Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Sylva, Francis Kaaha April 8, 1896 - 
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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

FRANCIS KAAHA SYLVA, Dentist. Dr. Francis K. Sylva, established in the 
practise of dentistry in his native city since 1919, was born in Honolulu, 
April 8, 1896. He received his early education at the Central Grammar and 
McKinley High schools in Honolulu, later attending the University of 
California, where he received a D.D.S. degree in 1917.
  Dr. Sylva practised dentistry for a short time in California, and entered in 
the U. S. army in September, 1917, during the World war, serving as a private 
at Camp Lewis, Wash., until May, 1918, when he was commissioned a lieutenant 
and the following year was promoted to captain. Dr. Sylva saw active service 
in France and Belgium with the 91st Division, of which he later became acting 
division dental surgeon. He received the Belgian War Cross in 1918 at Proven, 
Belgium, and was honorably discharged from the army in May, 1919, when he 
returned to Hawaii.
  Dr. Sylva and Martha Cochrane were married in San Francisco, Jan. 24, 1920. 
They have three children, Francis Patrick, Robert Cochrane and Barbara Jean 
Sylva. Dr. Sylva is a trustee of Palama Settlement, president of the General 
Investment Co. and secretary of the Fruits of Hawaii, Ltd. He is a member of 
the Dental Society of Hawaii, American Dental Association, Oahu Country, 
University, Commercial, Hawaiian Civic and Outrigger Canoe clubs, the Honolulu 
Chamber of Commerce, American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States.


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