Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Williams, William Lowthian Spencer June 12, 1892 - 
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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 LOWTHIAN SPENCER WILLIAMS, Plantation Manager. A decade of service in 
all branches of the sugar industry of the Territory preceded the appointment 
of William L. S. Williams to his present post of manager of the Waiakea Mill 
Co., Waiakea, Hawaii.
  Born June 12, 1892, in Honolulu, the son of John Norman Spencer and Mary 
Emma Georgina (Green) Williams, he was educated at Punahou Preparatory School, 
1904-1906; Oahu College, 1906-1911, and Sheffield Scientific School, Yale 
University, Ph.B., 1914.
  Mr. Williams began his career as a surveyor Oct. 15, 1914. He served as 
timekeeper, Kukaiau Plantation Co., May 1, 1916-June 30, 1916; timekeeper, 
Hamakua Mill Co., July 1, 1916-May 6, 1918; assistant agriculturist, 
experiment station, H.S.P.A., Feb. 1, 1919-Dec. 31, 1920; associate 
agriculturist, Jan. 1, 1921-April 30, 1921; and at the Waiakea Mill Co., works 
superintendent, May 1, 1921-July 31, 1922; head overseer, Aug. 1, 1922-July 
30, 1924, assistant manager from Aug. 1, 1924, to Sept. 30, 1924; acting 
manager from Oct. 1, 1924, to Dec. 31, 1924, when he was appointed manager.
  From May 9, 1918, until Dec. 2, 1918, Mr. Williams was in the army, 
enlisting in the First Infantry, Schofield Barracks, and being assigned to the 
Officers’ Training School. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and served 
with the 25th Inf., and 1st Hawaiian Inf. He was ordered to Camp Grant, Ill., 
and was discharged Dec. 3, 1918, after the Armistice. He is a member of the 
Phi Gamma Delta national fraternity, Sigma Xi, Honorary fraternity, and the 
Hilo Yacht Club. He married Martha Tulloch, April 14, 1917, and they have one 
daughter, Patricia Wing Williams.


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