Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Moler, Robert Duke July 8, 1862 - 
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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

ROBERT DUKE MOLER, Plantation Manager. With the exception of two years spent 
in Alaska during the gold rush, Robert D. Moler, manager of the Lihue 
Plantation Co., Ltd., Island of Kauai, has been continuously associated with 
the Hawaiian sugar industry since 1890.
  He was born at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., July 8, 1862, the son of Daniel and 
Mary (Anderson) Moler, and received a common school education.
  Arriving in Hawaii on May 17, 1890, he was engaged by John D. Spreckels to 
fill a position for the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co., Maui, where he 
remained for five years. In 1898 Mr. Moler was one of the thousands of 
adventurous souls from the four quarters of the globe who raced to Alaska 
following the discovery of gold there.
  Returning to Hawaii after an absence of two years, he accepted a position 
with the McBryde Sugar Co. in 1901, was appointed head overseer in 1909 and 
resigned this position June 1, 1918, to become manager of the Lihue 
plantation, where he has since been engaged.
  On Aug. 20, 1901, Mr. Moler married Jessie Neill, daughter of John Neill, a 
founder of Catton, Neill & Co., since absorbed by the Honolulu Iron Works. Mr. 
and Mrs. Moler have one son, Robert Neill Moler.


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