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Backlund
Hannah, OHS student, WSHS C1951.8.15
Bagley
Clarence, publisher, pioneer, founded Washington State Historical Society, Rogues, p 58 et seq.; WSHS 2012.0.272, C1943.2x.324, Washington West of the Cascades, biography beginning page 285; Historylink article
W.M., Furgison collection
Bailey
Frank, judge, WSHS C1957.1301.7.1
W.N., see Bailey House ; WSHS C2017.0.141
Baker
Caleb Bartholomew, arrived 1853, settled Baker’s Prairie, TCP
Iza, Olympia High School student, m. Frisch, WSHS C1943.126.4
May, or Mary, WSHS C1952.1068.7.38, C2015.0.4
Oliver, real estate broker, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Baldwin
Andrew Jackson (Jack), WSHS C1950.1301.9, first fire chief (house, at current location of Carnegie Library building), father of Cora and Fannie, spared in Indian Wars, Rogues p. 31
Fannie Verona, daughter of Andrew; staff of Washington Standard; suffrage supporter; shot her accused rapist, millionaire “Lucky” Baldwin; WSHS C2013.18.15, C2017.0.21 (tentative ID)
Mary Jane, nee Pottle, married Andrew
Ball
Rebecca, Olympia Collegiate Institute student, C1950.1117.1.19.1, C1952.1068.13, married William Hopkins
Ballentyne
Jeannette or Janet, married William Billings, Georgiana, WSHS C1950.1.7; C2017.0.184
Bannse
Herman, arrived Bucoda 1864 after spending several years elsewhere in W.T., TCP
Barbee
Mrs. May, teacher, WSHS C2013.18.123
S. Horace, real estate developer, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, WSHS C2013.18.122
Baretich
John, owned Olympia Cafe, see Baretich Building
Bargely
Arthur, attended Washington School, WSHS C2013.18.81
Barksdale
Louise, OHS student, WSHS C1951.8.15
Barnes
Anna, nee Gay, wife of Nelson Barnes Sr.
Anna, or Annie, daughter of W.H. and Artemisia, m. Sidney Ward, WSHS C1952.1068.14
Artemisia, nee Bowman, m. William Henry Barnes
Asa, veterinary, brother of John
Charlotte – daughter of Nelson, married John Scott, arrived 1852 with
parents and John Miller Murphy, TCP, WSHS C1952.1068.7.8, C1952.1068.7.10, C1952.1068.7.20, C1952.1068.8.16, marriage to John Scott May 3, 1861.
Dudley, son of Nelson Barnes, Sr., WSHS C1952.1068.7.6
Elizabeth, second wife of George, formerly Bethel
Emma, nee Bolster
Frank, see Barnes-Osterhout House
George, one of first Olympia merchants, arrived in 1852, Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891; see also WSHS C1943.1008.4, C1952.1068.7.2, C1952.1068.8.30, C1952.1068.8.34, TCP , Olympia Board of Trustees 1862, 1866-1869; Mayor 1880; see George Barnes Home and Barnes Bank Building ; Rogues, p. 12 et seq.; see Sylvester’s Window 1874 Meet the Neighbors p. 6 ; Bio on former City of Olympia website captured in Wayback Machine
John, veterinary, brother of Asa, father of John C., see Dunkin and Barnes
John C., son of John, merchant, pioneered development of Olympia Pacific oyster business, partner with John Bolster and husband of Harriet Bolster, built Barnes Building; see Barnes Building
Linnie Maude, married Dryden, OCI grad, WSHS C1952.1068.10.40, C1950.1117.1.16.1, C1951.303.3.25
Lucy, married Antonio Rabbeson, marriage January 1854
Mary, nee Kandle, wife of George
Nelson, came across with children in 1852 (father of George and Henry); rancher, TCP, photos (with Anna) (single portrait) from Digital Archives; WSHS C1952.1068.7.1
Nelson, Jr., fatal accident, September 1852
William Henry (Henry), son of Nelson, WSHS C1952.1068.10.16, C1952.1068.10.30.1, C1943.1008.13
