Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Gibb, James Albert August 29, 1891 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

JAMES ALBERT GIBB, Engineer. James A. Gibb, assistant manager of the Wailuku 
Sugar Co., followed his father into the sugar industry. Born Aug. 29, 1891, at 
Hilo, Hawaii, he is the son of James and Jemina (Hutcheon) Gibb. His father, 
one of the best known sugar men in Hawaii, is manager of Honolulu Plantation. 
James A. Gibb was educated at Punahou Preparatory School, Honolulu; Oahu 
College and was graduated from Stanford University in 1915.
  Mr. Gibb became assistant engineer of Honolulu plantation in 1915 and served 
until 1917 when he was appointed assistant superintendent of the Honolulu Iron 
Works. The next year he entered the army for World war service, first as a 
second lieutenant and later as first lieutenant. He was aide to Brig.-Gen. A. 
P. Blockson and to Brig.-Gen. J. W. Heard until be was honorably discharged on 
April 18, 1919. He was made chief engineer of the Wailuku Sugar Co. in April, 
1919, and his promotion to assistant manager came in February, 1922. Mr. Gibb 
was selected to be director of the eighth annual Maui County Fair, held in 
October, 1925.
  He was a member of the National Guard of Hawaii, 1916-1918; is a captain of 
ordnance, Reserve Corps; a member of the American Society of Mechanical 
Engineers and the Hawaiian Engineering Society. He married Tallulah Blair 
Sinclair at Oakland, Cal., July 26, 1916. They have five children, James 
Malcolm, Tallulah Jean, Caroline Elizabeth, Noel and Adam Alexander Gibb.


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