Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Castle, Samuel N. August 12, 1808 - July 14, 1894
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925.
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

SAMUEL N. CASTLE, Early Builder of Hawaii. Among the 27 men and women who 
sailed from Boston, Dec. 14, 1836, on the barque “Mary Frazier,” bound for the 
far-distant “Sandwich Islands,” were two men who were destined to play major 
roles in the upbuilding of Hawaii. They were Samuel N. Castle and Amos Starr 
Cooke who, accompanied by their wives, Mary Tenney Castle and Juliette 
Montague Cooke, arrived in Honolulu, April 9, 1837, members of the eighth 
company of American missionaries to Hawaii.
  During their long and useful lives, both men contributed greatly to that 
period of early development which made possible the Hawaii of today. They 
founded the firm of Castle & Cooke, Ltd., sugar factors and shipping agents in 
1851. Mr. Castle was a layman. His position was that of financial agent of the 
American Board of Missions for the Hawaiian Islands, a post which he had 
accepted after resigning as cashier of a bank in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1836.
  For 14 years he labored for the promotion of the missionary work and retired 
in 1851 to engage in business with Mr. Cooke only when it appeared necessary 
to provide commercial facilities for the rapidly growing community.
  The firm of Castle & Cooke, Ltd., today one of the largest business 
institutions of Hawaii, is a direct outgrowth of the early association of 
Samuel N. Castle and Amos Starr Cooke. Mr. Castle, who almost attained the age 
of 86, was a venerable and respected figure in Honolulu during the late years 
of the last century, a man loved for his kindliness and benefactions and whose 
sound advice was sought by the “youngsters” who were beginning to carry on.
  Always a considerate friend and adviser of the Hawaiian people, Mr. Castle 
frequently was called to public service. He was privy councilor in 1863, 
president of the Hawaiian legislature, 1864-5, and was appointed to the house 
of nobles by King Kalakaua.
  Samuel N. Castle was born in Cazenovia, N.Y., August 12, 1808, and died in 
Honolulu on July 14, 1894. He was twice married, to Angeline Lorraine (Tenney) 
Castle and to Mary (Tenney) Castle, who died in 1907. The 10 children of Mr. 
Castle were Samuel Castle, Charles Alfred Castle, Harriet A. Castle, William 
Richards Castle, George Parmalee Castle, Albert Tyler Castle, James Bicknell 
Castle, Caroline D. Castle, Helen K. Castle and Henry Northrup Castle.


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