Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Macconel, James Murray September 20, 1881 - 
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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

JAMES MURRAY MACCONEL, Insurance Manager. In the insurance business since he 
was 17, when he began work in his native city of Glasgow, Scotland, James M. 
Macconel has held various responsible positions in Scotland and in Hawaii. 
Since 1918 he has been manager of the insurance department of the American 
Factors, Ltd.
  Starting as a clerk, Mr. Macconel advanced rapidly and held responsible 
positions in Glasgow. From 1903 to 1906 he was with the London & Lancashire 
Fire Insurance Co. there and for two years of that period was in charge of the 
loss department.
  Through friends, Mr. Macconel became interested in Hawaii and came here in 
the Spring of 1906, spending an eventful two weeks in San Francisco just after 
the earthquake and fire while awaiting transportation.
  Mr. Macconel joined the insurance department of Bishop & Co., remaining 
there four years. In 1910 he purchased an interest in the American-Hawaiian 
Paper Co., Ltd., which he disposed of some months later, and became associated 
with the Bishop Insurance Agency, Ltd. From 1911 to 1918 he was treasurer of 
the agency, when he assumed his present position.
  Mr. Macconel is a former member of the Machine Gun company of the National 
Guard of Hawaii, and is president of the Hawaii Rating Bureau and the Board of 
Fire Underwriters of the Territory of Hawaii. He is a golf and tennis 
enthusiast and holds membership in the Oahu Country, Commercial and Manoa 
Tennis Clubs, the Chamber of Commerce and Hawaiian Lodge, No. 21, F. & A.M.
  Born in Glasgow, Sept. 20, 1881, Mr. Macconel is the son of William and Jane 
(Murray) Macconel. He was educated at Wigton Academy, Cumberland, England. In 
1909 he married Margaret Kennedy in Honolulu.


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