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Josiah Collins (Washington fire chief)

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Josiah Collins
Member of the Washington State Senate
In office
1911–1915
Personal details
Born(1864-06-17)June 17, 1864
Hillsborough, North Carolina
DiedJuly 1, 1949(1949-07-01) (aged 85)
Seattle, Washington
Resting placeLake View Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Caroline Wetherill
(m. 1907)
Children2
OccupationLawyer, civil servant, politician
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Josiah Collins V (1864-1949) was an American attorney, civil servant and politician who was Seattle Fire Commissioner and a State Senator. He was Seattle's Fire Chief at the time of the Great Seattle Fire on June 6, 1889. On that date, he was in San Francisco, attending a regional conference of Fire Chiefs.

Biography

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Josiah Collins's fire chief hat on display at MOHAI

Josiah Collins was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina on June 17, 1864. He moved to Washington in 1883, where he became a lawyer.[1]

He was chief of the volunteer fire department at the time of the Great Seattle Fire in 1889.[2]

He was one of the cofounders of the first golf clubs in Seattle at Laurelhurst in 1895.[3]

Initially a Democrat, he joined the Republican Party in 1896.[1] He served as a member of the Washington State Senate from 1911 to 1915.[2]

He married Caroline Wetherill in June 1907, and they had two sons.[1][2]

He died in Seattle on July 1, 1949.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Snowden, Clinton A. (1911). History of Washington: The Rise and Progress of an American State. Vol. 5. Century History Company. pp. 394–395. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d "West Coast Leader, Native of Hillsboro, Succumbs at Seattle". Times-News. Seattle. AP. July 2, 1949. p. 5. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Wilma, David. "Golf arrives in Seattle in 1895". HistoryLink. Retrieved October 21, 2021.