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Gene C. Amondson (1943-2009) —
of Vashon, King
County, Wash.
Born in Morton, Lewis
County, Wash., October
15, 1943.
Son of Owen Amondson and Ruby Amondson.
Minister;
Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 2004, 2008.
Methodist.
Norwegian
and German ancestry.
Suffered a brain
aneurism, and died soon after, at Harborview Medical
Center, Seattle, King
County, Wash., July 20,
2009 (age 65 years, 278
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bailey Gatzert (1829-1893) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Germany,
December
6, 1829.
Banker;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1875-76.
Jewish.
German ancestry.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 19,
1893 (age 63 years, 134
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Emil M. Herman (1879-1928) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Everett, Snohomish
County, Wash.
Born in Kamnitz, Bohemia (now Kamienice, Czech
Republic), August
22, 1879.
Socialist. Socialist candidate for Seattle city council, 1904;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1906 (at-large), 1908 (2nd
District), 1909 (2nd District); State Secretary, Socialist Party of
Washington, 1916-18; arrested
in 1918, and convicted
under the Espionage
Act; sentenced
to ten years in prison;
served three years and four months.
German ancestry. Member, Industrial
Workers of the World.
Died October
10, 1928 (age 49 years, 49
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry George Gordon Struve (1836-1905) —
also known as Henry G. Struve —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Westerstede, Germany,
November
17, 1836.
Son of Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) and Maria
(Claussen) von Struve.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1882-84.
German ancestry.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 13,
1905 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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