A. M., Hawaiian Historical Society,
American Bar Assn., Hawaiian Bar
Assn., University, Oahu Country
and Outrigger clubs.

THOMAS, ROLLA KENNEDY,

stock and bond broker. Honolulu;
born July 24, 1892, at Vincennes,
Indiana; son of Mifflin K. and
Nora E. (Glass) Thomas; edu-
cated at grammar and high school,
Vincennes, Indiana, to 1910; Vin-
cennes University, 1910-1911; Indi-
ana University, A. B., dept. of
journalism, 1915; married Ruth
Virginia Reives, at Anderson, In-
diana, July 7, 1917; one son, Miff-
lin Kennedy, II. Began as re-
porter, St. Petersburg Daily Times,
St. Petersburg, Florida, 1911-1912;
removed to Honolulu July 29, 1915,
in Y. M. C. A. work; director of
education, Y. M. C. A. schools,
Honolulu, 1916-1920; became mana-
ger, stock & bond dept., Trent
Trust Co., Ltd., Honolulu, July
1920. Active as scoutmaster, Boy
Scouts of America, for five years,
and was organizer of the first
troop of boys of Japanese paren-
tage under the Stars and Stripes;
appointed deputy commissioner
Boy Scouts of America, 1918;
served as first It., National Guard,
Hawaii, 1918-1919; member Draft
Board of Education, conducting
schools for preparing drafted men
for the service, 1918. Member of
F. & A. M., Christian Church
(treasurer); assistant treasurer of
Mid-Pacific Institute, Press Club
and Public Question Club.

THOMPSON, FRANK EDWARD,

lawyer, Honolulu; born in Duluth,
Minn., Aug. 16, 1875; son of Capt.
William A. and Caroline A.
Thompson; educated public schools
of Minnesota; Chicago College of
Law, 1895-98; married Alice Roth
of Honolulu June 20, 1910. Enlist-
ed as volunteer in Spanish-Ameri-
can War, 1898, serving to the end
of the war; admitted to practise
law in Territory of Hawaii, 1900;
formed law partnership with the
late Judge A. S. Humphreys; was
member law firm, Thompson and
demons, Honolulu; later succeeded
by Thompson and Cathcart; is
member law firm Thompson, Cath-
cart and Lewis, Honolulu; member
of the Pacific, Commercial, Oahu
Country, Hawaii Polo & Racing and
Ad Clubs of Honolulu. District
Deputy, B. P. O. Elks; Past Mas-
ter, Hawaiian Lodge No. 21, F. &
A. M.; Shriner; member Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce and member
and twice president of Bar Asso-
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THOMPSON, JAMES WESLEY,
judge, Kailua, Hawaii, born in Wa-
tertown, Tenn., November 14, 1864;
son of William Dillard and Parme-
lia (Murray) Thompson; educated
at Masonic Normal School, Alex-
andria, Tenn., B. S., 1889; Southern
Law School, Nashville, Tenn. ; mar-
ried Leona May Denton, in Nash-
ville, Tenn., April 20, 1909. Worked
his way through school, beginning
practise of law in Nashville, Tenn.,
1894; was assistant attorney gener-
al for County of Davidson, Tennes-
see, 1905, also from 1908-10; served
as special judge in Tennessee
courts; came to Hawaii, 1914, serv-
ing as assistant U. S. District At-
torney until 1915; practised law un-
til appointed judge of Third Circuit
Court, Territory of Hawaii, 1916.
Was Grand Treasurer of Grand
Lodge, I. O. O. F., Tennessee, 1909-
14; was supreme president, Knights
& Ladies of America, 1905-06. Mem-
ber I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias,
Order of Sailors, North American
Union, Foresters.

THOMSON, JAMES B., sugar
plantation manager; born at Dun-
fermline, Scotland, April 9, 1878;
son of James B. and Margaret
(Benne) Thomson; married Edith
Cumming at Honolulu, T. H., June,
1908; children: Douglas Buchanan
and Edith Winifred. Educated at
Harris Academy. Dundee, Scotland.
Began career on sugar plantation
at Spreckelsville, Maui, Hawaiian
Islands, under management of W.
J. Lowrie, which later changed to
H. P. Baldwin; first employed at
cubbing cane, then as luna and
later assistant manager; manager
Oahu Sugar Co., Waipahu, Oahu,
since June 1, 1918. Has been an
American citizen since 1901; cap-
tain in Hawaiian National Guard,
1916. Member B. P. O. Elks, Ma-
son and Shriner. Republican.

