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Index to Locations
Kent Hillcrest Burial Park
Kent Tahoma National Cemetery
Lake Forest Park Acacia Memorial
Park
Renton Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Seattle Calvary Cemetery
Seattle Evergreen-Washelli Memorial
Park
Seattle Lake View Cemetery
Seattle Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Seattle Old Seattle Cemetery
Seattle Volunteer Park
Seattle Woodland Park
Seattle Wright Crematory and
Columbarium
Hillcrest Burial
Park
Kent, King County, Washington
| Politicians buried
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Ralph Ashley Horr (1884-1960) —
also known as Ralph A. Horr —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Saybrook, McLean
County, Ill., August
12, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1931-33; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1934; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Washington, 1940;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1948.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
26, 1960 (age 75 years, 167
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest Burial Park.
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Christian Christenson (1858-1946) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Denmark,
1858.
Mayor
of Everett, Wash., 1912-14.
Danish
ancestry.
Died February
16, 1946 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Hillcrest Burial Park.
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Tahoma National
Cemetery
18600 Southeast 240th Street
Kent, King County, Washington
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Acacia Memorial
Park
14951 Bothell Way N.E.
Lake Forest Park, King County, Washington
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Arthur Bernard Langlie (1900-1966) —
also known as Arthur B. Langlie —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Lanesboro, Fillmore
County, Minn., July 25,
1900.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1938-41; defeated, 1936; resigned 1941; Governor of
Washington, 1941-45, 1949-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Washington, 1944,
1948,
1952
(Honorary
Vice-President; speaker),
1956;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 24,
1966 (age 65 years, 364
days).
Interment at Acacia Memorial Park.
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John Franklin Miller (1862-1936) —
also known as John F. Miller —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind., June 9,
1862.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1917-31; defeated,
1932.
Died May 28,
1936 (age 73 years, 354
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Warren Grant Magnuson (1905-1989) —
also known as Warren G. Magnuson;
"Maggie" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Moorhead, Clay
County, Minn., April
12, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Washington state constitutional convention, 1933; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1933-34; King
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1934-36; U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1937-44; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1944-81; defeated, 1980; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Sons
of Norway; Theta
Chi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 20,
1989 (age 84 years, 38
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Lloyd Llewellyn Black (1889-1950) —
also known as Lloyd L. Black —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., March
15, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Snohomish
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1917-19; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 2nd District, 1924; superior court
judge in Washington, 1936-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1939-50;
died in office 1950.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Redmen.
Died August
23, 1950 (age 61 years, 161
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Frank William Towey Jr. (1895-1979) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., November
5, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 12th District, 1937-39; defeated,
1938.
Died in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., September
4, 1979 (age 83 years, 303
days).
Interment at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Adolfo Bracons (1862-1952) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1862.
Honorary
Vice-Consul for Guatemala in Seattle,
Wash., 1931; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Seattle,
Wash., 1934-35; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Seattle,
Wash., 1935-44; Honorary
Consul for Panama in Seattle,
Wash., 1935; Honorary
Consul for Uruguay in Seattle,
Wash., 1940-48.
Died in 1952
(age about
90 years).
Interment at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Clyde C. Chittenden (1860-1953) —
of Cadillac, Wexford
County, Mich.; Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash.
Born in New York, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; sawmill
owner; real estate
business; member of Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1895-96; circuit
judge in Michigan 28th Circuit, 1900-09.
Died in Lake City (now part of Seattle), King
County, Wash., April
12, 1953 (age about 92
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of William Fletcher Chittenden and Mary Jane (Wheeler) Chittenden;
married to Grace Guild. |
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memorial |
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Alston Fairservice (1864-1938) —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Clallam Bay, Clallam
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Quebec,
October
24, 1864.
Republican. Merchant;
lumber and
timber business; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington,
1920.
Died, in Providence Hospital,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
9, 1938 (age 73 years, 289
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Acacia Memorial Park.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
100 Blaine Ave. N.E.
Renton, King County, Washington
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Victor Aloysius Meyers (c.1898-1991) —
also known as Victor A. Meyers; Vic Meyers;
"The Clown Prince of Politics"; "The
Pagliacci of Politics" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Little Falls, Morrison
County, Minn., about 1898.
Musician and
bandleader; comedian;
candidate for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1932, 1938, 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1933-52; secretary
of state of Washington, 1957-64.
