Seward J. Baggerly and his wife were drowned in the wreck of the Princess Sophia near Juneau, Alaska, on October 25, 1918. Their bodies were recovered and buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. There were no survivors of the wreck. The couple was en route to California for a family visit; Seward J. Baggerly was the brother of H. L. Baggerly (editor of the San Jose News) and Mrs. Fremont Older of Saratoga, Calif. (San Jose Evening News, Nov. 18, 1918.)
Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), Nov. 2, 1918, p.13.
"Clyde, Nov. 1.—Word was received here this week that Mr. and Mrs. Seward Baggerly, of Ruby, Alaska, formerly of this place, were drowned while en route to the states when the steamer Princess Sophia was driven on the rocks of Vanderbilt reef while passing through the Lynn channel during a hurricane. The vessel was blown over the reef into the Pacific ocean, October 24.
"Mr. Baggerly was born in South Butler, 41 years ago, and moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He attended Clyde High School and graduated from that institution. He was a member of the football team which played the Syracuse University team and other noted teams. In 1896, when he was 21 years old and the gold discovery was on, he joined a party and went to Dawson city. He was successful from the start and took up about 40 mining claims. He also conducted a miners' supply store. He was a director in the Northern Commercial Bank in Ruby. In September 1917 he married Carolyn [Camille] Paddock, of Seattle, who was superintendent of schools in that city.
"He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baggerly; one sister, Mrs. Freemont Older of San Francisco; two brothers, Hyland, of San Jose, and Trall, an attorney with offices in Rochester."
Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), Nov. 2, 1918, p.13.
"Clyde, Nov. 1.—Word was received here this week that Mr. and Mrs. Seward Baggerly, of Ruby, Alaska, formerly of this place, were drowned while en route to the states when the steamer Princess Sophia was driven on the rocks of Vanderbilt reef while passing through the Lynn channel during a hurricane. The vessel was blown over the reef into the Pacific ocean, October 24.
"Mr. Baggerly was born in South Butler, 41 years ago, and moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He attended Clyde High School and graduated from that institution. He was a member of the football team which played the Syracuse University team and other noted teams. In 1896, when he was 21 years old and the gold discovery was on, he joined a party and went to Dawson city. He was successful from the start and took up about 40 mining claims. He also conducted a miners' supply store. He was a director in the Northern Commercial Bank in Ruby. In September 1917 he married Carolyn [Camille] Paddock, of Seattle, who was superintendent of schools in that city.
"He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baggerly; one sister, Mrs. Freemont Older of San Francisco; two brothers, Hyland, of San Jose, and Trall, an attorney with offices in Rochester."
Seward J. Baggerly and his wife were drowned in the wreck of the Princess Sophia near Juneau, Alaska, on October 25, 1918. Their bodies were recovered and buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose. There were no survivors of the wreck. The couple was en route to California for a family visit; Seward J. Baggerly was the brother of H. L. Baggerly (editor of the San Jose News) and Mrs. Fremont Older of Saratoga, Calif. (San Jose Evening News, Nov. 18, 1918.)
Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), Nov. 2, 1918, p.13.
"Clyde, Nov. 1.—Word was received here this week that Mr. and Mrs. Seward Baggerly, of Ruby, Alaska, formerly of this place, were drowned while en route to the states when the steamer Princess Sophia was driven on the rocks of Vanderbilt reef while passing through the Lynn channel during a hurricane. The vessel was blown over the reef into the Pacific ocean, October 24.
"Mr. Baggerly was born in South Butler, 41 years ago, and moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He attended Clyde High School and graduated from that institution. He was a member of the football team which played the Syracuse University team and other noted teams. In 1896, when he was 21 years old and the gold discovery was on, he joined a party and went to Dawson city. He was successful from the start and took up about 40 mining claims. He also conducted a miners' supply store. He was a director in the Northern Commercial Bank in Ruby. In September 1917 he married Carolyn [Camille] Paddock, of Seattle, who was superintendent of schools in that city.
"He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baggerly; one sister, Mrs. Freemont Older of San Francisco; two brothers, Hyland, of San Jose, and Trall, an attorney with offices in Rochester."
Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, NY), Nov. 2, 1918, p.13.
"Clyde, Nov. 1.—Word was received here this week that Mr. and Mrs. Seward Baggerly, of Ruby, Alaska, formerly of this place, were drowned while en route to the states when the steamer Princess Sophia was driven on the rocks of Vanderbilt reef while passing through the Lynn channel during a hurricane. The vessel was blown over the reef into the Pacific ocean, October 24.
"Mr. Baggerly was born in South Butler, 41 years ago, and moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He moved to Clyde when a mere boy. He attended Clyde High School and graduated from that institution. He was a member of the football team which played the Syracuse University team and other noted teams. In 1896, when he was 21 years old and the gold discovery was on, he joined a party and went to Dawson city. He was successful from the start and took up about 40 mining claims. He also conducted a miners' supply store. He was a director in the Northern Commercial Bank in Ruby. In September 1917 he married Carolyn [Camille] Paddock, of Seattle, who was superintendent of schools in that city.
"He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Baggerly; one sister, Mrs. Freemont Older of San Francisco; two brothers, Hyland, of San Jose, and Trall, an attorney with offices in Rochester."
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