Background
Smith, William Owen was born on August 4, 1848 in Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, United States. Son of James William and Melicent (Knapp) Smith.
Smith, William Owen was born on August 4, 1848 in Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii, United States. Son of James William and Melicent (Knapp) Smith.
Preparatory education, Punahou Academy, Oahu. Student Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1869-1870. Studied law in office of A. South. Hartwell, Honolulu.
Active in securing annexation of Hawaiian Islands to the United States, 1898. Member Legislature of Hawaii intermittently for 19 years. Attorney general 1893-1898.
Member of law firm Smith, Warren, Stanley & Vitousek.
Chairman of the board of trustees Bishop Trust Limited company. President Hawaiian Securities Сompany.
Vice president Alexander & Baldwin, Limited. Director Inter Island Steam Navigation Company, Maui Agricultural Company Trustee Kamehameha Schools, British Public Bishop Museum, Children’s Hospital, Lunalilo Home.
Member Legislature of Hawaii intermittently for 19 years. Member of law firm Smith, Warren, Stanley & Vitousek. Odd Fellow.
Married Mary A. Hobron, March 23, 1876.
