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Vernon Ensign Bradley (1912-1990) —
also known as Vernon E. Bradley; Brad
Bradley —
of Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass.
Born in Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash., September
27, 1912.
Republican. Accountant;
realtor;
real
estate developer; candidate for mayor
of Springfield, Mass., 1949; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1954.
United Church of Christ. Member, Civitan.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., September
7, 1990 (age 77 years, 345
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
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Norris Brown (1863-1960) —
of Kearney, Buffalo
County, Neb.
Born in Maquoketa, Jackson
County, Iowa, May 2,
1863.
Son of William Henry Harrison Brown and Eliza Ann (Phelps) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer; Nebraska
state attorney general, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1907-13; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
law partner of Irving
F. Baxter.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., January
5, 1960 (age 96 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.
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Earl S. Coe (b. 1892) —
of Bingen, Klickitat
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
12, 1892.
Son of Scott Coe and Cora (Harvell) Coe.
Democrat. Fruit
grower; lumberman;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1939-44; member of Washington
state senate 16th District, 1945-47; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 4th District, 1946; Washington
Democratic state chair, 1946-48; secretary of
state of Washington, 1947-57; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1948;
director of conservation, State of Washington, 1957.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Robert Cotterill and Alice (Smith) Cotterill.
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, Seattle, Wash.
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Kenneth Allen Cox (b. 1916) —
also known as Kenneth A. Cox —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
7, 1916.
Son of Seth Leroy Cox and Jean (Sears) Cox.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member, Federal Communications
Commission, 1963-70.
Congregationalist. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1970.
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Daniel Jackson Evans (b. 1925) —
also known as Daniel J. Evans —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
16, 1925.
Son of Daniel L. Evans and Irma (Ide) Evans.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Governor of
Washington, 1965-77; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Washington, 1972
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1983-89.
Congregationalist. Member, Sigma
Nu; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Abbot Fancher (1855-1931) —
also known as John Fancher; Jack Fancher —
of Espanola, Spokane
County, Wash.; Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Ogle
County, Ill., December
28, 1855.
Son of John Fancher and Sarah (Johnson) Fancher.
Farmer;
postmaster;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1905-09.
Congregationalist.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., April 2,
1931 (age 75 years, 95
days).
Interment at Riverside
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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Richard B. Hassell (1852-1942) —
of Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Illinois, November
3, 1852.
Congregationalist
minister; mayor of
Everett, Wash., 1912.
Congregationalist.
Died in Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash., September
26, 1942 (age 89 years, 327
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight.
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, Seattle, Wash.
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Jeremiah Neterer (b. 1862) —
of Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Wash.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born near Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Washington, 1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Washington, 1912;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1913-.
Congregationalist. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas P. Revelle (b. 1868) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Fairmount, Somerset
County, Md., May 16,
1868.
Son of George Henry Revelle and Mary Elizabeth (Ford) Revelle.
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Washington, 1921-28.
Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Moose.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
editor; candidate for secretary of
state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist. Member, Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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