William Owen Smith

1848–1929 (age 81)

Biography

William Owen Smith was a lawyer and community leader whose firm presence in Honolulu's civic life spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He guided legal affairs with a sense of duty and valued the careful stewardship of public institutions that served the people of Oʻahu.

Those who knew him remember a thoughtful advocate for order and justice, one who measured his words and deeds with the interest of his neighbors in mind.

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