Teacher in the Reverend Elias Bond’s church in Kohala, Hawai‘i, prior to his baptism; ordained the presiding priest of the Kohala Branch in June 1853; ordained elder in Kane‘ohe, O‘ahu, and called on mission to Big Island in March 1854. (See Tanner journal, June 15, 1853; GQC journal, Mar. 10, 13, 1854.)