Died May 27,
1991 (age about 93
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Calvary
Cemetery
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians buried
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John Francis Dore (1881-1938) —
also known as John F. Dore —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
11, 1881.
Newspaper
work; lawyer; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1932-34, 1936-38.
Died, from complications of pneumonia
and influenza,
Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
18, 1938 (age 56 years, 128
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Collins (1835-1903) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ireland,
1835.
Democrat. Lumber
business; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1873-74.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
22, 1903 (age about 67
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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John Andrew Cherberg (1910-1992) —
also known as John A. Cherberg —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., October
17, 1910.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; Lieutenant
Governor of Washington, 1957-89; candidate for mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1964; account executive, KIRO-TV television
station.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Sigma
Nu.
Died April 8,
1992 (age 81 years, 174
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Cherberg and Annie (Rand) Cherberg; married, August
17, 1935, to Elizabeth Ann Walker. |
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Dudley Goodall Wooten (1860-1929) —
also known as Dudley G. Wooten —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., June 19,
1860.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1890-92; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1901.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
7, 1929 (age 68 years, 233
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Edward C. Cheasty (1864-1914) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1864.
Democrat. Haberdashery
business; Honorary Vice-President, Democratic National
Convention, 1904.
Jumped
from his window on the 10th floor of the Hotel
Washington, and fell to
his death on the pavement below, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 12,
1914 (age about 49
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park
11111 Aurora Avenue North
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Hiram Charles Gill (1866-1919) —
also known as Hiram C. Gill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born July 23,
1866.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1910-11, 1914-18; recalled 1911; defeated,
1912.
Recalled
from office as mayor in 1911 over his permissive
attitude toward gambling and prostitution.
Died January
7, 1919 (age 52 years, 168
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Frank DeWitt Black (1854-1919) —
also known as Frank D. Black —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in McConnelsville, Morgan
County, Ohio, 1854.
Republican. Banker;
president, Wallace Lumber
Company; vice-president, Sterling Ship
Company; director, Seattle Hardware
Company; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1896; resigned 1896.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 11,
1919 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Republican. Lecturer;
writer;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Soroptimists;
League of
Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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James Theodore Ronald (1855-1950) —
also known as James T. Ronald —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Caledonia, Washington
County, Mo., April 8,
1855.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1892-94; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1900; superior court
judge in Washington, 1909-49.
Died, from influenza,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
27, 1950 (age 95 years, 263
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Watson Carvosso Squire (1838-1926) —
also known as Watson C. Squire —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Cape Vincent, Jefferson
County, N.Y., May 18,
1838.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1884-87; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 7,
1926 (age 88 years, 20
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Henry McBride (1856-1937) —
of Washington.
Born in Farmington, Davis
County, Utah, February
7, 1856.
Governor
of Washington, 1901-05; defeated, 1916.
Died October
6, 1937 (age 81 years, 241
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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John Philo Hoyt (1841-1926) —
also known as John P. Hoyt —
of Tuscola
County, Mich.
Born near Austinburg, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, October
6, 1841.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Tuscola County, 1873-76; Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1875-76; secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1876; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1877-78; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87; delegate
to Washington state constitutional convention, 1889; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1890-97.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
27, 1926 (age 84 years, 325
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Thomas Burke (1849-1925) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, N.Y., December
22, 1849.
Lawyer;
King
County Probate Judge, 1876-80; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1880; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1888-89.
While speaking at the semi-annual
meeting of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, he
suffered a stroke of
apoplexy and died, in the offices
of the Carnegie Foundation, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
4, 1925 (age 75 years, 347
days). Present at the meeting were Nicholas
Murray Butler (who caught him as he collapsed), Elihu
Root, Robert
Lansing, John
W. Davis, David
Jayne Hill, Gov. Andrew
Jackson Montague, Sen. LeRoy
Percy, and others.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of James Burke and Bridget Della (Ryan) Burke; married, October
6, 1879, to Caroline E. McGilvra. |
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Marion Anthony Zioncheck (1901-1936) —
also known as Marion A. Zioncheck —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Kety, Galicia, Poland,
December
5, 1901.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1933-36; died in
office 1936.
While running
for re-election, he jumped
from the window of his campaign
office in the Arctic Building, and fell to
his death, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
7, 1936 (age 34 years, 246
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Thomas Minor Pelly (1902-1973) —
also known as Tom Pelly —
of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
22, 1902.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Washington 1st District, 1953-73.
