Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Williamson, William April 29, 1874 - 
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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 WILLIAMSON, Stock Broker. As teacher, business man and legislator, 
William Williamson, Honolulu stock and bond broker, has been active in Hawaii 
since his arrival in 1899. He is now senior member of the firm of Williamson & 
Buttolph, stock and bond brokers.
  Mr. Williamson became an instructor in Latin and coached athletics at Oahu 
College upon his arrival in Honolulu, serving from 1899 to 1901. Before coming 
to the islands he had held a similar position at Kenyon Military Academy, 
Ohio. Entering the business field in 1901, he was employed for four years as a 
traveling salesman for the von Hamm-Young Co., Ltd. The stock and bond market 
and the sugar industry engaged his attention in 1905. With Guy H. Buttolph, 
Mr. Williamson organized the brokerage firm of Williamson & Buttolph in 1910 
and in 1915 he became president of the Kipahulu Sugar Co. He was appointed a 
trustee of the Bishop Estate, the Bishop Museum and Chas. R. Bishop Trust in 
1916.
  Mr. Williamson in 1907 served a year as commissioner of public instruction. 
He was a member of the house of representatives for two terms, 1911-13 and 
1915-17, and a member of the Hawaii County Investigation Commission from 1913 
to 1915.
  Born April 29, 1874, at Manchester, N.H., Mr. Williamson is the son of John 
Elliott and Mary (Collins) Williamson. The elder Mr. Williamson came to the 
United States in 1865 from Glasgow, Scotland, and enlisted in the Union Army.
  Mr. Williamson received his education in the public schools of Manchester, 
later graduating from Williams College with Phi Beta Kappa rank and receiving 
an A.B. degree in 1896. He completed a post-graduate course in 1897. He 
married Ada Tree Rhodes, Nov. 16, 1910, in Honolulu. They have one daughter, 
Ellen Tree Williamson. Mr. Williamson is a member of the University and Oahu 
Country clubs.

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