Joseph Ballard Atherton

Joseph Ballard Atherton
Joseph Ballard Atherton
Born(1837-11-09)November 9, 1837
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
DiedApril 7, 1903(1903-04-07) (aged 65)
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA
Occupation(s)businessman, philanthropist
SpouseJuliette Montague Cooke

Joseph Ballard Atherton (1837–1903) was a Honolulu businessman and a former president of Castle & Cooke. He was an early founder of Honolulu YMCA and in later life served as its president. He was a member of the Annexation group, which overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. Atherton was a member of both Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and Liliʻuokalani's Privy Council of State.

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