one of the major business people in the early years of Hawaii's economic and industrial development. He died on April 7, 1918 and was buried in Oahu Cemetery. Two days before, James Bicknell Castle, a distant cousin of his wife and a partner in sugarcane plantation ventures, died. His son Walter F. Dillingham (1875–1963) would also become a businessman in Oahu. His wife Emma Louise Smith Dillingham wrote a book of poetry on Diamond Head. His daughter Mary Emma (known as May) Dillingham married Walter Francis Frear (1863–1948) who became Governor of the Territory of Hawaii 1907–1913. The next governor from 1913 to 1918, Lucius Pinkham, was a Democrat, although he had worked for Dillingham at OR&L 1892–1894 and as manager of his hardware company 1898–1903. Two sons died young, Charles Augustus Dillingham (1872–1874) and Alfred Hubbard Dillingham (1880–1880). Youngest son Harold Garfield Dillingham (October 9, 1881 – December 19, 1971) married Margaret Bayard Hyde-Smith in 1908 and had 5 children. Youngest daughter Marion Eleanor Dillingham (September 23, 1883 – January 19, 1972) married John Pinney Erdman in 1904 and had five children. Benjamin Dillingham played an important role in the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, he created a railroad system that helped transport sugar and pineapples, which made the sugar industry more efficient. References Further reading 1844 births 1918 deaths Burials at Oahu Cemetery Businesspeople from Hawaii Clerks Independent (Kuokoa) Party politicians Hawaiian Kingdom politicians People associated with the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom 19th-century American businesspeople