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Joseph R. Baxter (1903-1962) —
also known as Joe R. Baxter —
of Renton, King
County, Wash.
Born in Renton, King
County, Wash., January
18, 1903.
Republican. Painting
contractor; motel owner; mayor of
Renton, Wash., 1948-60.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in 1962
(age about
59 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Baxter and Mary (DeWinter) Baxter; married, September
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Frank Thomas Bell (1883-1970) —
also known as Frank Bell —
of Ephrata, Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., September
21, 1883.
Democrat. Grant
County Treasurer, 1919-23; private secretary, U.S. Sen. C.
C. Dill, 1923-33; U.S. Fish Commissioner, 1933-40; hotel
and restaurant
owner and operator; promoter of Grand Coulee Dam and other federal
dam projects; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Washington, 1948,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ephrata, Grant
County, Wash., October, 1970
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment at Ephrata
Cemetery, Ephrata, Wash.
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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, Seattle, Wash.
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Lawyer;
Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in
Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in 1907; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive);
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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