Barnett
G.F., WSHS C1952.1068.10.5.1
Barr
Jessie, married George Hopkins, WSHS C1952.1068.13
Barth
Family and house, C1957.134X.53
Barton
Clarence, editor of Olympia Tribune, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, Rogues, p. 133; WSHS C2015.0.7
Bartran
Muriel, nee Work
Basse
Maude, nee Burr
Bateman
L. Nellie, m. Judge Whitson
Laura, m Charles Clancy
Laura, m. John Allen
Bates
Charles, WSHS C2013.18.71
D.C., mortician, political cartoon of candidacy for coroner from Digital Archives
James, married Kate Stevens, WSHS C1954.1.12
Kate, nee Stevens
Sarah, arrived with father and Sylvester party, 1854, married Thornton McElroy, TCP; WSHS 2012.0.276
Bateson
Mildred, Olympia High School, WSHS C2016.0.120
Beach
Chauncey, superintendent of Olympia Schools, Washington West of the Cascades biography beginning page 606; Rogues p. 303
Beals
Othilia, nee Carroll, married Walter Beals
Walter B., attorney and later judge, served in Nuremberg trials, photo from Digital Archives; Rogues, p. 367 et seq; see also WSHS C1971.48X.2, .1, C1971.48x.5, C1971.48x.3
Bean
C.W., SPI Superintendent, WSHS C1980.7.8
Earl, son of Jacob and Mollie, see Sylvester’s Window 1933 Meet the Neighbors p. 7; owned Meeker/Bean House; WSHS C1986.43.63.3.19.3.1; see also photo below with parents
Jacob and Mollie, C1950.1326.1, owners of Olympia Junk (later Olympia Supply); see Looking Back article
Beatty
Daniel Crane – Early Olympia settler, arrived 1852; Georgiana p. 81 (she calls him David, but other sources identify his first name as Daniel); photo from Bigelow House Photograph Collection
Mary, nee Thomson, married Daniel
Beck
Florentine, see Beck-Fiskal House
Walter, OHS student, WSHS C1951.8.15
Bell
Charles C. (“Collie”), bicycle champion, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Belsito
Trena, nee Selvidge, married first Leo Belsito, then Norman Worthington
Bendel
Jodie, WSHS C2013.18.174
Bennett
Charles, police, C1957.111X.3
Helen, Olympia High School class 1927, WSHS C2016.0.99
Matilda, married McClarty, 2009.224.6
Berg
Rena, Olympia High School class 1927, WSHS C2016.0.99
Berkowitz
Morris, owned junk store (later Olympia Supply), see Olympia Supply
Bernard
Walter, attended Washington School, WSHS C2013.18.81
Berrigan
Mary, married Grim, student of Mary O’Neil, WSHS C1943.2x.33
Berry
Alfred M., son of Thomas, co-proprietor of Pioneer and Democrat, obituary Pioneer and Democrat Sept 16, 1854; Rogues p. 20
Thomas, arrived fall 1853, surveyor TCP
Besse
Charles, son of May Coates and Samuel Besse, WSHS C1950.1305z.35
Maggie (Margaret), worked at Cormier restaurant, married Moyer, WSHS C1950.1305z.34, C1950.1305z.36, C1950.1301.22.5
Mary, nee Coates
Samuel, husband of Mary
Bethel
Clarence, son of Elizabeth and Landon, grocer, attended Olympia Collegiate Institute, see Clarence Bethel Grocery; see also C2013.18.57
Elizabeth, later married George Barnes
Landon, arrived 1886, Bethel Street named for this family, Workingman’s Hill p. 60
Betsey, Old , see Jish Jish
Bettman
Amelia, wife of Louis, nee Coblentz
Belle, daughter of Louis, married Oppenheimer, see Bettman-Oppenheimer House
Gustav S. – son of Sigmund,C1982.18.30.14, .13
Louis – Early storekeeper, Olympia; Georgiana p. 132, photo following, WSHS C1957.1301.3.1; marriage to Amelia Coblenz, Puget Sound Herald Jan. 1861; see Bettman Store first site, Bettman Block and Bettman Store second site and associated links; Rogues p. 13 et seq.
