In loving memory

Martin Van Wagoner

May 10, 1833 – April 1, 1909

Lived 75 years

Quincy Valley Cemetery · Quincy, Washington

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1833

Born May 10

1837

Martin was 4 when Victoria became Queen of the United Kingdom

1848

Martin was 15 when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California

1853

Martin was 20 when Congress created Washington Territory

1865

Martin was 32 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House

1876

Martin was 43 when Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call

1889

Martin was 56 when Washington became the 42nd state

1892

Martin was 59 when Quincy began as a Great Northern Railway camp

1907

Martin was 74 when Quincy incorporated as a town

1909

Passed away April 1, age 75

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