THRUM, THOMAS GEORGE,

bookseller, publisher and research-
er, Honolulu; born May 27, 1842,
Newcastle, N. S. W., Australia;
son of Thomas Augustine and
Elizabeth W. (McPhail) Thrum;
great-grandson of John Thrum,
who was with Captain Cook on dis-
covering the continent of Austra-
lia; married Anna Laura Brown
in San Francisco, Jan. 11, 1865;
four children: Geo. Ernest A. (de-
ceased), F. Wm., David F., and
Ella L. Educated in Australia and
Honolulu, followed by a commer-
cial and navigation course; began
business career in the store of
John T. Waterhouse, 1855; went
to sea on a whaler, 1856; clerk in



store in Honolulu and Hilo, 1859-
67; spent five years in sugar in-
dustry on Kohala Plantation, Ha-
waii; succeeded Black & Auld in
the stationery and news business,
1870; later engaging in printing
and binding; publisher "Saturday
Press," 1881-86; with J. J. Wil-
liams launched "Paradise of the
Pacific," 1888; since 1875 publisher
Hawaiian Annual: was registrar
of conveyances. 1888-1904; in 1913
incorporated and was vice-pres.
Thrum's, Ltd. Since 1904 has
spent time in research work, tour-
ing the four principal islands, lo-
cating ancient heiaus and heiau
sites, listing 517; has been engaged
in revising and editing for the
Bishop Museum the valuable "For-
nander Collection" of Hawaiian
folk lore; has recently completed
a work on "Ancient Hawaiian
Mythology," the first complete
treatment of the subject, and list-
ing over 400 gods and goddesses of
the race; published 1907 "Hawaii-
an Folk Tales," "Stories of the
Menehunes," the "Brownies of Ha-
waii." Member of Excelsior Lodge,
I. O. O. F., charter member Ha-
waiian Historical Society; was one
of six organizers of Honolulu Li-
brary and Readinar Rooms Associa-
tion in 1879. Permanent member
Bishop Museum staff since 1921.

THURSTON, CHARLES HENRY,

chief engineer, Honolulu Fire
Dept., Honolulu; born Nov. 21,
1870, at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia;
son of William and Laliah (Corn-
ing) Thurston: married Helen
Catherine Kahanuulani Meek, June
28, 1899; four children: Elizabeth
Kilohana, Paul Josiah, Lucy Puni-
wai, Clara Catherine; descendant
of Robert Thurston of Yarmouth,
who was a soldier in a British reg-
iment during the Revolutionary
War, and who in 1784 settled with
other loyalists at Shelburne, Nova
Scotia. Educated in Yarmouth
Seminary; followed the sea for
several years, holding various posi-
tions on sailing vessels and steam-
ers; entered Customs Service at
Honolulu and in 1897 entered Ho-
nolulu Fire Department; chief en-
gineer since June 15, 1901. Mem-
ber Mystic Lodge No. 2, K. of P.;
Lodge le Progres de 1'Oce-inie No.
371, F. and A. M.; Honolulu Chap-
ter No. 1, R. A. M.; Honolulu Com-
mandery No. 1, K. T. ; Aloha Tem-
ple, A. A. O. N. M. S.

THURSTON, LORRIN A., lawyer
and publisher, Honolulu; born Ho-
nolulu, July 31, 1858; son of Asa
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married Harriet Potter, Apr. 5,
1894. at St. Joseph, Mich. ; three
children: Robert Shipman, Mar-
garet Carter, Lorrin Potter. Educa-
ted Oahu College, Honolulu; Co-
lumbia Law School, N. Y., 1880-81;
previous to study at Columbia had
been law student. 1876; deputy at-
torney general of Hawaii, 1878;
admitted to bar of all courts in
Hawaii. 1878; sugar plantation
overseer and bookkeeper, 1878-79.
Practised law in Hawaii. 1881-
1900; sugar plantation and railway
promoter, 1899-1915; publisher,
1900-21; pres. Advertiser Pub. Co.,
Ltd., publishers of the Honolulu
Advertiser. Was member House of
Representatives, Hawaiian Legisla-
ture, 1886; Minister Interior, 1887-
1890; House of Nobles, 1892; Annex-
ation Commission, 1893 and 1898;
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Washington,
1893-95; to Portugal, 1894; member
Board of Health. 1887-90; Board of
Immigration, 1887-1890; Board of
Agriculture, Honolulu Water Com-
mission, 1915. Was private in Ho-
nolulu Rifles and Hawaiian Guard,
1877-79. Member Myrtle Boat Club,
University Club, Commercial Club.
Social Science Club, Hawaiian Vol-
cano Research Assn.

