Joseph Ballard Atherton

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

Joseph Ballard Atherton (1837–1903) ^[1] was a Honolulu businessman and a former president of Castle & Cooke. He was a member of the Annexation group, which overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was the founder of Honolulu YMCA. Atherton was a member of both Kalākaua's Privy Council of State and Liliʻuokalani's Privy Council of State.