Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Castle, George Parmele April 29, 1851 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, published by the Honolulu Star-Bulletin Ltd., Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

GEORGE PARMELE CASTLE, Retired Capitalist. The long and active career of 
George P. Castle is a link between the old Hawaii of the monarchy and the 
modern American Territory of today, a transition which he witnessed and in the 
working out of which he was a part.
  One of the surviving sons of the late Samuel Northrup Castle, early American 
missionary to Hawaii and who, with the late Amos S. Cooke, founded Castle & 
Cooke, Ltd., Mr. Castle is a member of the second generation of one of the 
best known and most prominent families in the Islands.
  Although retired from business, and past the three score and ten mark in 
age, Mr. Castle is an active force in Honolulu as a philanthropist and 
supporter of movements for civic betterment.
  For many years he was an influential figure in Castle & Cooke. His education 
completed, he entered the firm in 1875 as a clerk, acquiring an interest in 
the business in 1882. When the firm was incorporated in 1894, Mr. Castle 
became vice-president, continuing in this capacity until the late Joseph B. 
Atherton died in 1903, when he was made president. He retired from the 
presidency in 1916, and was succeeded by E. D. Tenney. He is still a vice-
president.
  During the revolutionary period of Hawaiian history, from the Wilcox 
rebellion to the final surrender of the monarchy to the provisional government 
in 1893, Mr. Castle was one of the citizens who maintained order. He was a 
member of the Honolulu Rifles and of the Citizens’ Guard. After the 
establishment of the Republic of Hawaii, he was elected a member of the 
advisory council.
  Throughout his career, Mr. Castle has been interested in educational 
movements and has played an important part in church activities. He has aided 
in the development of the Mid-Pacific Institute, Hilo Boarding School and 
other educational institutions in which he has served as trustee. Since 1867 
he has been connected with the Kawaiahao Sunday School.
  Besides his present affiliation with Castle & Cooke, Ltd., Mr. Castle is a 
director of the First National Bank of Hawaii and First American Savings and 
Trust Co. of Hawaii. He is also a director of the S. N. Castle Estate, Ltd., 
and Ewa plantation, and a trustee of the Mary Castle Trust.
  Mr. Castle was born in Honolulu, April 29, 1851, the son of Samuel Northrup 
and Mary Castle. He was educated at Punahou School in Honolulu, and later 
spent one year at the University of Michigan and a year at Detroit Medical 
School, Detroit.
  Mr. Castle and Ida Mary Tenney were married at Hilo, Hawaii, October 17, 
1879. They had two children, Dorothy Castle and Margaret (Castle) Tozzer, wife 
of Prof. Alfred M. Tozzer of Harvard University.
  Mr. Castle is a member of Excelsior Lodge, I.O.O.F., and an active member of 
the Hawaiian Board of Missions.


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