Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Macfarlane, Lewis J. January 17, 1865 - 
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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

LEWIS J. MACFARLANE, Coffee Planter. One of the pioneers who have made the 
Kona coffee of Hawaii known throughout the world, Lewis J. Macfarlane has been 
manager of the Captain Cook Coffee Co., at Kealakekua, Hawaii, for almost a 
score of years, taking that position after long service in the cattle raising 
industry.
  Born in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 17, 1865, the son of Walter and Anna 
Macfarlane, his preliminary education was obtained from private schooling, and 
he attended the Edinburgh Collegiate and Edinburgh University. Mr. Macfarlane 
arrived in Hawaii at the dawn of the Twentieth Century and became a bookkeeper 
at the Hawi Plantation, Kohala, in 1901. He served as manager of the Puuwaawaa 
Ranch, Hawaii, 1902-1903, and was made manager of the Hind Estate, Kona, 
Hawaii, in 1903. On the amalgamation of the Hind Estate and the Captain Cook 
Coffee Co., in 1909, he was made manager.
  He is a member of the Oahu Country and Commercial Clubs, Honolulu British 
Club, Hilo Yacht and Automobile Clubs.


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