Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-27
DEATH ENDS CAREER OF GOOD
OF MISS R0SALIE {. X. DAWSON
Mr. Dawson, married A. A. Montana.
Descendant of Liloa.

Mr. Dawson, married A. A. Montana
Descendant of LiIoa.
Through her mother she was a de,
scendant of Liloa, first king of Ha
vail, and the great great granddaugh
Ter OF the high chief Malulani and Ke.
lahuna (w), whose daughter Makaloa
married Kaha, the chief of Awini
whose sister Kahaopulani was the los
ter mother of Kamehameha the First.
| AHA, the daughter OF kaha ant ia
kaloa married Captain George b ,ck
ley, an English sea captain, and tine
first military commander of the Ha-
waiian fort which was built at the foot
of Fort street nearly a century asn
lie was made chief by kamehd neha,
and is also credited with the designing
of the first Hawaiian merchant fiag.
Through her grandfather Abram
Henry FayerYeather. she was the
great grandniece of Rev. James Rich
ards, one of the five young men who
became famous at the memorable
'haystack meeting" at Williams Col.
lege, where was laid the foundation
of foreign missions and through which
missionaries were afterward sent to
Hawaii Through her father she was
related to the Richmonds, Compstons
and Davisons of England, one of the
latter having been a secretary to
Queen Elizabeth.
Opened English School.
Miss Dawson first attended st. An
drew's Priory, of which Sister Bertha
was the head and Sisters Albertina
and Beatrice, teachers She afterward
attended the Fort street school under
Prof NJ. NJ Scott and finished there
with honors. She attended Oahu Col
lege in the class with Mrs Walter
Frear. A. NJ Brown, Horace Chamber
lain. Fred Whitney and many others.
She opened the first English school
in Manoa Valley for the government.
and after teaching there for few
years entered the Office of the board
Of education as school agent and later
became assistant secretary CT the
board under the late AIatau T. Akin
son. then the superintendent Of the
public schools of the territory Dur
ing her incumbency she was selected
as commissioner of education to rep
resent Hawaii at the Buffalo EXPOSE
ton.
When the Humane Society was
first organized by the women of Ho-
nolulu four years ago, Miss Dawson
received the appointment as special
humane officer. Shortly after she
received a police commission from
Sheriff Curtis p. Iaukea as humane
officer for the department, serving
FOR two years. She held the position
as special officer for the Humane
Society until the last annual meeting
in October, when she was forced to
cease her duties on account of i'll
ness. Known as one of the best
horsewcmen in the islands, Miss
Dawson was devoted to horses and
dogs and from her childhood was a
champion to their interests. This love
for animals prompted the director
general OF the 1913 floral parade to
ask her to take charge Of the pau
section of the pageant, but she was
unable to assume these duties on ac-
count Of indisposition.
Was Thorough official
Her work as special officer for the
society was one which was performed
with a peculiar degree of interest;
she was out early and late making in
snections, taking mules and horses
out of the shafts Ia the streets com