Find A Grave - Lake View Cemetery

Maynard, David S. 'Doc' b. March 22, 1808 d. March 13, 1873
Physician, Pioneer. Born near Castleton, Rutland County, Vermont, he was one of Seattle's earliest pioneers. In 1832 he moved to Cleveland, Ohio with his wife Lydia and two children to pursue a career in medicine. He lost most of his personal fortune during the financial panic of 1837. He spent most of the following decade working to repay much of his monetary debt. In 1841 he discovered that his wife had been involved in an adulterous affair, but remained with his wife through the remainder of...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 211, Grave SW
Meem, Gilbert Simrall b. October 5, 1824 d. June 10, 1908
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. A noted breeder of livestock in Virginia, he was elected to the House of Delegates, where he served from 1852 until 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was appointed a brigadier general to command the 7th Brigade, 3rd Division of the Virginia Militia. After service around Winchester, Bath, and Romney, he was called upon to help guard the rear of Stonewall Jackson's army during Sheridan's Shenandoah campaign. He resigned his general's commission in...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 10AC
Mercer, Thomas b. March 11, 1813 d. May 25, 1898
Seattle Pioneer. Born in Harrison County, Ohio, he moved to Princeton, Illinois with his parents in 1834. He spent his early years acquiring a general education and learning the woolen manufacturing trade from his father. Faced with increasing hostilities between Indian and white settlers, he joined with other local area citizens in seeking a new life and opportunities in the Pacific Northwest. Appointed as captain of a westbound wagon train, he left Princeton, Illinois for the Oregon Territory...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 292, Grave NE 1/4
Moran, Robert b. January 26, 1857 d. March 27, 1943
Shipbuilder, Mayor of Seattle from 1888-1890. Built Rosario Resort and donated Moran State Park on Orcas Island, Washington.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 1147
Nordstrom, John W. b. 1871 d. October 11, 1963
Nordstrom founder. Klondike adventurer who used his meagre gold find to open a shoe store which grew into the Nordstrom's department stores.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 416B
Piles, Samuel Henry b. December 28, 1858 d. March 11, 1940
United States Senator from Washington, 1905 to 1911. Also served as U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1922-1928.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 613A, Grave S1/2, E1/2
Preston, Simon Manly b. April 21, 1821 d. October 17, 1919
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He was a railroad builder, professor and civil engineer. He was a graduate of Norwich University and head of the college's military department. He was made First Lieutenant in the 15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and then Colonel of the 58th United States Colored Troops. He then made Breveted Brigadier General in 1865. Soon after the war, President Grant appointed him to the position of United States Internal Revenue Collector of Mississippi. He lived...[Read More] (Bio by: Gregory Speciale)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 1014, Grave E1/2
GPS coordinates: 47.6335182, -122.3131638 (hddd.dddd)
Prosser, William Farrand b. March 16, 1834 d. September 23, 1911
Civil War veteran. Tennessee Congressman from 1869-1871 R-TN. Established a trading post at Yakima Falls in 1882 which became Prosser, Washington.
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 279A, Grave E1/2
Shoudy, William H. d. September 19, 1901
Seattle Mayor. He served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1886 to 1887, after defeating Seattle founder Arthur A. Denny by 41 votes as part of a local movement to drive Chinese nationals from the city. Shoudy arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1850's, as part of the Thomas Mercer expedition. He spent his early years in Seattle in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 160
Stone, Corliss P. b. March 20, 1838 d. September 14, 1906
Seattle Mayor. He was elected as the third Mayor of Seattle, Washington, in 1872, serving only seven months in office. In 1873 he was involved in a major political scandal, accused of embezzling $15,000 ($550,000 in present day dollars) from a real estate development firm of which he was a principal investor. He fled down the Pacific Coast arriving in San Francisco in the company of a married woman. Without an acting mayor, Stone's predecessor [Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot A, Circle
Struve, Henry G. b. November 17, 1837 d. June 13, 1905
Seattle Mayor. He served two terms as mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1882 to 1884. He was a charter member of the Rainier Club and the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and also served as a regent of the University of Washington and judge advocate general of the Washington Territory. Struve arrived in the United States from Germany at the age of 16, becoming active in law, journalism and mining interests. He was admitted to the Washington State Bar Association in 1959, eventually setting up a...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 159, Grave W1/2
Wood, William D. b. December 1, 1858 d. March 23, 1917
Seattle Mayor. He served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from April 6, 1896 until July 1897. He was appointed mayor by the Seattle City Council to fill the unexpired term of Mayor Frank D. Black, who had resigned after only one month in office. He was a prominent city attorney and real estate developer, credited with founding Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood, and establishing the Green Lake Trolley Line, linking the Seattle communities of Green Lake and Fremont. In 1884 he was elected to the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 535
Yesler, Henry L. b. November 30, 1810 d. December 15, 1892
Seattle Mayor, City Pioneer. Born in Washington County, Maryland, he served two terms as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1874 to 1875 and from 1885 to 1886. Trained as a carpenter and millwright, he moved to Massillon, Ohio in 1830 where he practiced his trade for the next two decades. In 1851 he traveled to the West Coast working briefly in Oregon and California before arriving in the tiny pioneer settlement of Seattle in 1852. Seeing a great future in the lumber trade, he established the...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Plot: Lot 111

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