Moses, brother of Louis
Sigmund, brother of Louis
William, brother of Louis, WSHS C2015.0.8
William W. – Son of Louis, took over Bettman store from father, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891; see Washington West of the Cascades, biography beginning page 33
Betts
Charles, WSHS C1949.18.66.1
Ephraim, pioneer logger, C1949.18.66
Mrs. Charles, WSHS C1949.18.66.1
Bickle
Barney
Gertrude, nee Longmire
Henry, Olympia Collegiate Institute, WSHS C2013.18.57
Bigelow
See generally Bigelow House Photograph Collection for images and brief bios of many member of the Bigelow family.
Ann Elizabeth, nee White, married Daniel R.
Belle, nee Knox, married Ray Bigelow
Daniel R. – early arrival, lawyer; Georgiana p. 206, photo from Digital Archives; Rogues, p. 17 et seq.; see also WSHS 2007.0.126, C1950.1117.1.10.1, 2014.0.76; Wikipedia article; selected to write legislative code for Oregon Territory, Columbian Feb. 1853, Democratic candidate for legislature, Pioneer Jan. 1854; see Daniel R Bigelow page in photograph collection; see Sylvester’s Window 1856 Meet the Neighbors, p. 4 ; Workingman’s Hill p. 14 et seq; Bigelow House
Daniel Sylvester, son of George Royal and Edith Sylvester Bigelow, lived in Bigelow House and jointly with his wife deeded it to the Bigelow House Preservation Association; photo from Bigelow House Photograph collection
Duncan, son of Daniel and Ann Elizabeth; Olympia Collegiate Institute Student, see additional photos in Bigelow House Photograph Collection; see WSHS C1950.1117.1.20.3
Edith, nee Sylvester, married George Bigelow
Evaline (or Evelyn), daughter of Daniel and Ann Elizabeth; see photos in Bigelow House Photograph Collection
George, son of Daniel, see photographs and bio in Bigelow House Photograph Collection; see Rogues p. 254; WSHS C2013.18.120; C2019.0.44; C1951.4.37
Margaret, youngest of Bigelow daughters, see bio and photos in Bigelow House Photograph collection
Mary Ann, nee Campbell, married Daniel Sylvester Bigelow
Ray, son of Daniel, built Bigelow Apartments; see photo in Bigelow House Photograph Collection
Ruth, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth, married Albert Wright; see WSHS 2014.0.75; see additional photos and bio in Bigelow House Photograph Collection
Tirzah, daughter of Daniel, schoolteacher, married M.G. Royal, later divorced; see additional photos and bio in Bigelow House Photograph collection; see WSHS C1950.1117.1.12.1 ; C2013.18.199
William Ellis (called Ellis), WSHS 2014.0.78
Biles
Adelaide, nee Burntrager
Clark, son of James
George – son of James, publisher, Lacey resident, WSHS C1943.2x.324, Georgiana
James -in first train across Naches Pass, 1853, settled in Tumwater, member of legislature: TCP , presides over officer installation at Masonic Hall, Pioneer and Democrat Feb. 1854, invites residents to celebrate Fourth of July at Grand Mound, Pioneer and Democrat June 1855, letter supporting his candidacy as a Democrat for Thurston County, Pioneer and Democrat July 1859, position on apportionment Pioneer and Democrat Feb. 1860, supports Union, Pioneer and Democrat March 1861; WSHS C2013.18.121
J.C., OCI student, ran a logging operation in early 20th century, C1950.1117.1.37.3
Mabel, WSHS C2013.18.82
Nancy Merry, nee Carter, married James
Bilger
William L., merchant, partner with Going, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue of 1891; see also, C1950.1346.1; Looking Back article
Billings
Blanche, daughter of William, WSHS C2017.0.184
