Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Woods, Samuel Parker February 19, 1878 - 
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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

SAMUEL PARKER WOODS, Rancher and Public Official. Member of a pioneer family 
that has long been identified with the agricultural development of the Island 
of Hawaii, Samuel P. Woods, vice president and a director of the Kohala Ranch 
Co., Puuhue, since 1902, has also held many public offices and served as an 
officer in the army during the World War.
  Born Feb. 19, 1878, at Puuhue, North Kohala, Hawaii, he is the son of James 
and Mary (Parker) Woods. He was educated in the public and private schools of 
Honolulu and began work in the office of Theo. H. Davies & Co., Ltd., in 1893, 
but returned to Kohala in 1901 and engaged in ranching.
  Mr. Woods was appointed deputy tax assessor and collector for the North 
Kohala district in July, 1915, and was chosen vice-president and director of 
the Kohala Pineapple Co. in 1920. He was a member of the board of 
registration, 1914-1918; board of prison inspectors, 1915-1918; jury 
commissioner, 1914-1918; board of liquor commissioners, 1914-1919, and has 
been commissioner of public instruction since 1919; agent, territorial farm 
loan board, since 1919, and fire warden since 1906. He served in the National 
Guard of Hawaii, second lieutenant, 1915; captain, 1916; captain, United 
States Army, June 1, 1918, to Fe. 14, 1919, and has held a commission as major 
in the Infantry Reserve Corps since April 15, 1919.
  Mr. Woods is a member of Kilauea Lodge No. 330, F. & A.M., a Shriner (Aloha 
Temple), past commander of Kohala Post No. 4, American Legion, and a member of 
the Sons of the American Revolution. He married Rose C. Hemmingway in 
Honolulu, Aug. 27, 1907.


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