Gideon A. Weed
Gideon A. Weed | |
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| 9th Mayor of Seattle | |
| In office 1876–1878 | |
| Preceded by | Bailey Gatzert |
| Succeeded by | Beriah Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 7, 1833 New Providence, New Jersey |
| Died | April 22, 1905 (aged 72) Berkeley, California |
| Spouse | Adaline Melinda Willis |
Gideon Allen Weed (March 7, 1833 – April 22, 1905) was mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1876 to 1878, serving as an independent. He was born in New Providence, New Jersey. Weed, a doctor by profession is credited with greatly reducing the impact of a smallpox epidemic in 1877, acting as the city's health officer and even paying for treatment of patients from his own pocket.[1] Weed and his wife, Adaline, also a doctor, had settled in Seattle in 1870 after previously practicing hydropathy in Nevada and Oregon, one of the first few to practice it in the United States.[2][3] He died in 1905 in Berkeley, California
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