Charles, son of William, WSHS C1952.1068.7.28, C1943.2x.324
Cleora, daughter of William, WSHS C2016.0.122
Frederick, son of William, C2017.0.184 (see photo above)
Gertrude, nee Gordon, married Charles Billings
Gordon, Olympia High School Student, WSHS C1949.18.28; C2017.0.141
Jeannette (or Janet or Janette), third wife of William, nee Ballentyne
Mary Ann, nee Kandle, second wife of William
William – arrived in Olympia 1851, long-time Sheriff of Thurston County, photo from Digital Archives; see also this link; see Georgiana p. 275, photo following p. 200; TCP ; Rogues, p. 61 et seq.; WSHS C1952.1068.7.28, C1952.1068.8.48, C1950.1.2, C1950.1.6, supporting Free Soil (anti-slavery) principles, Pioneer and Democrat Aug. 1854, death of wife, sister-in-law and son in same week of consumption, Pioneer and Democrat, Oct. 1855, marriage to Mary Ann Kandle, Pioneer and Democrat May 1861; Home on Chambers Prairie WSHS C2017.0.185; home in Downtown Olympia, from Moody Collection
Binheimer
W.W., leader of Capital City Band, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891; WSHS C2019.0.44; C2016.0.183
Black
Amanda, married Engard, WSHS C1945.194.1
John, WSHS C1945.194.5 (John and Marilla)
Marilla, WSHS C1945.194.5, C1945.194.1
Blackler
Hannah, married Alden Hatch Steele, arrived 1850s, WSHS C2015.0.81, TCP
Blake
Eva, nee Wallace, married Frank Blake
Frank, stable owner, WSHS 2010.149.13.1, C1951.303.3.5
F.G., engineer, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Ida, daughter of Frank and Eva, WSHS C1951.303.3.4
Bland
Iva, WSHS C1979.32.10
Blankenship
George C. (Sr).,early Olympia settler, Georgiana, photo courtesy of Ralph Blankenship
George E (Jr.), settler descendant and Olympia memoirist, WPA vol. 3; memoir, Lights and Shades of Pioneer Life; Rogues, p. 133 et seq.; House (unknown location) WSHS C1964.26.4.9.3, see Blankenship House (South Capitol), Blankenship House at Priest Point (now Squaxin) Park (Five Firs)
Georgiana, nee Mitchell, author, Early History of Thurston County, first married Smith, then George Blankenship Jr. Georgiana; see links to homes above under George Jr.
Marian, OHS student, WSHS C1951.8.15; C2013.18.39; C1943.3x.4
Robert, brother of George Jr. , avid bicyclist; Rogues p. 172; WSHS C2019.0.44; C2009.0.2
Sarah, nee Yantis
Blass
John – owned Olympia Oyster Co., WSHS C2013.18.119
Minnie (wife of John) WSHS C1943.2X.38, C2013.18.118
Blauvelt
Thomas, Olympia contractor WSHS C1948.64.37
Nina Mae, nee Curtin, married Thomas
Blind Sam, son of Jish Jish (settler name Old Betsey)
Blinn
Ida, daughter of Marshall, WSHS C2015.0.15
Marshall, lumberman, politician, Indian Affairs superintendent, land developer, Rogues, p. 69 et seq.; WSHS C2015.0.14
Bliss
Eva, nee Toellner, first married Ike Ellis
Anna, owned bookstore in Reed Block, WSHS C2016.0.178
Blomquist
Willardie, legislative staff, WSHS C1943.3x.4; C2013.18.39
Bloomfield
Maria, nee Petrain, m. Nathaniel
Nathaniel, superior court judge, WSHS C2015.0.18, .17
Boardman
E.W., merchant, see Boardman Building
Bohac
Joseph, saddlemaker, see Barnes Floral building
Bolster
Emma, married John C. Barnes
Jay, owned Bolster House, WSHS C1986.43.52.3.30.1
John, partner with John Barnes, grocer, see Barnes Building
Mrs., WSHS C2015.0.53
Bonney
Ernest, farmer, WSHS C1980.30x.15.24
Myrtie, married Herbert Harvey, WSHS C1980.30x.15.20
Botell
Mrs. and Billy, WSHS C1950.1301.22.3
Botkin
W.A., operated liquor store in Opera House, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891; WSHS C2017.0.153
