Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Smith, William Henry February 20, 1866 - 
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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 HENRY SMITH, Lawyer. William H. Smith, lawyer, of Hilo, Hawaii, was 
born at New Haven, Conn., Feb. 20, 1866; son of William C. and Minerva A. 
(Monson) Smith; married Elvira M. Richardson, in Hilo, March 1, 1904. Educated 
Dickenson Academy, Deerfield, Mass.; Amherst, A.B., 1890; A.M., 1893. Editor 
Hilo Tribune and Hawaii Herald, Hilo, 1897-1902; studied law in private law 
office, Hilo, and admitted to practise in Supreme Court of Hawaii, 1902; 
practised law, Hilo, later going to Columbia Univ. for special law course, 
1904-06; admitted to Supreme Court of United States, 1909. Arthur of a 
monograph on Polynesian languages, published 1893; has been a commissioner of 
public instruction since 1912; chairman local Draft Board, Hilo, 1917-18. 
Member American Bar Assn., Bar Assn. of 4th Circuit, Hawaii; University Club, 
Hilo Yacht Club, K. of P., Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa.

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