Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Lucas, Raymond A. May 30, 1866 - 
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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

RAYMOND A. LUCAS, Retired Capitalist. An adventurous life that included 
whaling expeditions, service before the mast in all of the seven seas and a 
lengthy career in the sugar industry of Hawaii preceded the retirement of 
Raymond A. Lucas, a pioneer in the islands’ principal industrial endeavor.
  Born May 30, 1866, at Hartford, Conn., he is the son of Philip and Anna 
(Martin) Lucas, and received his education in the public schools of Hartford. 
He left home on a whaling expedition in 1880. Returning safely from this 
adventure he shipped to the East Indies from 1881 to 1884. ON his return to 
New York he shipped around Cape Horn to San Francisco in 1884 and worked there 
until 1886, when he came to Hawaii.
  His first employment in the islands was at Kohala plantation, where he 
remained from 1886 until 1889. He was a sugar boiler at Hawi Mill, 1889-1891, 
during which time he erected the first wire landing on Hawaii. He was employed 
at Kukuihaele, 1892-1895; at Honomu plantation, 1895-1898, and then entered 
the real estate business in Hilo. Before his retirement from active business 
Mr. Lucas erected the fish markets at Waiakea for the Japanese Fishing Co.
  He was married at Kohala, Hawaii, on May 7, 1888, and has three children, 
Lucille, Anna and Raymond P. Lucas. He was a member of the Tax Appeal Board 
for South Hilo and is a member of Hilo Lodge, No. 759, B.P.O. Elks.


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