Bottum
Lorraine, nee Percival
Bowen
C.H., Mayor 1921-1922
Bowlin
Addie. (later Mrs. Trout and secondly Mrs. Heath) was daughter of Territorial Bowlin family. Born in Olympia on Maple Park, WSHS C1949.3.43
Bud, son of Jane and James, WSHS C2019.0.30.2.1
James, father of Olive, Addie, and Bud
Jane, nee Yeager
Maude, married Hale, WSHS C1949.3.66
Olive, married Truesdale, C1949.3.81, C1949.3.80
Bowman
Artemisia, m. W.H. Barnes, WSHS C2015.0.10
Jess B, oysterman of Oyster Bay, C1943.1003.26, see Smith-Bowman House
Thomas Henderson, editor, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, murdered, Rogues p 133 et seq., WSHS C2015.0.20
Albert, see Boyles House
Eleanor, Olympia High School class 1927, WSHS C2016.0.99
Myrtle, Olympia High School Student, WSHS C1943.126.4
Bertha, nee Scofield
Wallace, Olympia High School, WSHS C2016.0.120
Brad (Sr.), foreman for Mason County Logging Co. Bordeaux, WA, brother of George
Brad (Jr.), son of George
Edna, daughter of George, married Joseph McKnight
George, early builder, see Brazel House
Georgie, daughter of George
Ida, nee Dilly, married George
Linda, nee Butler, married Brad (Sr.)
Earl, son of JJ, see Earl Brenner House
John, brother of James, grocer, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Margaret Isabella nee Scott
Reese, father of James and John, Grand Mound resident in 1860 – Georgiana p. 274, photo following p. 200; TCP
Brice
Washington Alexander Washington (Alexander [?]) Brice (& wife), father of Washington Cooper Brice, father of Alexander Cooper Brice, father of Elmer Thomas Brice WSHS C1951.307.1
Bridges
Jesse, see Bridges House
Wayne, Rogues p. 189 et seq.; Mayor 1912; Early Olympia Doctor;
Aria, student at Union Academy, Digital Archives photo
Burgess, teacher, superintendent of schools, see Rogues, p. 118; Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Mary, married Harker, WSHS C1949.18.70
Rose, Westside teacher, WSHS C1949.1301.33.25
Chas, Olympia High School, WSHS C2016.0.120
Doane, attorney, WSHS C1986.43.0.445
Flo, wife of Doane, early environmentalist, WSHS C2015.0.30, see Brodie House
Amos, owned Brown Lumber Co, WSHS C1943.1358.2, Historylink article
Anna, nee Peebles, m. Amos Brown
Benjamin F. – Settled on West Side of Olympia; Georgiana p. 116; Rogues p. 77; TCP; C1954.469.3
Cassandra, nee Messegee, married Fred Brown
Cora, nee Covington
Ed, son of Freeman, WSHS C1967.21.3
Elizabeth, nee Case, married Frederick R. Brown
Frank, clothing business, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, WSHS C2015.0.26
Frederick R., located in Tenino 1870, founded Olympia-Tenino Railroad and was noted lumberman, built Iverson House in West Olympia; TCP
Freeman, surveyor and engineer, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891, see also C1967.21.1
Freeman’s daughter, C1967.21.7
Freeman’s son C1967.21.4
Harriet, daughter of Benjamin F. and Mary Olney, married Seth Murphy, WSHS C1954.469.6
Hepzibah Chase, nee Sylvester, married William Brown
J.S. C1964.1.9
Leland P. (L.P.), teacher, Rogues, p. 303; Chandler/Brown House
Leonard C1967.21.6
Lulu, student at Union Academy, photo at Digital Archives
Mame – nee Edwards
Martha, nee Strange, m. Theodore Brown
Mary, nee Olney
Oscar, son of Benjamin F and Mary Olney, WSHS C2015.0.25
Theodore, Olympia developer, son of Benjamin and Mary Olney, Rogues p. 203; WSHS C1951.284.17, C1950.1301.22.3; C2013.18.117; C1943.2x.324; developed The Firs at Butler’s Cove
