Samuel Northrup Castle

Samuel Northrup Castle (August 12, 1808 –July 14, 1894) was a businessman and politician in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Early life

Samuel Northrup Castle was born August 12, 1808, in Cazenovia, New York. His middle name is sometimes spelled "Northrop". His father was Samuel Castle (1770–1847) whose mother was Eunice Northrup (1743–1807), and his mother was Phoebe Parmelee.[1]

He married Angeline Lorraine Tenney (1810–1841). He became a bank teller in Cleveland, Ohio. On December 14, 1836, the Castles sailed from Boston on the Mary Frazier.[2] Juliette Montague and Amos Starr Cooke were on the same ship, the eighth company of missionaries from the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions which arrived on April 9, 1837.

Career

Upon arrival in Honolulu as a layman he soon started to manage the financial affairs of the

Family

His first wife Angeline Lorraine Tenney gave birth to a daughter, Mary Tenney Castle, on May 9, 1838. Angeline died less than three years later on March 5, 1841.

Mary Tenney Castle married Edward Griffin Hitchcock on April 11, 1862. Hitchcock was son of missionaries Harvey Rexford Hitchcock (1800–1855) and Rebecca Howard (1808–1890), born in Lahaina on Maui in 1837, served as Marshal of the Republic of Hawaii, and died October 9, 1898.[9] Their grandson was all-American football player Harvey Rexford Hitchcock, Jr.[10]

He returned to the United States and married Mary Tenney (October 26, 1819 – March 13, 1907), the sister of Angeline, his first wife, on November 13, 1842, in West Exeter, New York. They were both daughters of Levi Tenney (1781–1869) who served in the War of 1812 and Mary Ann Kingsbury (1787–1853).[10] He returned to Hawaii in March 1843 with his new wife.

He had ten children with his second wife:

1) Samuel Castle died young October 27, 1843.

2) Charles Alfred Castle (December 16, 1844 – April 30, 1874) married Claire Eloise Coleman (1847–1917).

3) Harriet Angeline Castle (January 1, 1847 – 1924) married Charles Carson Coleman (1845–1935) on January 12, 1876.

4) William Richards Castle was born March 19, 1849, became a lawyer and politician, and died June 5, 1935. His son William Richards Castle, Jr. was author and diplomat.

5) George Parmele Castle (April 29, 1851 – 1932)[11] married distant cousin Ida Mary Tenney (1856–1944) on October 12, 1875, and had two daughters.[10]

6) Albert Tyler Castle (December 5, 1853 – November 14, 1864) died before his 11th birthday.

7) James Bicknell Castle (November 27, 1855 – April 4, 1918) greatly expanded Castle & Cooke in the sugar and railroad industries.[12] James B. Castle High School is named for him. He married Julia White and had son Harold Kainalu Long Castle (1886–1967) who became a large land-owner and philanthropist, sponsoring the Castle Medical Center.

8) Caroline Dickinson Castle (March 15, 1859 – 1941) married author William Drake Westervelt (1849–1939).

9) Helen Kingsbury Castle (August 5, 1860 – 1929) married George Herbert Mead in 1891.[13]

10) Henry Northrup Castle (August 22, 1862 – January 30, 1895) married Frida Steckner (1869–1890) and then Mabel Rosamond Wing (1864–1950) and died in the wreck of the SS Elbe. Henry introduced George Herbert Mead to his sister while the three were at Oberlin College.[14]

spouse	Angeline Tenney Mary Tenney
children	William Richards Castle James Bicknell Castle + others
birth date	August 12, 1808
birth place	Cazenovia, New York
death date	July 14, 1894
death place	Honolulu, Hawaii
occupation	Businessman, Politician

Samuel Northrup Castle

Early life

Career

Founder of Castle and Cooke

Appointment to the Privy Council

Other interests

Family

Death and legacy

Family tree

Further reading

References