TODD, WILLIAM ALFRED, chief,
Fire Dept., Hilo. Hawaii; born in
Kealakekua. S. Kona, Hawaii, Oc-
tober 1, 1856; son of Alfred Alexan-
der and Ellen (Woods) Todd; edu-
cated in public schools of Hawaii;
married Sarah Cook, in Kealake-
kua June 25, 1877; nine children,
William J., Eva Ellen, Thomas Al-
fred, George Leilehua, James Blain,
Sarah Susan, John Cook, Elven
Raymond, Oliver Clarence. Learned
tanning business, harness and sad-
dle making with F. S. Lyman, Hilo,
1873-76; in tanning business with
father in S. Kona, 1876-79; went to
Honolulu as carpenter with George
Lucas, 1879-81; returned to Hilo
as manager of tannery for F. S.
Lyman in 1881; later carpenter for
C. R. Blacow for six years; fore-
man, harness and saddle business
of B. F. Schoen, for 21 years; en-
gaged in harness business for him-
self since. Was chairman, Board
of Supervisors, Hawaii County,
1907-08; member Board of Super-
visors, Hawaii County, 1915-18.
Has been member of Hilo Fire
Dept. since 1889, chief since 1915.

TOWSE, ED., printer, business-
man, lecturer and author, Honolu-
lu; born Lubec, Me., Sept. 10, 1867;
son of Walter W. and Clara C.
(Miller) Towse; educated in public
25-



schools and university extension
course and law course: married
Catherine Bon at Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Sept. 20. 1899. Newspaper work,
Honolulu, 1883-1900; acquired Mer-
cantile Printing Co.. Ltd., Hono-
lulu. 1900, of which he is pres.
and manager; enthusiastic sup-
porter of all moral and civic im-
provements; organized American
Union Party in Hawaii, 1895, later
assisted in organization of Repub-
lican Party; representative to Ter-
ritorial Legislature, 1911-13; mem-
ber Hawaii National Guard, 1894-
1901, retiring as capt.; executive
secy. Civic Federation. 1903; officer
Board of Health during plague,
1900. Is 32 Mason; past master
Lodge Le Progres De 1'Oceanie
371, F. & A. M. ; Shriner; member
Knights of Pythias; Hawaiian His-
torical Society, Ad Club, Chamber
of Commerce, Rotary Club; direc-
tor Y. M. C. A., and chairman Boy
Scout executive comm. Is licensed
to practise law in Hawaii courts.

TRENT, RICHARD H., president
and manager Trent Trust Co., Ltd.,
Honolulu; born at Somerville, Fay-
ette County, Tenn.. Sept. 14, 1867;
son of William C lough and Mary
Virgin (Bonner) Trent; married
Marcia Potter Ireland in Honolulu.
Sept. 16, 1919. After attending
school until twelve years of age en-
tered offices of Somerville Falcon,
weekly newspaper, as "devil," be-
coming foreman of same office when
14 years old; followed the printing
trade several years until he became
bookkeeper at Memphis. Tenn., in
1885; removed to Honolulu and
worked as printer with Evening
Bulletin, 1901; bookkeeper and
treasurer, Henry Waterhouse & Co.,
1901-1904, and Henry Waterhouse
Trust Co., Ltd.. 1904-1907; organized
Trent Trust Co., Ltd.. in 1907 with
paid-in capital of $50,000; capital.
surplus and undivided profits since
growing to $235,000. with aggregate
resources of $900,000. The corpora-
tion is publisher of TrenTrusTics, a
financial journal much in demand by
investors and others interested in
Hawaiian industries and securities.
Was first treasurer of County of
Oahu and twice reelected, serving
three terms, 1905-1910; president of
Honolulu Y. M. C. A., 1908-1915;
member Territorial Board of Public
Lands, 1910-1914. Is a Democrat
and prominent in party circles.
Member Board of Regents. Univer-
sity of Hawaii; trustee, B. P. Bishop
Estate and Kamehameha Schools;
member Commercial Club and Oahu
Country Club; 32 Mason, Shriner,
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TROTTER, FRED'K. EUGENE,

