Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Merriam, Charles Henry 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

CHARLES HENRY MERRIAM, Corporation Official. Although a native of New England, 
Charles H. Merriam, manager of the land department of C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., 
has resided for many years in Honolulu. His interests have been confined 
almost exclusively to land matters, a field in which he is recognized as an 
expert.
  Coming to Hawaii in 1900, Mr. Merriam became clerk and deputy registrar in 
the bureau of conveyances, holding this position until 1905, when he was made 
registrar of the bureau. He served in this capacity until 1918, when he 
assumed his present position. Mr. Merriam served as a member of the 
legislative commission which in 1901 drafted the Torrens Title Act for land 
title registration in the Territory of Hawaii, adopted by the legislature in 
1903. He was also a member of the Territorial Tax Commission during the term 
of the late Governor Lucius E. Pinkham. He was assistant recorder of deeds at 
Fitchburg, from 1893 to 1900.
  Born in Fitchburg, Mr. Merriam is the son of David H. and Dora R. (Hayes) 
Merriam. He received his education in the grammar and high schools of 
Fitchburg.
  He is an Elk, and a member of the Ad, Oahu Country and Commercial Clubs.


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