Find A Grave - Lake View Cemetery

Allen, John Beard b. May 18, 1845 d. January 28, 1903
Civil War Veteran US Senator. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Elected as a Delegate from the Washington Territory in the United States House of Representatives, serving from March to November, 1889. When Washington was admitted as a State, he was elected as one of its first two Senators to the United States Senate, serving from 1889 to 1893. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 159, Grave E1/2
Atkins, Henry Allen b. 1827 d. 1885
Seattle Mayor. Elected as the first Mayor of Seattle, Washington, and served from 1869 to 1871.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot K, Circle
Ballinger, Richard A. b. July 9, 1858 d. June 6, 1922
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served as Mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1904 to 1906. Served as Secretary of the Interior in President William H. taft's administration from 1909 to 1911. In 1909 he was President of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition World's Fair. Named Lake Ballinger in honor of his father, Col. Richard H. Ballinger.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 31
Ballinger, Richard H. b. February 7, 1833 d. July 23, 1906
Civil War Union Army Officer. Colonel in the Civil War. Studied law in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield office. Lake Ballinger was named after him by his son, Judge Richard A. Ballinger.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 31
Blethen, Alden J. 'The Colonel' b. December 27, 1846 d. July 12, 1915
Newspaper Publisher. Born in Knox, Waldo County, Maine, he began his career as a school teacher and attorney. He received his formal education from Wesleyan Seminary and College in 1868, and a Masters degree from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1872. From 1869 to 1873 he served as principal of the Abbott family school in Farmington, Maine, and as a practicing attorney in Portland, Maine, from 1873 to 1880. He purchased the Seattle Daily Times in 1896 while on a trip to visit relatives in...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot C, Grave W1/2, C and D Circle
Brown, Beriah b. February 23, 1815 d. February 8, 1900
Seattle Mayor. He served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from July 1878 to August 1879. Trained as an printer apprentice in a New York county newspaper, he worked briefly in the banking and mining industry before devoting his life to a career in publishing. Considered one of the best editors in the United States, he operated major newspapers in Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Salem, Oregon; San Francisco, California; Sacramento, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Niles, Michigan and...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Carroll, John Edward b. October 15, 1877 d. February 22, 1955
Seattle Mayor. He served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from January 27 to March 27, 1941. He was appointed mayor by the Seattle City Council following the resignation of Arthur B. Langlie, who had resigned his office as Seattle mayor to become governor of Washington state. He served as a major in the United States Army during World War I, and was a member of the Washington State Bar Association. In addition to briefly...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 1010
Chittenden, Hiram M. b. 1859 d. October 9, 1917
Army Corps of Engineers officer, Builder of the Government Locks on the Lake Washington Ship Canal, linking lakes with salt water Puget Sound. Builder of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 294, Grave NW
Denny, Arthur Armstrong b. June 20, 1822 d. January 9, 1899
Seattle Founder, US Congressman. Born of Scottish-Irish descent, he began his career as a civil engineer and surveyor in Knox, County, Illinois. Enthralled by accounts of vast regions of untouched wilderness, fertile farmlands and mild winters in the Oregon Territory, he became the leader of a wagon train expedition to the Pacific Northwest. Leaving Cherry Grove, Illinois on April 10, 1851, he arrived in Portland, Oregon in late August, following a 108 day journey across country. Hearing of an...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 329
Eells, Cushing b. February 16, 1810 d. February 16, 1893
Founder of Whitman College.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 414
Ferry, Elisha Peyre b. August 9, 1825 d. October 14, 1895
Washington Governor. He was born in Monroe County, Michigan, before moving to Fort Wayne, Indiana at an early age to pursue a career in law. He was admitted to the Indiana state bar association in 1845, at the young age of 20. The following year he moved to Waukegan, Illinois, where he continued in the practice of law until July 1869. In 1859 he was elected as the first mayor of Waukegan, Illinois, and served as a delegate to the Illinois state constitutional convention in 1861. From 1861 to...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Cause of death: Pneumonia and heart failure
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot EE, Circle
Frisk, John Emil b. October 15, 1874 d. January 27, 1922
Professional Baseball Player. He played four years in the major leagues as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Browns. Frisk made his major league debut on September 2, 1889 at the age of 24. He appeared in 158 games during his four year career finishing with 4 home runs and a lifetime .267 batting average (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 1133, Grave 19
Grammer, Elijah Sherman b. April 3, 1868 d. November 19, 1936
US Senator. Appointed as United States Senator from Washington to fill unexpired term in 1932. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 145A, Grave W1/2
Haller, Granville Owen b. January 31, 1819 d. May 2, 1897
Civil War Union Officer, Indian Fighter. He was commissioned by a board of military officers in Washington D.C. as a second lieutenant in the United State Infantry's Fourth Regiment at the age of 20. He served in the Florida Seminole Indian campaigns from 1841 to 1842. After bringing hostilities to a successful end in the region, he was promoted to brigade major in 1845. He fought in the American-Mexican War beginning in 1846 alongside future US President [Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 496
Hanford, Cornelius b. 1849 d. March 4, 1926
Politician. Served as a Member of the Washington Territorial House of Representatives (1889-1890) and Judge of the U.S. District Court for Washington (1890-1912).
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 401
Haynes, Asbury F. b. September 4, 1842 d. July 8, 1931
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Corporal in Company F, 17th Maine Infantry. At the conflict of Sailors Creek, Virginia, on April 6, 1865, he captured the Confederate battle flag. His citation was issued on May 10, 1865. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 626, Grave NW
Heath, Jeff (Geoffrey) b. April 1, 1915 d. December 9, 1975
Major league outfielder from 1936-1949, primarily with the Cleveland Indians. Hit 194 homeruns and posted a .293 lifetime batting average. In 1938, Heath batted .343, second in the league, registered 112 RBIs, and led the league with 18 triples. A broken ankle ended his major league career in 1949. He was 60 years old when he succumbed to a heart attack.
Cause of death: Heart attack
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 1135, Grave 4
Holgate, Milton b. April 8, 1840 d. January 26, 1856
Seattle pioneer youth killed in the one significant Indian attack known as the Battle of Seattle. Son of John C. Holgate, Duwamish pioneer.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 401
Humes, Thomas Jefferson b. February 14, 1849 d. November 9, 1904
Seattle Mayor. He served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from November 1897 to March 1904. He was appointed to the office of mayor by the Seattle City Council, after being chosen on the 65th ballot, to fill the remaining term of William D. Wood, who had resigned his office to take part in the Alaskan gold rush. He spent his early years in Illinois and Iowa, acquiring an education in the field of law. He was admitted to...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 389, Grave NE
Jordan, John Tenny b. 1832 d. March 3, 1890
Seattle Mayor. He served as the second Mayor of Seattle, Washington, serving from 1871 to 1872 and in 1873.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot K

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