Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Shaw, Harry Leonard March 17, 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com January 5, 2012, 3:31 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist HARRY LEONARD SHAW, Hotel Proprietor, a central figure in an historic incident as one of the men who raised the American flag in Hilo in 1898 when news reached there that the islands had been annexed by the United States, Harry L. Shaw, Honolulu hotel proprietor, has been a resident of Hawaii for more than thirty years. Mr. Shaw first arrived in Hawaii in 1884, making an eight months’ visit, and again visited the islands three later before returning in 1894 to make his home here. Before entering his present business in 1920 as the owner of the Leonard Hotel, Mr. Shaw was engaged in pharmacy work for many years and spent considerable time in Cuba. Born at St. Paul, Minn., March 17, 1867, Mr. Shaw is the son of Edward Payson and Sarah (Chapin) Shaw. His parents removed to California when Mr. Shaw was a boy and he was educated in the schools of San Diego and San Francisco, later being employed by drug firms in Seattle and Portland. When he came to Hawaii to remain indefinitely in 1894, he entered the employ of the Hollister Drug Co., going to Hilo in 1898 to manage a branch store. He was in Hilo until 1907, when he left Hawaii and went to Cuba, where he was associated with the Cuba Railway until 1909, and upon his return to Honolulu entered the employ of the Chambers Drug Co. He returned to Cuba in 1911, engaged in orange growing for a year and then came back to Honolulu, resuming his position with the Chambers Drug Co. In 1919 Mr. Shaw made a trip to the Pacific Coast and upon his return a year later purchased the Leonard Hotel. He married Mary B. Estes in Honolulu in 1913. Mr. Shaw is a Mason and a member of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/shaw542bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb