Honolulu County HI Archives Biographies.....Abel, Thomas Sutherland May 3, 1890 - 
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Source: Men of Hawaii Vol. IV
Author: George F. Nellist (editor)

Abel, Thomas Sutherland: Vice-President, Manager, Bishop First National Bank at
Schofield Barracks.

     Born May 3, 1890, Berlin, Wis., son of John and Elizabeth (Forrest) Abel;
Mason (past master Schofield Lodge) Sojourners' Club of Schofield, American
Legion (past vice-commander Schofield No. 6). Oahu Country Club.

     Coming to Hawaii in Sept., 1915, for a vacation, Thomas S. Abel decided to
remain in the Islands. Entering the Bank of Bishop & Co., Ltd., he was manager
of the foreign and domestic exchange department until Dec. 1, 1917, when he was
appointed assistant cashier at the newly organized Army National Bank of
Schofield Barracks. He has also been secretary and director of the Castner
Garage, Ltd., and vice-president of the Wahiawa Ice Co., Ltd.

     When the United States entered the World War, Mr. Abel attended the fourth
Officers' Training Camp at Schofield Barracks, was commissioned a second
lieutenant of infantry and ordered to Camp Grant, Ill., where he served as an
instructor in bayonet tactics.

     After his honorable discharge he returned to the Army National Bank as
assistant cashier. When that institution was merged with the Bank of Bishop &
Co., Ltd., and the First National Bank of Honolulu under the new name of the
Bishop First National Bank of Honolulu, Mr. Abel was made a vice-president and
placed in charge of the branch hank at Schofield Barracks. He was educated at
Omro high school and Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin.


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