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Majo Mills Image:jamescampbellhawaii.jpg/thumb/200px/James Campbell was, and through his estate continues to be, one of the wealthiest landowners in Hawai'i. He was also one of the patriarchs of the present-day House of Kawananakoa, a surviving royal family of Hawai'i.
'''James Campbell''' (
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Abbey Diaz 1900) is the founder of the '''Estate of James Campbell''', one of the largest and wealthiest landowners in the
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Majo Mills Territory of Hawaii/Territory of Hawai'i and present-day
Nextel ringtones Hawaii/State of Hawai'i. It is on land owned by the heirs of James Campbell that the
Sabrina Martins Kapolei, Hawaii/Second City of Kapolei is being developed, the largest and most modern of the
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courtship as Honolulu, Hawaii/Honolulu.
Early yearsJames Campbell was born in
cosmologist tony 1826 to William and Martha Campbell,
codefined concepts Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Campbell was the eighth child of twelve children. At the age of thirteen, Campbell boarded a ship leaving
old blacksmith Ireland for
too private New York City. For his first two years in the United States, Campbell followed in his father's footsteps as a carpenter. He then joined a whaling crew bound for the
information certifies South Pacific where the vessel was shipwrecked. Campbell survived by clinging onto debris and floated to a nearby island. He was captured by natives and held prisoner. He finally escaped by way of a ship bound for
busy fetching Tahiti where he settled and lived.
Lahaina, Mau'iIn
organizing cutters 1850, the young Irishman boarded another whaling ship which later arrived at the port of
ashcroft kevin Lahaina, Hawaii/Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of
prices why Maui/Mau'i. Campbell once again took up carpentry to make a living. It was at Lahaina that he met Hannah Barla. He married her but she unfortunately died in
grant got 1858. Though grief-stricken, Campbell tried to make do with what he inherited from his wife.
In
french withdrawal 1860, Campbell formed a partnership with
and announce entrepreneur/entrepreneurs Henry Turton and James Dunbar. They established a sugar processing plant, Pioneer Mill Company. With the thriving sugar industry in the
such jokes Kingdom of Hawaii/Kingdom of Hawai'i, Campbell became one of the wealthiest people in Lahaina. He used his profits to purchase land on the islands of
conservatism an Oahu/O'ahu,
deputy features Maui/Mau'i and the
wing modernists Hawaii (island)/Big Island of Hawai'i. In
unmissable photo 1877, Campbell cashed in his total worth and sold all his interests in the business.
Family lifeThe same year he left Pioneer Mill Company, Campbell married Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine. They had four children: Alice Kamokila Campbell, Beatrice Campbell and Muriel Campbell. The oldest,
toward funchal Abigail Kawananakoa/Abigail Wahiikaahuula, would marry
punning on David Kawananakoa/Prince David Kawananakoa of the reigning House of Kalakaua and assume the title of Princess of Hawai'i. Her children would later become heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of Hawai'i as the House of Kawananakoa, which survives today as the only genuine royal family of the United States.
Land holdingsWhile raising his family, Campbell ventured into real estate with purchases of massive parcels of land. One of his most controversial purchases was of dry, arrid and barren 41,000 acres (166 km²) in the Ewa District of O'ahu. Other businessmen criticized Campbell for making such a wasteful, unproductive investment and called him insane. Campbell hired James Ashley of California to drill water wells to supply his purchase with fresh irrigation. Campbell used the land for sugarcane production and profits poured into his coffers. Campbell continued to purchase underestimated plots of real estate and transformed them into productive agricultural districts. He died with USD $3 Million to his name, left in trust to his children and their heirs.
Resources* http://www.campbellestate.com/
* http://www.kapolei.com/
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