Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Sanborn, Walter Foss 
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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

WALTER FOSS SANBORN, Rancher. Walter F. Sanborn quit playing professional 
baseball on the mainland in 1901 to become a luna on the McBryde Sugar 
plantation on Kauai and that step led to his appointment later as manager of 
Princeville plantation, a position which he has occupied for more than a score 
of years.
  After three years of service at the McBryde plantation he left to become 
associated with the territorial department of public works. He remained there 
a year, resigning to accept the managership of Princeville. He was made a 
director in the plantation corporation later and of the Hanalei Land Co. he 
also served two years as director of the Kalihi-kai Land Co., resigning in 
1918. He was appointed deputy tax assessor and collecter for the Hanalei 
district of Kauai on May 16, 1918, and also is a member of the Kauai advisory 
board for the Bank of Hawaii, Ltd.
  Born at Hyde Park, Mass., Mr. Sanborn is the son of John William B. and Mary 
Jane (Foss) Sanborn. He was educated at the Hyde Park high school and the 
Burdette Business College, Boston, Mass. He showed such ability on the school 
baseball team that his services were obtained by a professional organization, 
an engagement that was terminated when he came to Hawaii.
  He married Lena Deverill at Hanalei on Sept. 27, 1906, and they have four 
children, Helen, John W., Percy D., and Walter F., Jr. Mr. Sanborn is a Mason 
and Elk.

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