The Passing of a Maritime Patriarch
Capt. F. C. Pendleton, 66, part owner of the brig Virgil T. Price, died of inflammatory rheumatism in Seattle.
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Capt. F. C. Pendleton, part owner of the brig Virgil T. Price, died yesterday morning at 6:30 o'clock at Blanchard street, of inflammatory rheumatism, aged 66 years. Capt. Pendleton was born in Salem, Mass., and from a boy followed the sea. He made several trips around Cape Horn to the Pacific coast and to the time of his death took great interest in shipping matters. He was a heavy owner of Seattle real estate. The remains are being embalmed by the Cross Undertaking Company. The casket is metallic, with broadcloth covering and solid silver trimmings. The captain was not a king, but his casket is in style and finish the same as the one in which King Kalakaua's remains were incased when shipped from San Francisco to Honolulu.
“The captain was not a king, but his casket is in style and finish the same as the one in which King Kalakaua's remains were incased.”
The death of Capt. Pendleton reflects the rapid transition of 1890s Seattle, where men who arrived by ship during the early maritime era became the city's primary real estate moguls. Blanchard Street, once the site of this captain's home, is now central to the densest real estate market in the Pacific Northwest.
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