physician, Honolulu; born May 7.
1873 at Fort Fetterman, Wyoming;
son of Frederich Eugene and Du-
tilly Frances (Sickles) Trotter;
educated public schools in Van-
couver, Washington Military Acad-
emy, Portland, Ore., Stanford Uni-
versity, one year; University of
Oregon, one year; University of
Virginia, two years, graduated M.
D. 1895; married Harriet Everett
Barling, August 9, 1901 at Cien-
fuegos, Cuba; children: Frederick
Eugene Jr.. Marion Everett, John
Barrea Sickels and Nancy Everett.
Interne in hospitals. New York,
until beginning of Spanish-Ameri-
can War; served with a Medical
Company, U. S. Army, until 1899;
U. S. public health service, main-
land United States and Cuba,
eleven years; came to Hawaii as
chief quarantine officer, Mar. 1912-
Sept. 1920; appointed president
Board of Health, Territory of Ha-
waii, Sept. 1919. Member Loyal
Legion; charter member Tropical
Medical Society; American Medical
Assn; as pres. of Board of Health
is member Chamber of Commerce
of Honolulu.



TRUSLOW, HERBERT AUSTIN,
banker, Hilo, Hawaii; born John-
son City, Tenn., Mar. 4, 1890; son
of W. A. and Maud Taylor (Austin)
Truslow; married Nora Isabelle
Bryson Johnstone, at Kealakekua,
Hawaii, Aug. 19, 1915; two chil-
dren: Herbert Bryson and Patricia
Maud. Educated high school, Red-
lands, Cal.; bookkeeper Parker
Ranch, Kamuela, Hawaii, 1911-12;
accountant, The Hilo Breakwater
Co., Hilo, 1912-13; cashier, Kona
Branch. First Bank of Hilo. Ltd..
Kealakekua, 1913-17; cashier, The
People's Bank. Ltd.. Hilo. 1917-21:
vice-pres. and mgr. 1921; treas.
Security Trust Co.. Ltd.. Hilo. 1917-
21; vice-pres. and mgr. 1921. Treas.
and director, Plantation Securities
Co., Ltd.. Hawaii Drusr Co.. Ltd..
Hawaii Garage. Ltd., Hilo Gas Co.,
Ltd., Securities Trading Corp., Ltd.,
Security Bldg., and Loan Assn., all
of Hilo; vice-pres. The Bank of
Kauai. Ltd., Lihue, and Hawaii
Post-Herald, Ltd., Hilo; director
Home Ins. Co. of Hawaii, Ltd. ;
treas. Wailea Milling Co., Ltd.;
vice-pres. Commercial Trust Co.,
Ltd.. Honolulu. Chairman. Hilo
Chap. Amer. Red Cross; member
Hilo Lodge No. 759 B. P. O. E..
Hilo Yacht Club, Hilo Board of
Trade, Kona Improvement Club,
Oahu Country Club, Honolulu
Commercial Club, Hilo Tennis Club.



TULLOCH, GEO. PRESTLY M.,

electrical engineer, Kohala, Ha-
waii; born in Aberdeen. Scotland.
Aug. 25, 1858; son of George Prest-
ly and Jessie (McKay) Tulloch;
education, public school, Aberdeen,
and private school, London; mar-
ried Clara Louisa Wing at Kohala,
June 4, 1889. Served as sailor ap-
prentice on Aberdeen White Star
Line sailing ships, 1869-72; ran
away in Sydney, 1872, and sailed
on Australian coast two years
as acting second officer of sailing
vessels between New Castle and
Port Walaroo, S. Australia; joined
Murrundi Sheep Station as bound-
ary rider for two years and on
Feb. 10, 1876, left for San Fran-
cisco as sailor on British ship East
Croft; with whaling expeditions in
Arctic Ocean two years; joined Pa-
cific Coast Steam Navigation Co.,
for one year, 1877-78; then took up
telegraph and telephone engineer-
ing, first with Western Union Tele-
graph Co., San Francisco, 1878-79,
then with Pacific Bell & Sunset
Telephone-Telegraph Co.. 1879-1885;
arrived Hilo, Sept. 9, 1885, as mgr.
Hilo-Hawaii Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., remaining with that
company until May 1887; built Ko-
hala Telephone Co. plant and op-
ened exchange; was mgr. and
secy. -treas. to Jan. 1, 1920. when
Mutual Telephone Co., of Honolulu,
acquired plant; since that date
supt. of Hawaii Telephone Co., Hilo
(Kohala branch). Retired August
1921, after 36 years' active telephone
service. Was chairman of board
of registration, West Hawaii, for
14 years; commissioner of private
ways and water rights; president
of tax appeal court. West Hawaii,
until 1910. Past chancellor K. of
P. Lodge, Kohala; member Hono-
lulu Lodge No. 409, F. & A. M.,
Shriner; Elks, No. 759, Hilo.

