Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Dowsett, Samuel Henry Kaonohiulaokalani March 19, 1879 - May 9, 1925
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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

SAMUEL HENRY DOWSETT, Capitalist. A grandson of Captain Samuel James Dowsett, 
who made his home in Hawaii in 1828, Samuel Henry Kaonohiulaokalani Dowsett 
was the sixth son of the late James Isaac Dowsett and one of a family of 
thirteen children. He was largely responsible for the successful 
administration of the estate of his late father, consisting of extensive land 
holdings and leases, and took an active part in placing the Dowsett tract on 
the real estate market, opening a large area of choice residence sites in 
Nuuanu Valley.
  Born in Honolulu, March 19, 1879, 100 years after the discovery of the 
islands by Captain Cook, Mr. Dowsett was the son of the late James Isaac and 
Annie Green (Ragsdale) Dowsett. He received his education in the schools of 
Honolulu, attending Miss Berry’s School and the old Fort Street School, 
completing the last three years of his studies under the direct tutelage of 
Prof. M. M. Scott.
  Entering the employ of Baker & Hamilton in San Francisco, Mr. Dowsett 
remained with that firm until 1906, the year of the San Francisco fire, when 
he resigned to engage in more lucrative business endeavors which caused him to 
make a number of trips between Hawaii and the mainland, representing his own 
and local interests. From 1906 to 1915, Mr. Dowsett made nearly two score 
voyages between Honolulu and San Francisco.
  After spending a number of years touring Europe, where he visited the 
principal cities, Mr. Dowsett returned to Hawaii and became manager of the 
Dowsett Land Co., Ltd., continuing with it until 1915. He also devoted some 
time to agriculture, having orange grove interests in Southern California. Mr. 
Dowsett was heavily interested in the Puuloa Salt Works, an enterprise 
established by his late father, and was also one of the largest shareholders 
in the Dowsett Co., Ltd.
  Mr. Dowsett and Madeleine K. Moore were married in Honolulu, Aug. 30, 1913. 
They had one daughter, Ethel K. Dowsett. Mr. Dowsett was a member of the Oahu 
Country, Commercial and Hawaii Yacht clubs, was one of the early members of 
the Myrtle Boat Club and at one time a member of the Corinthian Yacht Club of 
San Francisco. He died at his home in Honolulu on May 9, 1925.




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