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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.
Son of Eastman Strong Minor and Judith (Manchester) Minor
(1814-1900).
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., 1881; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1887-88.
Last seen traveling by canoe to Whidbey Island with G. Morris Haller,
and was never
heard from again; presumed drowned
in a watercraft
accident, in Puget
Sound, December
2, 1889 (age 45 years, 285
days). Their remains were not
found.
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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.
Son of James H. Newell and Eliza D. Newell.
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 Presbyterian
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.
Son of James Monroe Summers and Sarah (Tower) Summers.
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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W. L. White —
of Pullman, Whitman
County, Wash.
Physician; mayor of
Pullman, Wash., 1898-99.
Burial
location unknown.
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