Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Rickard, William Joseph September 14, 1873 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WILLIAM JOSEPH RICKARD, Deputy Sheriff. After education abroad and two years 
of business experience on the mainland, William J. Rickard returned in 1895 to 
Hawaii, his birthplace, and to a varied career in the sugar industry, coffee 
planting, scientific pursuits and his present position of deputy sheriff for 
the Hamakua district of the Island of Hawaii, which he has filled since 1913.
  Born Sept. 14, 1873, at Waimea, South Kohala, Hawaii, the son of William 
Henry and Nora (Treloar) Rickard, he obtained his education at Punahou school, 
Honolulu, 1882-1883; Atkinson school, 1883-1887, and at a private school in 
Tavistock, Devonshire, England, 1887-1892.
  Mr. Rickard returned to the United States in 1893 and was associated with 
the hardware firm of Dayton & Hall, Portland, Ore., from 1893 to 1895, when he 
came back to Hawaii. He was a freight clerk and cane weigher, Paauhau Sugar 
Co., Hawaii, from 1895 to 1897. He then entered politics and was elected 
deputy sheriff of Hamakua in June, 1905, but resigned during his second term 
to engage in coffee planting and cattle ranching. He was connected with the 
United States Geological Survey, 1912-1913, and was appointed to his present 
position of deputy sheriff on April 2, 1913. Mr. Rickard is a member of Hilo 
Lodge No. 759, B.P.O. Elks, K. of P., Maile Lodge No. 4, Honokaa, Hawaii and 
Council No. 5, Native Sons of Hawaii.


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