Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Cooke, Amos Francis December 23, 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

AMOS FRANCIS COOKE, Capitalist and Realtor. A son of Amos Starr and Juliette 
(Montague) Cooke, pioneer missionary educators to Hawaii, Amos Francis Cooke 
has seen the city of his birth develop from the straggling hamlet of the 50’s 
into the modern metropolis of today, a growth in which he was a considerable 
factor.
  During his long and active career, unpaved roads, saddle horses and pack-
teams have given way to macadam, swift motor cars and high-powered trucks. 
Airplanes now circle daily above merchant vessels in the harbor where once 
only sea birds followed in the wake of sailing craft. He has witnessed the 
crumbling and fall of a monarchy and the advent of a new political era which 
made Hawaii a Territory of the United States.
  Mr. Cooke started his business career with the firm of Castle & Cooke, 
founded in 1851 by his father and Samuel Northrup Castle. Entering the firm in 
1875, Mr. Cooke continued there until 1878, when he went to the Pacific 
Navigation Co. as manager. The company was engaged in inter-island and foreign 
trade between Honolulu and the South Seas. He resigned this position in 1887.
  Mr. Cooke in 1889 organized the Hawaiian Fertilizer Co., an enterprise which 
proved highly successful. He sold his interests in this concern in 1898.
  Possessing a keen business vision which foresaw the future value of real 
estate in growing Honolulu, Mr. Cooke in 1898 purchased the property of Bruce 
Cartwright in Palolo Valley, organizing the Palolo Land & Improvement Co., 
Ltd., in 1899. Since that time he has conducted a general real estate business.
  When revolution brought about the downfall of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893, 
Mr. Cooke was one of the leaders in the military units formed for public 
protection. He served in the Citizens’ Guard of that time and was a member of 
the National Guard under the Provisional Government and Republic, serving from 
1893 to 1899.
  Mr. Cooke was born in Honolulu, Dec. 23, 1851, the son of Amos Starr and 
Juliette (Montague) Cooke. He received his education at Oahu College, 
Honolulu, and at the University of Michigan. He taught at the Protestant 
Portuguese Mission, on Punchbowl, for 25 years.
  He married Lilanet Lidgate at Hilo, Hawaii, Nov. 6, 1879. They have two 
daughters, Margaret Montague Cooke and Juliette Annis (Cooke) Melanphy.
  Mr. Cooke is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.


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