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Donald Black (born c.1889) —
of Port Angeles, Clallam
County, Wash.
Born in Scotland,
about 1889.
Democrat. Physician; surgeon; member of Washington
state senate 24th District, 1941-47.
Scottish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Columbus Cox (1858-1931) —
also known as William C. Cox —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Flinty Branch, Mitchell
County, N.C., September
20, 1858.
Physician; mayor
of Everett, Wash., 1896-97.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
26, 1931 (age 73 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Taylor Minor (1844-1889) —
also known as Thomas T. Minor —
of Port Townsend, Jefferson
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born, of American parents, in Manepy, Ceylon (now Sri
Lanka), February
20, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; one of the founders of the Seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington Territory,
1880;
mayor
of Port Townsend, Wash., 1880-83; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island, with others, on a duck huting
trip, and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft
accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). His canoe was recovered, but his remains were not
found.
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Relatives: Son
of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor; married, August
20, 1872, to Sarah Montgomery; grandfather of Thomas
Minor Pelly. |
| | | Political family: Moriarty-Minor
family of Seattle, Washington. |
| | | The T.T. Minor School
(built 1890, demolished 1940, rebuilt 1941, closed 2010, renovated
and reopened 2016), in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. — Minor Avenue,
in Seattle,
Washington, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Augustus Newell (1817-1901) —
also known as William A. Newell —
of Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, September
5, 1817.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 2nd District, 1847-51, 1865-67;
defeated, 1866; Governor of
New Jersey, 1857-60; defeated, 1877; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1864;
Governor
of Washington Territory, 1880-84.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Allentown, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
8, 1901 (age 83 years, 337
days).
Interment at Allentown
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Allentown, N.J.
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John William Summers (1870-1937) —
also known as John W. Summers —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.
Born in Valeene, Orange
County, Ind., April
29, 1870.
Republican. Physician; farmer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1917; U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932.
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1937
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Wash.
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Ashman Henry Vandivert (1853-1927) —
also known as A. H. Vandivert —
of Bethany, Harrison
County, Mo.
Born in Muskingum
County, Ohio, April 6,
1853.
Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Missouri, 1888.
Christian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
19, 1927 (age 74 years, 196
days).
Interment at Miriam Cemetery, Bethany, Mo.
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W. L. White —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Physician; mayor
of Pullman, Wash., 1898-99.
Burial location unknown.
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