Truman, lived at 1640 Eastside Street, see Smith/Brown House
William, arrived 1857, farmer & carpenter, referred to as “Presbyterian Brown,” TCP , WSHS C1943.1019.9 (pictured with Hepzibah Chase Sylvester Brown & mother-in-law and niece)
Mary, wife of Robert, nee Arnold
Robert B., Superintendent of Public Instruction, see Rogues p. 123; Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891; see also WSHS C1980.7.7
Mary Alice, m. Charles Maynard, WSHS C2019.0.45
William, OCI student, C1950.1117.1.18.3
Horace Hall, rector Episcopal Church, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
Arthur and Naomi, see Buell House
Winfield Scott and Elvira, grocers on Bigelow Ave, Workingman’s Hill p. 90 (photograph from Workingman’s Hill
Ida, nee Yeager, married Richard
A.W., professor at Olympia Collegiate Institute, C1950.1117.1.9.4, C1951.303.3.13
Eva, member of Tumwater family (pipe factory), WSHS C1952.1068.9.10
Charles saloonkeeper, WSHS 2010.149.7.1, C1948.18.80, C1947.2.5, C2019.0.145, C2015.0.96, see Burmeister saloon and residence
Mary Jane, wife of Charles, C2019.0.145, later married Patrick Dolan
girls, WSHS C1970.6.9, C1949.1301.33.29
Adelaide, married Biles, WSHS C1952.226.43
Bess (or Lizzie), WSHS C1952.226.43
Edith, married Sam Woodruff; WSHS C1952.226.43
Andrew J., early settler, WSHS C1954.285.1, C1951.285.9
Cecil, OHS student, WSHS C1952.226.55
Charles, son of Andrew and Martha, Rogues p. 428; WSHS C1992.14.1, C2019.0.44; C1954.285.4, C1954.285.3
Clara , nee Woodruff
Genevra June, WSHS C1953.1.107
Martha, nee Crosby, married Samuel Woodruff Sr., then Andrew Burr
Maude, daughter of Andrew and Martha, married Thomas Basse, (granddaughter of Nathaniel Crosby), WSHS C1954.285.3, C1953.1.106, C1951.285.7; WPA Vol. 2
John – sawmill engineer, C1968.53.8, C1968.53.10
Bush Family, Bush family website (see this site for excellent information and links about the Bush family); Olympia Historical Society article: Bush Family Farm: Then and Now
Belle – daughter of William, active in Thurston County agricultural and other matters, married George Gaston, TCP; C1950.3.101 , C1950.3.96
Henry Sanford, son of George , WSHS C1949.1301.33.26
Isabella, nee James, wife of George
John, son of W.O., photo from Digital Archives, WSHS C2016.0.92, C2016.0.90.1
Lewis Nisqually, one of first Yankees born in Puget Sound, youngest son of George Bush, WSHS C2016.0.90.5
Mandana, nee Smith, first married Kimsey, then wife of William Owen Bush
Sanford, WSHS C2016.0.90.5
William Owen, legislator, son of George , Rogues, p. 78; Biography on Line, WSHS C1964.1.35, 2015.0.75, C2016.0.91
Martha, Olympia High School Student, married Jones, WSHS C1943.126.4
Butler
Linda – married Brad Brazel; her stepfather was Mr. Willey; WSHS C1948.64.73
Byrd
Addie, daughter of George and Mary, married Athow, OCI Student C1950.1117.1.21.4, C1943.1007.1; photo of Addie, Clara, and Jessie from Bigelow House Photograph Collection
Clara, married Robert Anderson, OCI student, see above photo; C1950.1117.1.21.4, C1943.1007.1
George, husband of Mary and father of Addie and Clara; lived in Olympia a short time in Byrd House ; see Tacoma, Its History, pages 391 and following
Jessie, daughter of Mary and George, see photo above
Mary Ellen, nee White, married George
Byrne
Anna, nee Callow, married Lemuel Byrne
John, Mayor 1897
Lemuel , county school superintendent, see Olympia Tribune Souvenir Issue 1891
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