Died in Ojai, Ventura
County, Calif., November
21, 1973 (age 71 years, 91
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Roy William Wier (1888-1963) —
also known as Roy W. Wier —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Redfield, Spink
County, S.Dak., February
25, 1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1933-39; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1949-61; defeated,
1946, 1960; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Minnesota, 1960.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 27,
1963 (age 75 years, 122
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Donald Hammer Magnuson (1911-1979) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Freeman, Spokane
County, Wash., March 7,
1911.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1953-63 (at-large 1953-59, 7th
District 1959-63).
Presbyterian.
Member, Theta
Xi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
5, 1979 (age 68 years, 212
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Robert Chancellor Saunders Jr. (1864-1922) —
also known as Robert C. Saunders —
of Pine
County, Minn.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
24, 1864.
Pine
County Attorney, 1893-95, 1897-99; candidate for Minnesota
state attorney general, 1898; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., January
31, 1922 (age 57 years, 38
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932) —
also known as A. Scott Bullitt —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
23, 1877.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,
1924
(alternate), 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1926; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1928.
Died of cancer,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
10, 1932 (age 55 years, 78
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brother
of William
Marshall Bullitt (who married Nora
Iasigi); married, May 16,
1918, to Dorothy Frances Stimson; great-grandson of Alexander
Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) and William
Logan; great-grandnephew of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second great-grandson of John
Fry and Cuthbert
Bullitt; second great-grandnephew of William
Christian; third great-grandson of Joshua
Fry; fourth great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of William
Christian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed of James
Speed and William
Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall and James
Keith Marshall; first cousin five times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin once removed of John
Augustine Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Hugh
Kennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Burton Ellsworth Bennett (1863-1929) —
also known as Burton E. Bennett —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., April
17, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1895-98.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Clinton S. Harley (born c.1878) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ohio, about 1878.
Republican. Cemetery
operator; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1943-45; member of Washington
state senate 43rd District, 1947.
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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John Plunkett McLean (c.1883-1965) —
also known as J. P. McLean; "One-Horse
McLean" —
of Whitefish, Flathead
County, Mont.
Born about 1883.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1924.
Publisher of "The One Horse News".
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
3, 1965 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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John Denny (1793-1875) —
of Knox
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mercer
County, Ky., May 4,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1849-50.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 28,
1875 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Original interment at Old Seattle Cemetery;
reinterment in 1884 at Lake View Cemetery;
cenotaph at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Lake View
Cemetery
Seattle, King County, Washington
Founded 1872
| Politicians buried
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Thomas Jefferson Humes (1849-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Humes —
of Washington
County, Kan.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
14, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1877-80; superior court judge in
Washington, 1890; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1897-1904.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, November
9, 1904 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Tenny Jordan (1832-1886) —
also known as John T. Jordan —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1832.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1871-72, 1873; appointed 1873.
Died March 3,
1886 (age about 53
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry L. Yesler (1810-1892) —
of Massillon, Stark
County, Ohio; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Washington
County, Md., November
30, 1810.
Republican. Carpenter;
millwright;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1874-75, 1885-86.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
16, 1892 (age 82 years, 16
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Richard Achilles Ballinger (1858-1922) —
also known as Richard A. Ballinger —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Boonesborough (now Boone), Boone
County, Iowa, July 9,
1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1894-97; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1904-06; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1909-11; resigned 1911.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 6,
1922 (age 63 years, 332
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry Allen Atkins (1827-1885) —
also known as Henry A. Atkins —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1827.
Republican. Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1869-71; appointed 1869.
Died in 1885
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German
ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve and Maria (Claussen) von
Struve; married 1863 to
Lascelle Florence Knighton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Moran (1857-1943) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born January
26, 1857.
Republican. Shipbuilder;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1888-90.
Died March
28, 1943 (age 86 years, 61
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Beriah Brown (1815-1900) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
23, 1815.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1878-79.
Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge
County, Mont., February
8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Henry Shoudy (1830-1901) —
also known as William H. Shoudy —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., May 3,
1830.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1886-87.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
19, 1901 (age 71 years, 139
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel Shoudy and Rebecca (Hamstraut) Shoudy; married 1851 to Martha
Frances Crismon. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Leary (1837-1905) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New
Brunswick, November
3, 1837.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1884-85; defeated, 1892.
