Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Wall, Thomas E. March 9, 1857 - 
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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

THOMAS E. WALL, Business Man. A resident of Honolulu for almost half a 
century, having come here as a young man in the early years of King Kalakaua’s 
picturesque reign, Thomas E. Wall, president of the Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd., 
has witnessed and been a factor in the period of remarkable development which 
has modernized Hawaii.
  Long active in civic and cultural movements, Mr. Wall for ten years was in 
charge of the Honolulu Opera House, assisting in the production of operas and 
theatrical performances.
  Born in Haverhill, Mass., March 9, 1857, Mr. Wall is the son of Charles J. 
and Elizabeth (Evans) Wall. He received his education in the schools of Santa 
Barbara and San Francisco, and came to Hawaii in 1879 with his mother, seven 
brothers and two sisters, to join his father, then the architect in charge of 
building Iolani Palace, now the capitol building.
  For a short time after his arrival in Honolulu, Mr. Wall was associated with 
his father’s office, later entering the employ of the Wilder Steamship Co., 
having charge of its warehouses until 1881. He was employed as a clerk for 
John Egan, a dry goods merchant, until 1883, when he returned to the Pacific 
Coast, remaining there for six months.
  Upon his return to Honolulu, Mr. Wall worked as a bookkeeper for W. E. 
Foster, harness maker, until 1893. During the revolutionary period, in which 
the Hawaiian monarchy was overthrown, Mr. Wall was an officer in the Honolulu 
Rifles, later joining the National Guard of Hawaii and eventually becoming a 
major in that organization. After the revolution of 1893, he was made 
bookkeeper in the customs department under J. B. Castle, then port collector.
  Entering business for himself in 1895, Mr. Wall established the firm of Wall 
& Nichols, at first a partnership, and which was incorporated in 1899. Mr. 
Wall has been at the head of the firm since its establishment, although he has 
spent considerable time recently in travel, visiting Australia, Canada, Alaska 
and points on the mainland.
  Mr. Wall is a Mason, charter member and past potentate of Aloha Temple, past 
commander, Knights Templar; Past High Priest, Honolulu Royal Arch Chapter No. 
1; an Elk, a charter member of the Honolulu Country Club and a member of the 
Honolulu Commercial Club. He married Mary Roselle Davis of Modesto, Calif., in 
Honolulu in August, 1903, and they have one daughter, Roselle Covert Wall, now 
at Wellesley College, Mass.


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