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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.
Presumed
deceased.
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.
Son of Charles T. Custer and Sally J. (Harmon) Custer.
Railway station agent; mayor of
Pasco, Wash., 1953-58.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
Son of Robert Dunphy and Catharine Dunphy.
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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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.
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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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.
Son of Walter Lincoln Sadler and Eleanore Elizabeth (Walter) Sadler.
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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