Died February
8, 1905 (age 67 years, 97
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Corliss P. Stone (1838-1906) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin
County, Vt., March
20, 1838.
Mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1872-73.
Caused a scandal
in 1873, when he suddenly vacated
his mayoralty; he fled
to San Francisco with a
married woman and $15,000 he had embezzled
from his firm. Later returned to Seattle.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
14, 1906 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William D. Wood (1858-1917) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born December
1, 1858.
Lawyer;
real
estate developer; King
County Probate Judge, 1884; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1896-97; appointed 1896; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush.
Died, from an intestinal
ailment, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., March
23, 1917 (age 58 years, 112
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Edward Carroll (1877-1955) —
also known as John E. Carroll —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
15, 1877.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1941; appointed 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Shelton, Mason
County, Wash., February
22, 1955 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Moses R. Maddocks (1833-1919) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born November
13, 1833.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1873.
Died February
25, 1919 (age 85 years, 104
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Elisha Peyre Ferry (1825-1895) —
also known as Elisha P. Ferry —
of Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Monroe
County, Mich., August
9, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; postmaster at Waukegan,
Ill., 1853-54; village
president of Waukegan, Illinois, 1856-57; mayor
of Waukegan, Ill., 1859; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Lake County,
1862; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Washington, 1871; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1872-80; vice-president, Puget Sound
National Bank; Governor of
Washington, 1889-93.
French
ancestry.
Died of pneumonia
and congestive
heart failure, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
14, 1895 (age 70 years, 66
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Samuel Henry Piles (1858-1940) —
also known as Samuel H. Piles —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Smithland, Livingston
County, Ky., December
28, 1858.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1905-11; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1922-28.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March
11, 1940 (age 81 years, 74
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Beard Allen (1845-1903) —
also known as John B. Allen —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., May 18,
1845.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Washington, 1875-85; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1889; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1889-93.
Died, from angina
pectoris, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
28, 1903 (age 57 years, 255
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Augustus E. Alden (1837-1886) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, November
24, 1837.
Mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1867-69.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April
23, 1886 (age 48 years, 150
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Elijah Sherman Grammer (1868-1936) —
of Washington.
Born in Quincy, Hickory
County, Mo., April 3,
1868.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1932-33.
Died of coronary
thrombosis, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., November
19, 1936 (age 68 years, 230
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Cornelius Hanford (1849-1926) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Van Buren
County, Iowa, April
21, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member
Washington territorial council, 1877; member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
District Judge for Washington, 1890-1905; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1905-12;
resigned 1912.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Resigned
as judge under threat of
impeachment, 1912.
Died in 1926
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Hanford and Abby J. (Holgate) Hanford; married, November
15, 1875, to Clara M. Baldwin. |
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Arthur Armstrong Denny (1822-1899) —
also known as Arthur A. Denny —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Salem, Washington
County, Ind., June 20,
1822.
Postmaster at Seattle,
Wash., 1852-53, 1854-55; member of Washington
territorial House of Representatives, 1853-61; member
Washington territorial council, 1862-63; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1865-67.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
9, 1899 (age 76 years, 203
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Edgar Battle (1856-1940) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., May 30,
1856.
Democrat. Postmaster at Seattle,
Wash., 1913-23.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., December
30, 1940 (age 84 years, 214
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Nicholas Williams Battle and Mary Ann (Cabaniss)
Battle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Farrand Prosser (1834-1911) —
also known as William F. Prosser —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1834.
Republican. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1869-71; postmaster
at Nashville,
Tenn., 1871-74.
Died September
23, 1911 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Goon Dip (c.1862-1933) —
also known as "Goon Yun-dip"; "Goon
Kay-sahn" —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in China,
about 1862.
Dry goods
merchant; hotelier;
Honorary
Consul for China in Seattle,
Wash., 1909-31.
Chinese
ancestry.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
12, 1933 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Edwin Hughes (1855-1909) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in England,
1855.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; steamship
agent; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Seattle,
Wash., 1897-1902.
English
ancestry.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
6, 1909 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John Denny (1793-1875) —
of Knox
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mercer
County, Ky., May 4,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1849-50.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 28,
1875 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Original interment at Old Seattle Cemetery;
reinterment in 1884 at Lake View Cemetery; cenotaph at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
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Ohlin H. Adsit (1855-1909) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in 1855.
