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David Henry Cox (1865-1924) —
also known as David H. Cox; D. H. Cox —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.
Born in December, 1865.
Republican. Farmer;
grocer; hardware
dealer; grain buyer;
insurance
business; member of Washington
state senate, 1908-11, 1917-24; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Washington, 1924.
Methodist.
Died in Walla Walla, Walla Walla
County, Wash., September
2, 1924 (age 58 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Chauncey Wright Griggs (1832-1910) —
also known as Chauncey W. Griggs —
of Carver
County, Minn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Tolland, Tolland
County, Conn., December
31, 1832.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
wholesale grocer; banker; lumber
business; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1866, 1881-82 (District 6 1866,
District 24 1881-82); member of Minnesota
state senate, 1867-69, 1883-86 (21st District 1867-69, 27th
District 1883-86); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Washington, 1892.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., October
29, 1910 (age 77 years, 302
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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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, Seattle, Wash.
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William Elmendorf Rothery (1851-1932) —
also known as William E. Rothery —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March
25, 1851.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; Consul
for Liberia in Philadelphia,
Pa., 1888-95; manufacturers'
agent; food broker.
German
ancestry.
Died, following a heart
attack, in St. Peter's Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., July 8,
1932 (age 81 years, 105
days).
Interment at Cataumet Cemetery, Bourne, Mass.
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