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- PIONEER AND SOLDIER DEAD AT AGE OF 73
Capt. Simon Peter Randolph Was Owner of First Steamboat on Lake Washington
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Capt. Simon Peter Randolph, 73 years old, pioneer, soldier and steamboat man, died yesterday at his home, 1016 Columbia street, after an illness of two weeks following a paralytic stroke.
Capt. Randolph was born in Logan county, Illinois, January 10, 1835. His father was of one of the old Virginia families.
He was married on January 30, 1856, to Miss Catharine Breckenridge, daughter of Preston Breckenridge, of Springfield, Ill. During the civil war he enlisted in Nebraska Second cavalry, Company D.
Coming West, he was a pioneer of Oregon in 1864; came to Seattle in 1868 and engaged in transporting coal for the Lake Washington Coal Company on barges from Lake Washington by way of Black river.
In 1870 he was owner of the first steamboat on Lake Washington, carrying coal from Newcastle on barges to the portage. He later operated boats on the White, Skagit and Snohomish rivers. Retired from active business in 1889.
Capt. Randolph is survived by his widow and one son and daughter, Preston Brooks Randolph and Edith Randolph Warner, wife of Arthur C. Warner, and grandson Walter Randolph Robinson, besides eight other grandchildren.
He was a member of A. O. U;. W., Columbia lodge, No. 10, the Pioneer Association and the Presbyterian church. The funeral is to be held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian church. Rev. J. M. Wilson will officiate.
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1835 - 1909 (74 years)