Went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1902-04.
Died August
8, 1909 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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William Montross Inglis (1875-1932) —
also known as William M. Inglis —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clyde Township, St. Clair
County, Mich., January
7, 1875.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Washington, 1924,
1928
(alternate).
Killed by a single gunshot
behind his ear, under mysterious
circumstances, and posthumously accused
of attempted murder, in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
22, 1932 (age 57 years, 289
days). The only witness, Mary Nash, who shared the apartment,
said that he had been despondent and drinking
heavily; that she had hidden his pistol, but he had found it;
that without warning, he shot
her twice (she was badly injured but survived), and then
immediately killed
himself; investigators questioned her story, and thought he might
have been murdered,
but she was not charged.
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jacob Inglis and Martha Ann (Montross) Inglis; married to
Anne Hughes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Oliver Ames Spencer (1860-1923) —
also known as Oliver A. Spencer —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., February
8, 1860.
Banker;
Consular
Agent for Italy in Seattle,
Wash., 1890-1903.
Just after finishing a game of
golf, he collapsed and died, from heart
disease or apoplexy,
in Seattle, King
County, Wash., September
8, 1923 (age 63 years, 212
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Joe Foster (1828-1911) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in 1828.
Member of Washington
territorial legislature, 1870.
Died in 1911
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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John C. Callbreath (1826-1916) —
of Stanislaus
County, Calif.; Wrangell (unknown
county), Wash.
Born in New York, January
16, 1826.
Member of California
state assembly 7th District, 1856-57.
Died, from a gastric
ulcer, in the Kenney nursing
home, Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 6,
1916 (age 90 years, 81
days).
Interment at Lake View Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Callbreath and Mary (Finch) Callbreath. |
|
Mt. Pleasant
Cemetery
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Orange Jacobs (1827-1914) —
of Jacksonville, Jackson
County, Ore.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Geneseo, Livingston
County, N.Y., May 2,
1827.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1869-75; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Washington Territory, 1875-79; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1879-80; member
Washington territorial council, 1885-87; superior court judge in
Washington, 1896-1900.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 21,
1914 (age 87 years, 19
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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George Fletcher Cotterill (1865-1958) —
also known as George F. Cotterill —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Oxford, England,
November
18, 1865.
Democrat. Engineer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1902 (at-large), 1916 (1st
District); member of Washington
state senate, 1907-11; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1912-14; defeated, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1920; commissioner, Port of Seattle,
1922-34.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
13, 1958 (age 92 years, 329
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor
of Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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John Harte McGraw (1850-1910) —
also known as John H. McGraw —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1850.
Republican. Grocer;
Seattle chief
of police, 1879; King
County Sheriff, 1882; Washington
Republican state chair, 1892; Governor of
Washington, 1893-97; president, Seattle National Bank.
Died June 23,
1910 (age 59 years, 262
days).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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George C. Hazelet —
of Cordova, Chugach
census area, Alaska.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska
Territory, 1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; member, Resolutions
Committee).
Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
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Old Seattle
Cemetery
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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John Denny (1793-1875) —
of Knox
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Mercer
County, Ky., May 4,
1793.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1849-50.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 28,
1875 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Original interment at Old Seattle Cemetery; reinterment in 1884 at Lake View Cemetery; cenotaph at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.
|
Volunteer
Park
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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William Henry Seward (1801-1872) —
also known as William H. Seward —
of Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., May 16,
1801.
Lawyer;
co-founded (with Thurlow
Weed), the Albany Evening Journal newspaper
in 1830; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1831-34; Governor of
New York, 1839-43; defeated (Whig), 1834; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1849-61; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1856,
1860;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1861-69; as Secretary of State in 1867, he
made a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska; critics dubbed
the territory "Seward's Folly".
Survived an assassination
attempt on April 14, 1865 (the same night Abraham
Lincoln was shot), when Lewis Payne, an associate of John Wilkes
Booth, broke into his bedroom and stabbed him repeatedly. Payne was
arrested, tried with the other conspirators, and hanged.
