Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright, Mistress Campbell was a member of the nobility of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Background
Abigail Kuaihelani Maipinepine Bright was born on August 22, 1858 on Lahaina, Maui. Her mother was Mary Kamai Hanaike and her father was John Maipinepine Bright. She is descended from the Kalanikini line of Maui chieftains, with some European-American ancestry on her father"s side.
Career
Their children were Margaret (1880–1882). Abigail (1882–1945), who became better-known as Abigail Campbell Kawānanakoa after marrying a Hawaiian prince. Alice Kamokilaikawai (1884–1971) (see Alice Campbell).
James, Junior.
(1886–1889). Muriel (Mrs Robert K) Shingle (1890–1951). Royalist (1893–1896).
And Beatrice (Mrs Francis) Wrigley. Daughter Alice Kamokila Campbell became active in the anti-statehood movement after the United States annexed Hawaiʻi, making it a Territory.
Daughter Margaret, son James Campbell, Junior. and two other daughters died young.
James Campbell, Senior died in 1900 and bequeathed his widow one-third of the estate during her lifetime. After the 1893 overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Abigail Campbell and Emma Nāwahī, wife of Joseph Nāwahī, became leaders of the Hawaiian native movement for protesting the takeover, called Hui Hawaiʻi Aloha ʻĀina o Na Wahine (Hawaiian Women"s Patriot League). She became its president
On January 4, 1902, widow Abigail Kuaihelani Campbell married widower Samuel Parker, half owner of Parker Ranch.
They had a private ceremony in the Occidental Hotel of San Francisco with a judge presiding. The Campbell estate owned the Saint James Hotel in San Jose, California.
The Parkers traveled to Washington, District of Columbia They returned to California February 2, 1902. lieutenant was rumored that Parker would be appointed as the next governor of the Territory of Hawaii.
George R. Carter was appointed instead.
They had no children. Campbell-Parker died November 1, 1908 after surgery for breast cancer.