Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Abshire, Lewis Theophilus November 22, 1884 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by The Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

LEWIS THEOPHILUS ABSHIRE, Engineer. Since his arrival in Hawaii, Lewis T. 
Abshire has been a builder, specializing in engineering and road work. His 
first service in Hawaii was with the Federal government in 1913 as an engineer 
on the Pearl Harbor development project. In September, 1922, he was appointed 
assistant engineer in the city and county road department, holding office 
until Jan. 1, 1924, when he assumed his present position as city and county 
building inspector.
  Essentially a self-made man, Mr. Abshire’s first experience was gained in 
the coal mines of West Virginia, where he went to work as a child of ten. He 
spent eleven years in mining, starting as a trapper and becoming a mine 
foreman. During these years he attended night school.
  In 1905 Mr. Abshire enlisted in the engineering corps of the United States 
Army, serving in the Philippines, for two years. He received a civil service 
appointment in 1908 to do engineering work in the river and harbor department 
of the government.
  Mr. Abshire saw service during the World War as a captain of the Second U. 
S. Infantry, November, 1917, to March, 1919, at first commanding Co. E and 
later serving on the regimental staff as supply officer and paymaster at Fort 
Shafter, Camp Fremont and Camp Dodge.
  Born at Montgomery, West Virginia, Nov. 22, 1884, Mr. Abshire is the son of 
Lewis Griffin and Catherine Marie (Maroney) Abshire. Mr. Abshire and H. Marie 
Thudin were married in Honolulu, Nov. 6, 1912. They have three children, 
Eileen, Grace and Elva Abshire. He is an Elk and a member of the American 
Association of Engineers.


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