. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. He was born inthe old Bay state in East Boston on November 16, 1845, and is of Irish an-cestry. His grandfather, James Nugent, was a aative of Ireland, while hisfather, also named James, was born and reared in Massachusetts, where hewas married to Miss Catharine Gallagher, also a native of the old Bay father was a contractor and builder, and he died at the early age of thir-ty-tw^o years, but his widow survi
. A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away. He was born inthe old Bay state in East Boston on November 16, 1845, and is of Irish an-cestry. His grandfather, James Nugent, was a aative of Ireland, while hisfather, also named James, was born and reared in Massachusetts, where hewas married to Miss Catharine Gallagher, also a native of the old Bay father was a contractor and builder, and he died at the early age of thir-ty-tw^o years, but his widow survived him many years, her death occurringat the age of sixty-four. Captain Nugent was the oldest of his parents four children, and inearly life the care of his mother and the younger children fell upon his youngshoulders. The educational privileges which he enjoyed were those affordedby the common schools of the county, and after putting aside his text bookshe learned the carpenters trade, at which he worked when only eleven yearsof age. He was thus engaged till 1867, when he came to the Puget Soundcountry, where he was at once made mate of the steamer Success, plying be-.
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