Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Lindsay, David Colville June 23, 1870 - 
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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

DAVID COLVILLE LINDSAY, Banker. A resident of Hawaii since 1890, David C. 
Lindsay, former cashier and manager of the Baldwin Bank, Ltd., at Kahului, 
Maui, has devoted more than a quarter of a century to the development of 
financial and commercial resources of his community. He has also taken an 
active part in civic life, holding high positions in business organizations 
and public commissions.
  Born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, June 23, 1870, Mr. Lindsay is the son of James 
and Betsy (Colville) Lindsay. He received his education in common and private 
schools of Scotland and spent six years with a large mercantile establishment 
in Scotland before coming to Hawaii. He entered the employ of Paia Plantation 
in 1890, and was appointed manager after its amalgamation with the Haiku Sugar 
Co. in 1906. He organized and was made manager of the Baldwin National Bank 
and when it was reorganized as the Baldwin Bank, Ltd., in 1921, Mr. Lindsay 
became cashier and manger, a position he resigned on April 7, 1925, to enable 
him to spend several months on the mainland and in Scotland. He is president 
of the Maui Electric Co., treasurer of the Haiku Fruit and Packing Co., and a 
director of the Maui Soda and Ice Works. In public life Mr. Lindsay is 
chairman of the Lahainaluna school commission, a member of the board of public 
instruction, treasurer of the Maui County Fair Association, deputy customs 
collector at Kahului and U. S. Immigration inspector for Maui. He served for 
three years in the 42nd Royal Highlanders, Scotland, and is a lieutenant 
colonel in the Hawaii National Guard.
  He married Clara Fowler Gregory at Paia, Maui, in 1895. They had four 
children, Olive Douglas, Dorothy Colville, Elizabeth Clare and Ruth Charlotte 
Lindsay. He is a Mason, 32nd degree K. C. C. H., Knight of Pythias, a trustee 
of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Commercial Club in 
Honolulu.


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