A Life Cut Short on Jefferson Street
The sudden passing of Charles F. Galbraith, a young Seattle resident of noble qualities, leaves the local public in mourning.
Charles F. Galbraith, a young man who has been afflicted with a severe attack of brain trouble, died at the residence of his father, C. J. Galbraith, on Jefferson Street, between 8th and 9th, yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. He was a native of Oregon, and twenty-four years of age at the time of his death. He was a young man of noble qualities and made many friends since he had been known here. Of late he had been dealing in real estate in town and enjoyed the respect of the business public.
“He was a young man of noble qualities and made many friends since he had been known here.”
Obituaries like this remind us that behind the rapid growth and commercial hustle of late-19th-century Seattle were the quiet, tragic lives of young people whose sudden illnesses marked the families of the frontier city.
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