The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-05-29
" MbRSHlL" PARK DEAD
A Veteran Public Servant GOn9 /,
His lest,
rhirty-fonr Years Marshal OF
the Kingdom.
sketch If a Remarkable Career

q sketch If a Remarkable Career
Y The Hon. w. G. Parke hreathed
shis last mt three O'Clock this mornings
8at his residence, Richards street,
Fnear the Hawaiian Hotel. The de-
sceased had been unable TO attend toI
khis business for the past month orE
ESQ, and he last few days his imme
5liate friends saw that the end was
adrawing near. He passed away mi
ja peaceful manner.
Z William Cooper Parkc was bolnl
Cat Portsmouth,, New Hampshire,
: September 2lst, 1922, consequently
n was nearly sixty-scyen years of age
Eat tue Jimi o, his death. When Il!
Ks @younc man he learned the cabinet
smaking business. He arrived In the;
Uislands in the brig Delaware, Cap
a tain ID. +. PehhalIow, in 1S43.
81 Soon after arrival he went into the
IcabinGt- making business with Il. a.
,aS. Wood, under the firm name otI
S Wood d rsrke. rheir place of hu-
,slsiness was on Hotel street, directly;
.gopposte NJ. +. Horns bakery. Mr..
u Parke WAS an eX ;elent workman i
4 in fact, 1t is said 10y those who know
ISthat he was on of the best that
4 ever came &c the islards. There.
g1 are lots of urhiture in his city at
81 the present tine made b. him. AM
W article in de poYnesian for 1874
Nspcais very highl +; of some work he
s4had finished for resident Of lonu-
#luIu. Mr. w. +. HerricX has now
Gin use liz his workshop TIE first turn
tHing lat e lntrod iced here, which
was imoor ed by Mr.. larke and IS
sstill in first class condition. To the
sS last Mr.. Pa Ike hal retained in his
Gown possession some of the ex-
81 cellett toos con stitulipg bis plant.
x In 1549 he went en- visit to Cali
81 fornla. While there he vas troubled
81 with n feloI OF his right hand, ar d
"a Sunderwent an operation Which LETT
B; the first anl second fin: ers or his
e hano st IF, consec uently he was un-
3 able 10 ioll, wv his trade.
"a H returned TO Honolulu in 1880
&Hand was appointed MAJ sha! Of the
" Hawaiian Islands on Jun e S1h CT the
81 same year. He served as Marshal
asof the Kingdom under L<aneha
aameha Ill, w., and v, LunaliIo
#and for ter years under the present
Eg King. being removed from office l'y
81 the Gibson administration in Octo-
s9ber, 1854. A daJ or 50 after bis
ysremoval the following resolutions
were adopted by The members of the
81 Hawaiian bar:
"a "Whereas, William Z. Parke.
Il Esqr., has been retrel from tie
asoflice of Marshal of the Einsdom,
fNwhioh be has honorably held for the
&; last thirty years;
& "Be it Resolved: THAT we,
Ia members CT tie Hawaiian har, here
f& hy express our sincere regret at his
E,S retirement, and cheerfully RECORD
81 our warm appr, citation of his long
"a and faithful official service in those
ssduties relating to the practice of the
"a Courts of the Kingdom. We feel
81 that the judiciary has lost coull,
So eous, pronpt and vigilant officer.
4s.s "2-That our best wishes for his
81 prosperity and happiness follow hin
Into the walks of private Iiie."
8 The foregoing resolutions were
signed by all the members of tn,
S bar, and brief eulugIstic remarks
"a were made by Chief Justice judo
:s and Judge McCully for the Cour
sEand by several members of the bar
ga On February l5, 1856, Mr.. Park,
,Eswas united IN marriage to Mis-
Eg Annie, daughter of Hon. Luthe
ESSeverarce, u. S. Commissioner L
s5thc islands. The ceremony WA
EAperformed by Rev. DR.. S. c. Da
;# mon at Washington Place.
E The lee aased Vas great favor
Eite with the Iiamehamehas an,
Hburicd them ell Gown from Kameha
80 meha III. be assisted Judge lie
55in getting the tag Pee and tn
u dredge hore. He made severe
fs trips to tie East and vas wei
~ known ant, mach respet ted in BIS
MS ton, Mass, where he spent & fe
EAweeks within the past year.
By He was appointed member {
#sIIis Maze itys Privy Council {
&NSlatc Nov. 2, 1874; WIS a Kniel
& Companior OF the Royd Order {
ENKalAehamrha ard Commander (
T 18th Royal Order OF the Grown {
&s Hawaii. The deceased was char
! sS er member of Excelsior Ledge n,
E /, [. o. .. f., in fl ct the or
lE one living on the Islands. J
i Hawas an honorary SD degree Mas,
M and a memoer of tie folowir
# lodges; 'olyne5ian Encalnpmc
/ EsNO. / |. o. o. f; H-wa!iah, n
M2l, 7. anC A N Honolrlu Cha
u Mter M. /, Royal Arch Masoh
G RS Honolulu Commsndery M.
HKniehts Ienpl4r; l.anehame'
Lodge of Perfection No. /, A. al
IA. S. r.; Nuuanu Chapter of Ro
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