Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Blackshear, Roy Cozad March 7, 1891 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, 1925
Author: George F. Nellist, Editor

ROY COZAD BLACKSHEAR, Merchant. Vice-president of the Hilo Drug Co., since 
1921, Roy C. Blackshear has been mainly responsible for the establishment of 
the present facilities for playing golf on the Island of Hawaii, and is an 
ardent devotee of the game.
  Born in Morrilton, Ark., March 7, 1891, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 
Blackshear. He was educated in the Morrilton High School and the California 
College of Pharmacy. He arrived in Hawaii on Aug. 5, 1911, coming as a 
salesman for Benson, Smith & Co., through the influence of his brother, James 
Blackshear, who was engaged in the jewelry business in Honolulu.
  Leaving Benson, Smith & Co., on June 22, 1918, Mr. Blackshear went to Hilo 
in the employ of the Hilo Drug Co., and was elected in Jan., 1921, to his 
present position of vice-president of that firm. He was the organizer and 
first president of the Honolulu Golf Club. He also is a member of the Hilo 
Yacht Club and Hilo Chamber of Commerce. He married Florence Shipman, April 
24, 1919, and they have two children, Beryl and Roy Shipman Blackshear.


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