Person:Thomas Mercer (11)
Thomas Mercer
b.11 Mar 1813 Mercersburg, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
d.25 May 1898 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
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  • M.  Jane Dickerson (add)
  1. Thomas Mercer1813 - 1898
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m. 1838
  1. Mary Jane Mercer1839 - 1910
  2. Alice Mercer1848 - 1926
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m. 1859
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Facts and Events
Name Thomas Mercer
Gender Male
Birth[1] 11 Mar 1813 Mercersburg, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Residence[1] 1834 Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States
Marriage 1838 Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United Statesto Nancy Brigham
Census[4] 12 Dec 1850 Bureau, Illinois, United States
Residence[1] 25 Aug 1853 Seattle, King, Washington, United StatesA very early settler, within two years of the founders
Marriage 1859 Salem, Marion, Oregon, United Statesto Loretta Ward
Census[5] 9 Jun 1870 Seattle, King, Washington, United States(outside city limits)
Census[6] 23 Jun 1880 Lake Union, King, Washington, United States
Death[1][7] 25 May 1898 Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Burial[3] Lakeview Cemetery, Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Reference Number? Q7792390?


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Judge Thomas Mercer (March 11, 1813 – May 25, 1898) was a pioneer associated with the early history of Seattle.

Mercer and his family traveled from Princeton to Oregon in 1852 with Daniel Bagley, Dexter Horton, and other prominent early Seattle settlers. His wife died on the journey, leaving him with four young daughters under 14. After a brief stay in Oregon, the Mercers arrived in Seattle in mid 1853. He claimed a plot near David Denny, and the present-day Mercer Street was the border between their properties. He later built a house near Lake Union.

Mercer was one of the first commissioners of King County when it was formed in 1854, and in 1858 he was elected probate judge and held the position for ten consecutive years. He later platted West Seattle, at considerable profit.

It was at Mercer's Fourth of July celebration in 1855 that he gave a speech suggesting that the large lake to the east be named Lake Washington, and that the smaller lake, that one day might connect the larger lake and Puget Sound, be named Lake Union.

Mercer Island was named in his honor in 1860, as he was known to visit it frequently, although apparently he never lived there.[8]

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Thomas Mercer, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   King, Washington, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    This Mercer 47 OH innkeeper, H L Mercer 37 KY; Susan 16 IL; Allace 11 IL; DB Ward 21 KY (laborer) (Seattle, p. 272, 8/5/1860)

  3. ↑ Find A Grave
    Thomas Dickerson Mercer.
  4. ↑ Bureau, Illinois, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432).

    Thomas Mercer 37 OH, Nancy 33 NH, Mary Jane 11 IL; Eliza Ann 9 IL; Susanna 6 IL ; Alice 1; Franklin Warren 18 NY (p. 289, 12/12/1850)

  5. ↑ King, Washington, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Thomas Mercer 57 OH farmer 2000/700; Luretta 47 KY; Wm T Graham 12 Washington (Seattle, p. 99A, 6/9/1870) [same page as D.T. Denny]

  6. ↑ King, Washington, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Thomas Mercer 66 OH, par b. MA: Loretta 56 KY, par MD (Lake Union, p. 273B, 6/23/1880)

  7. ↑ Washington, United States. Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960.
  8. ↑ HistoryLink, Mercer's Island is named in 1860, [1]
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