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Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Atherton, Charles H. July 12, 1867 - 
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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

CHARLES H. ATHERTON, Corporation Official. Charles H. Atherton, elder son of 
the late Joseph B. Atherton, has devoted the major share of his business 
career to the firm of Castle & Cooke, Ltd., of which his father was president 
for many years. He entered the employ of Castle & Cooke when he left school in 
1887. His first position was that of buyer, and in turn he became assistant 
cashier, assistant treasurer, secretary and treasurer of the corporation, the 
office he now holds.
  In addition to his duties with Castle & Cooke, Mr. Atherton is vice-
president of the Hawaiian Construction and Draying Co., Ltd., vice-president 
of the Mutual Telephone Co., Ltd., vice-president of Young Brothers, Ltd., and 
vice-president of E. O. Hall & Son, Ltd.
  Representing the Castle & Cooke interests, he is treasurer of Ewa, Kohala 
and Waialua sugar plantations and of McCabe, Hamilton & Renny Co., Ltd., Oahu 
Railway & Land Co., Ltd., Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd., Honolulu Rapid Transit 
& Land Co., Ltd., and other corporations.
  Educational and philanthropic activities have had Mr. Atherton’s interest 
and he is a trustee of Central Union Church, president of the Library of 
Hawaii, and for years he has been a director of the Y.M.C.A. He is a member of 
the Beretania and Manoa Tennis, Commercial, Pacific, Oahu Country, University 
and Healani Boat Clubs.
  Charles H. Atherton was born in Honolulu July 12, 1867, the son of Joseph 
Ballard and Juliette Montague (Cooke) Atherton. His early education was 
received at Punahou School and Oakland High School, and he attended Oberlin 
College in 1884. He married Minnie Merriam of Ohio in 1887 and they have three 
children, Mrs. George S. Harris, Mrs. John B. Guard and Mrs. James F. Morgan.


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