Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Kaneakua, John Mahiai October 9, 1860 - 
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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

JOHN MAHIAI KANEAKUA, Public Official. The practice of law attracted John M. 
Kaneakua in his youth, but he abandoned his profession temporarily in 1906 to 
accept an appointment as county clerk of Kauai, and he has held that office 
for almost twenty years, being re-elected for each succeeding term. He has had 
a large part in the public affairs of the islands and was one of the committee 
of 21 members which presented to American Minister Blount in 1893 the memorial 
requesting President Cleveland to reinstate Queen Liliuokalani to the throne 
of Hawaii.
  Born to Alexander and Kanuha (Kaialiilii) Miller at Honauaula, Maui, on Oct. 
9, 1860, he received his early education at the Royal School, Honolulu. Later 
he studied law with Judge Edward Preston, acting as his clerk. He was admitted 
to practice by the Supreme Court of Hawaii in 1884 and followed his profession 
in Honolulu until 1903, when he removed to Lihue, Kauai. Three years later he 
was selected to fill a vacancy in the county clerks’ office, and he has been 
there since.
  He was a volunteer in the Queen’s own company in 1886 and was commissioned a 
first lieutenant in that organization, serving until 1887.
  Mr. Kaneakua is a member of the Knights of Pythias; C. E. E., Kamehameha 
Order; Court Waialeale, A.O.F.; Kauai Chamber of Commerce; Ka Hale o Na Alii o 
Hawaii, and Kauai Historical Society. He was a member and secretary of the 
selective draft board for Kauai in 1917 and also a member of the Kauai 
Republican Central Committee.
  He married Esther Kamakolu at Kapaa, Kauai, on July 5, 1903, and they have 
adopted six children, Esther Nuihaku, James Neenee, Violet Kaui, John Kaipo, 
Joseph Kalei and Alexander Keonaona Kaneakua.


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