Brother of Kitty Richardson Napela; described as a half-white; circuit judge and representative-elect to Hawaiian legislature at Wailuku, Maui, March 1851; served several terms in Hawaiian House of Representatives. (See Lydecker, Roster, Legislatures of Hawaii, 32, 35, 51, 55, 61, 64, 69, 74; GQC journal, Mar. 23, 30, Dec. 14, 1851; Jan. 1, 1853.)