Died in Auburn, Cayuga
County, N.Y., October
16, 1872 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y.; statue at Madison
Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Volunteer Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel
Swayze Seward and Mary (Jennings) Seward; married to Frances
Adeline Miller; father of Frederick
William Seward and William
Henry Seward Jr.; uncle of Caroline Cornelia Canfield (who
married John
Lawrence Schoolcraft) and George
Frederick Seward; granduncle of Frederick
Whittlesey Seward Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Seward
family of New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: George
W. Jones — Samuel
J. Barrows — Frederick
W. Seward — Elias
P. Pellet |
| | | Seward counties in Kan. and Neb. are
named for him. |
| | | Seward Mountain,
in the Adirondack Mountains, Franklin
County, New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — The town
of Seward,
New York, is named for
him. — The city
of Seward,
Alaska, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(300 acres on a forested peninsula, established 1911), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Seward Park
(three acres on East Broadway, opened 1903), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: W.
Seward Whittlesey
— W.
H. Seward Thomson
— William
S. Shanahan
|
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the $50 U.S. Treasury note in the 1890s.
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William H. Seward: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Walter Stahr, Seward:
Lincoln's Indispensable Man — Michael Burgan, William
Henry Seward : Senator and Statesman (for young
readers) |
| | | Image source: New York Public
Library |
|
Woodland
Park
Seattle, King County, Washington
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
 |
Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) —
also known as Warren G. Harding —
of Marion, Marion
County, Ohio.
Born in Blooming Grove, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
2, 1865.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio
state senate 13th District, 1901-03; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1904-06; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1904
(alternate), 1912,
1916
(Temporary
Chair; Permanent
Chair; speaker);
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1910; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1915-21; President
of the United States, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Baptist.
English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Phi
Alpha Delta.
First
president ever to have his voice broadcast on the radio, June 14,
1922.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in a room at the Palace Hotel, San
Francisco, Calif., August
2, 1923 (age 57 years, 273
days). The claim that he was poisoned by his wife is not accepted
by historians.
Originally entombed at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Ohio; reinterment in 1927 at Harding
Memorial Park, Marion, Ohio; memorial monument (now gone) at
Woodland Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Phoebe Elizabeth (Dickerson) Harding and George Tryon Harding;
married, July 8,
1891, to Florence
Harding. |
| | | Harding County,
N.M. is named for him. |
| | | Harding High
School, in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding High
School, in Warren,
Ohio, is named for
him. — Warren G. Harding Middle
School, in Frankford,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — The community
of Harding
Township, New Jersey (created 1922) is named for
him. — Warren Street,
G Street,
and Harding Street
(now Boardwalk), in Ketchikan,
Alaska, were all named for
him. — Harding Mountain,
in Chelan
County, Washington, is named for
him. — Mount
Harding, in Skagway,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | Personal motto: "Remember there are two
sides to every question. Get both." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1920): "Back to
normalcy with Harding." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Warren G. Harding: Francis
Russell, The
Shadow of Blooming Grove : Warren G. Harding In His
Times — Robert K. Murray, The
Harding Era : Warren G. Harding and His
Administration — Eugene P. Trani & David L. Wilson, The
Presidency of Warren G. Harding — Harry M. Daugherty,
Inside
Story of the Harding Tragedy — Charles L. Mee, The
Ohio Gang : The World of Warren G. Harding — John W.
Dean, Warren
G. Harding — Robert H. Ferrell, The
Strange Deaths of President Harding — Russell Roberts,
Warren
G. Harding (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Warren G. Harding:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
|
Wright Crematory
and Columbarium
520 West Raye
Seattle, King County, Washington
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Eugene Semple (1840-1908) —
of Oregon; Washington.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, June 12,
1840.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; Oregon
state printer, 1870-73; Governor
of Washington Territory, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1889.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a rest
home at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium.
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Albert Francis Appleton (1850-1914) —
also known as Albert F. Appleton —
of Crystal, Pembina
County, N.Dak.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
January
14, 1850.
Farmer;
banker;
delegate
to North Dakota state constitutional convention from Pembina
County, 1889; member of North
Dakota state senate, 1890.
Catholic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
1, 1914 (age 64 years, 260
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Joseph Appleton and Jane Ann (Horner) Appleton; married to
Martha Tay. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Wynn Leland Eddy (1874-1946) —
also known as Wynn L. Eddy —
of Brigham City, Box Elder
County, Utah.
Born in Michigan, March
26, 1874.
Democrat. Pharmacist;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Brigham City, Box Elder
County, Utah, July 24,
1946 (age 72 years, 120
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Wright Crematory and Columbarium.
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