Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Davis, Henry December 12, 1853 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

  HENRY DAVIS, Pioneer Auditor. Henry Davis, president of the Henry Davis 
Audit, Co., Ltd., is still actively engaged in a profession which he has 
followed successfully in Honolulu for many years, and has seen his business 
grow from a modest establishment, of which he was sole owner in the late ‘80’s 
to one of the leading auditing concerns in Hawaii, of which he still is the 
only stockholder.
  Mr. Davis arrived in Honolulu in November, 1882, from San Francisco, 
beginning his career as a bookkeeper and accountant for Greenbaum & Co. Three 
years later he engaged in the grocery business with the late John Wilder for 
two years and then opened an accounting bureau.
  During President Dole’s administration of the Republic of Hawaii, Mr. Davis 
set aside his business activities temporarily to become deputy postmaster 
general, holding this position until 1900. Prior to his appointment to 
government office, Mr. Davis served as a member of the Citizens’ Guard in 
1895. He was engaged by the Honolulu Brewery as office manager from 1900 to 
the early part of 1902, when he again resumed his profession. The Henry Davis 
Audit Co., Ltd., was incorporated Feb. 19, 1919. Mr. Davis has installed 
accounting systems for leading Honolulu firms and recently planned a system 
for the water works department of the municipal government.
  Mr. Davis was born in Manchester, England, Dec. 12, 1853, the son of Foster 
Davis and Jemima Davis. He married Nora Spring in Honolulu, July 15, 1885. Mr. 
and Mrs. Davis are the parents of six children, Foster Leslie, Emily May 
(deceased), Elmer Rey, Alan Sanford, Florence Spring and Henry Francis Davis.


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