TURNER, DAYTON ALVIN,

business mgr., Honolulu; born in
Linneus. Mo.. Aug. 5, 1886; son of
James M. and Hannah (Martin)
Turner; educated, Brookfield, Mo.,
high school; Kirksville, Mo., Nor-
mal school; early life spent on
father's farm in Missouri; married
Gertrude Scanlon, at St. Joseph.
Mo.. Jan. 11, 1910. Was floor mgr.,
Richardson Dry Goods Co., St.
Joseph, 1908-12; specialty sales-
man for Ferguson -McKirmey Dry
Goods Co., covering states of Kan-
sas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, 1912-15;
similar work for Carlton Dry Goods
Co., covering Missouri and Arkan-
sas, 1915-16; traveled through Cali-
fornia, Arizona, New Mexico and
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Dry Goods Co., 1916-19, and was
appointed mgr. Honolulu office of
same Jan. 10, 1919. Member Com-
mercial Club, Ad Club, B. P. O. E.

TUTTLE, GEORGE BASS, phy-
sician. Waimea, Kauai; born Boone
Co., Mo., July 21, 1871; son of Sam-
uel M. and Sallie A. (Bass) Tuttle;
married Evelyn L. Blood, at Ma-
nila, P. I., Oct. 29, 1903; one child:
Lawrence S. Graduated from Wash-
ington Univ., St. Louis, M.D., 1894.
Was interne at Insane Asylum, St.
Louis; Hospital Soldiers' and Sail-
ors' Home, Quincy, 111.; also at Fe-
male Hosp., St. Louis, 1894-96; con-
tract surgeon, U. S. Army, 1901-07;
1st lieut. M. R. C., U. S. Army,
1908-12; plantation and practise,
Terr, of Hawaii, 1912, to date. Saw
army service in Philippines, United
States and Hawaii. Member F. &
A. M.. Temple Lodge No. 7, Astoria,
Ore.; B. P. O. E. No. 616.

TYLER, ORVILLE NORRIS,

banker and retired U. S. Army cap-
tain. Honolulu; born at Baltimore,
Maryland, February 3, 1880; son of
T. Frank and Sarah (Foxwell) Ty-
ler; educated at U. S. Military
Academy. West Point, class of 1903;
married Emeleen Magoon in Hono-
lulu, Dec. 3, 1913; one child, Eme-
leen Genevieve. Lieutenant and
captain, U. S. Army. 1903-1916; re-
tired with rank of captain account
physical disability, 1916; joined
Bishop & Co., Honolulu, 1916-17:
manager Schofleld Barracks branch
of Bishop & Co., 1917; cashier and
manager. Army National Bank of
Schofleld Barracks, 1917-18; served
with U. S. Army, 1918-1919; assist-
ant manager and general sales man-
ager, The Pond Co., Ltd., Hono-
lulu, 1919-Mar. 1921; assistant cash-
ier, The Bank of Bishop & Co.,
Ltd., since Aug. 1921. Member Ma-
sonic order and Elks, Commercial
and Rotary clubs of Honolulu.

U

UAHINUI, JOSEPH N., supervi-
sor, Kaunakakai, Molokai, T. H. ;
born at Punakou, Molokai, June 17.
1859; son of Pooku and Kamakele
(Kikoo) Uahinui; educated at Ka-
unakakai school, Molokai; Kamo-
iliili school, Honolulu; Lahainaluna
school, Maui. Married Hannah Mua
Meahale at Kaunakakai, Dec. 25,
1898; children: Rebecca Kaliko, Lily
Kaonohi, Rebecca Uluwehi, Joseph
Kanaiaupuni. Teacher, Kaunakakai
Hawaiian school, 1880-1883 ; resigned
when English school was estab-
lished and engaged in ranching.
1884; practised law in District Court



of Molokai since 1898; appointed
police officer at Kaunakakai, 1907-
1915; elected supervisor for Island
of Molokai, 1915 to date. Was
lighthouse keeper, Kaunakakai har-
bor, 1901-1907; superintendent of
Sunday schools in Molokai, 1910-
1914 and since 1919; vice-president
of Molokai Civic organization since
1919. Member Puuhonua Society.

UNDERWOOD, LEWIS HARRY,

businessman, Honolulu; born in
Honolulu Aug. 27, 1884; son of Ed-
gar Russel and Edith Emily < Way)
Underwood; married Aileen Simp-
son in Honolulu, Feb. 2, 1909; one
child: Arthur Way. Educated
grammar school, San Francisco,
and Seattle high school, Seattle;
two years University of Washing-
ton. Began business career with
Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., Honolulu,
1901-17; treas. and mgr. Allen &