Excerpt from Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth, Vol. 4: Historical Character Study
His Parentage and Early Surroundings - A Father and a Mother of Great Character - The seliooi of Labor - Sea-faring - Ship's Ofiicer at Eighteen - Pioneer and Builder of the North Pacific Coast - Lum ber-milling on Puget Sound - Power and Usefulness - Sarah Martha Renton, his fife - Her Characteristics at Home and in Affairs - A ivoman of Business - They Builded Together - The Lessons Deducted from Two Lives Which were as One.
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