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Edwin A. Beck (born c.1913) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in South Dakota, about 1913.
Democrat. Railway trainman; member of Washington
state senate 5th District, 1945-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Van Custer (b. 1894) —
also known as Harry V. Custer —
of Pasco, Franklin
County, Wash.
Born in Hillsboro, Highland
County, Ohio, December
14, 1894.
Railway station agent; mayor of
Pasco, Wash., 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles T. Custer and Sally J. (Harmon) Custer; married, August
17, 1913, to Bernice K. Lake. |
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Gerald G. Dixon (born c.1885) —
also known as Jerry Dixon —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in London, England,
about 1885.
Democrat. Locomotive engineer; member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1935-39; member of Washington
state senate 28th District, 1943-47.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Dunphy (b. 1860) —
of Walla Walla, Walla
Walla County, Wash.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., June 29,
1860.
Democrat. Locomotive engineer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1892,
1900;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Washington, 1900-01.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Dunphy and Catharine Dunphy; married, November
4, 1896, to Mary Helen Lyons. |
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Addison Gardner Foster (1837-1917) —
also known as Addison G. Foster —
of Wabasha
County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., January
28, 1837.
Republican. Lumber
business; railroad builder; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1899-1905.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., January
16, 1917 (age 79 years, 354
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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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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Walter Clifford Sadler (1891-1959) —
also known as Walter C. Sadler —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., February
15, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; worked on railroad and hydroelectric
projects; lawyer; university
professor; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1937-41; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Sigma
Pi; Tau Beta
Pi.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
14, 1959 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler;
married, July 21,
1917, to Hariette P. Jamieson. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Theodore Crosby Sears (1828-1898) —
also known as Theodore C. Sears —
of Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan.; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., August
4, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1871-72; general attorney for the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas Railroad, 1872-81; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died, reportedly from senility,
in Lakeview, Pierce
County, Wash., November
8, 1898 (age 70 years, 96
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Sears and Sarah (Crosby) Sears; married to Elizabeth
Hoyt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Wilson Sprague (1817-1893) —
also known as John W. Sprague —
of Sandusky, Erie
County, Ohio; Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in White Creek, Washington
County, N.Y., April 4,
1817.
Erie
County Treasurer, 1851-52; steamboat
business; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
received the Medal
of Honor (posthumously, in 1894) for actions at Decatur, Georgia,
in 1862; railroad executive; mayor of
Tacoma, Wash., 1883.
Died in Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash., December
27, 1893 (age 76 years, 267
days).
Interment at Tacoma
Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.
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