Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Ashford, Huron Kanoelani May 20, 1890 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HURON KANOELANI ASHFORD, Attorney-at-Law. A son of the late Judge Clarence W. 
Ashford, one of Hawaii’s foremost lawyers and jurists, Huron K. Ashford 
represents the second generation of his family in the legal profession of the 
Territory. His father practiced law for years in Honolulu, served as attorney 
general of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1887 until 1890, during the reign of 
King Kalakaua, and later was a judge of the Circuit Court. Judge Ashford’s 
daughter, Miss Marguerite K. Ashford, is also practicing law in Honolulu.
  Huron Ashford was a clerk of the Circuit Court from 1914 to 1916, following 
the completion of his under graduate course at the University of California, 
and he later spent three years in newspaper work, on the staffs of the San 
Francisco Bulletin, Oakland Post, Honolulu Star-Bulletin and the Hilo Post-
Herald. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and United States 
District Court, District of Hawaii, in July, 1921, and was then appointed a 
deputy city and county attorney, serving until March 17, 1924, when he 
resigned to enter private practice.
  From 1920 to 1921 he was scout master of Troop 2, Kilauea Council, Boy 
Scouts of America, in Hilo. While in Hilo he was a member of the Board of 
Trade, serving on the publicity committee of that body in 1921, and was 
secretary of the Hawaii Auto Club. In 1915 and 1916 he was vice-president of 
the University of California Alumni. Mr. Ashford is a Mason, Knight Templar, 
Shriner and a member of the Commercial Club and Bar Association. He was born 
in Honolulu, May 20, 1890, the son of Clarence Wilder and Jennie (Robertson) 
Ashford. His early education was obtained at Punahou School and the College of 
Hawaii. In 1914 he was graduated from the University of California with the 
degree of B.L. and he took graduate law work at the University of California 
and Stanford University from 1916 to 1918. In 1919 he married Lillian R. Cooke 
of San Francisco and they have three children, Gordon R., James R., and 
Clinton R. Ashford.


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