The Last Gathering of Seattle’s Founders
Amos Brown, a pioneer who helped shape the city's early identity, is laid to rest in a ceremony attended by nearly every surviving member of Seattle's first generation.
AMOS BROWN'S FUNERAL
The funeral service of Amos Brown was held at the family residence, 1110 First Avenue, this morning. Rev. W. S. Harrington, of Trinity M.E. Church, officiated. The residence was crowded with friends of the family and many beautiful floral offerings were contributed.
Seattle's pioneers attended the services in a body, and it was the largest assembly of pioneers known for years. The ones who acted as pallbearers were Dexter Morton, W. Drew, A. McMillin, M. R. Murphy, Griffith Davis, and Cast Gilman.
The body was followed to the grave by a large number of friends, many of whom have been associates of Mr. Brown for decades.
Among the many pioneers in attendance were: John Sullivan, Sec. U.B. [likely typo for initial], John McMillar, John Haley, Geo. Kincaid, J. W. Sneedey, H. Blaine, O. C. Shreve, J. J. Irwin, George Newhall, John H. Stewart, P. Winlow, George Cunningham, Orator Foster, O. M. Con, T. M. Hatter, M. Adams, R. W. Monti, H. Abraham, T. Watson, and S. Walker, of Gov. Gamble; John Collier, D. Lyon, Geo. Perkingham, Mrs. Hogley, Judge Thomas Ake, August Melhorn, P. Pontius, T. Williams, J. Harbes, W. Meydenbauer, B. H. Brown, M. G. Gilliam, H. Mills, G. W. Bruce, R. Dyer, W. H. Scott, J. F. Carroll, Geo. Frye, R. Holleyoke, A. Manning, T. Ingham, J. Comstock, S. Coombs, J. Ellis, H. Parmelee, H. Minisati, Jacob Lee, P. Smith, Charles Montagan, Chas. R. Brown, James Nugent, Gardner Kelling, and many others.
Amos Brown was a prominent figure in Seattle's early civic life, serving as the city's first postmaster and playing a key role in its development. His funeral serves as a poignant marker of the end of an era; the sheer number of 'pioneers' attending suggests that Seattle's founding generation was still largely intact in 1899, just two years before the Klondike Gold Rush would dramatically transform the city's population and economy.
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