Everton Conger and Hawaii

[Rob Wick]

Actually, Joseph Poindexter was Conger's son-in-law. He had married Conger's daughter, Margaret in 1897. In 1917 he was appointed by Woodrow Wilson to a territorial judgeship in Hawaii. The family moved from Montana, although Margaret was suffering from pernicious anemia. A few months after the move in March of 1918, Margaret died. Conger's granddaughter, Helen P. Morgan, told me after her mother's death, Conger lost his will to live. Two months later, Conger suffered a massive stroke which claimed his life. There was a funeral service in Honolulu but his body was returned to Dillon, Montana where it was buried.

Joseph Poindexter was appointed territorial governor of Hawaii by FDR in 1938. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Poindexter announced he was placing the territory under martial law, where it would stay in force until 1943. Poindexter's term was up in 1942.

Somewhere in my files I have a photo taken of the family before they left for Hawaii.

Best
Rob