All Bios by year of birth

Tulalip mini-biographies

Birth/death       Name                                              known for being a

unknown           Lock-ni-num                                traditional tribal leader
unknown           Shawstun                                      traditional tribal leader, head chief of the Snohomish
1815-1858        Patkanim                                      traditional tribal leader, chief of the Snohomish, treaty signer
1834-1922        Little Sam                                     family patriarch
1843-1923        Pilchuck Julia                               forecaster of the weather
1845-1900        David Teuse                                 community leader, judge
1846-1918        Mary Bob                                      Gold Star mother
1846-1935        Charles Jules                                business leader
1848-1929        Snoqualmie Jim                           community leader
1853-1932        Anastasia Spithill                         family matriarch
1857-1958        Ruth Sehome Shelton                 cultural leader
1859-1923        Thomas Bishop                            treaty rights leader
1865-1939        William Bagley                            treaty rights leader
1874-1969        Sarah Sheldon                              family matriarch
1875-1952        Julianne Jackson                          Gold Star mother
1875-1969        Elizabeth “Lizzie” Krise            Lushootseed language informant
1876-1938        William Shelton                           cultural leader, story pole carver
1876-1950        Katrina Bagley                             Gold Star mother
1876-1955        Roy Henry Sr.                              member of the first board of directors
1878-1958        Hubert Coy                                   business leader, owner of Coy’s Resort
1878-1972        Carl Jones                                     member of the first board of directors
1879-1955        Harry Moses                                 Lushootseed language informant
1880-1973        Martha Williams Lamont          Lushootseed language informant
1885-1957        William Kitsap                             member of the first board of directors
1888-1970        Nora Charles Dillon                    Gold Star mother
1889-1918        Alphonsus Bob                            serviceman, WWI, died 19180927 in France
1889-1961        Solomon George                          member of the first board of directors
1889-1971        Agnes Jules James                       artist, cedar bark weaver
1890-1970        George “Doc” Jones                   family patriarch
1891-1930        Robert Shelton                             business leader
1892-1981        Dora Williams Solomon            Lushootseed language informant
1893-1939        Angela Brown                              community leader, Marysville Globe writer
1893-1956        Wilfred Steve                               member of the first board of directors; first chairman
1893-2000        Ollie Wilbur                                 family matriarch
1895-1918        Elson James                                  serviceman, WWI, died 19181211 in France
1897-1972        Sebastian Williams                      member of the first board of directors
1899-1987        Martin Williams                          tribal government leader
1899-1990        Eleanor Williams                         tribal government leader
1901-1986        Lawrence Williams                      member of the first board of directors
1903-1982        Edith Percival Parks                    tribal government leader
1903-1996        Cyrus “Big Shot” James            cultural leader
1904-1991        Harriette Shelton Dover             cultural leader, TT board member
1907-1973        Edward Hagen Sam                    cultural leader
1908-2003        Katherine “Molly” Hatch          family matriarch
1910-1941        Thomas Yarr                                athlete, Universtiy of Notre Dame football player
1911-1992        Fillmore James                             cultural leader
1911-2006        Marya Moses                               Lushootseed language informant
1912-2011        Katherine “Katie” Gates            family matriarch
1913-2004        Ivy Charles Guss                         family matriarch
1915-1995        Katherine Bagley Campbell      Gold Star mother
1917-1977        Elsie Price                                   tribal government leader, first woman on the board; Gold Star mother
1917-1995        Robert “Barney” Guss                family patriarch
1919-1971        Ezra Zane Hatch                          serviceman, WWII vet
1921-2002        Wesley Charles Sr.                      serviceman, WWII vet
1923-2002        Frank Madison                             community leader
1925-1951        Joseph Charles Jr.                        serviceman, Korean War, killed in action 19510326
1926-2003        George Williams Sr.                   tribal government leader
1926-2019        Stan Jones Sr.                               tribal government leader
1927-1994        Kenny Moses Sr.                         cultural leader
1928-2000        Grace Goedel                               Lushootseed language informant
1928-2007        Marie Sneatlum                           opera singer
1928-2017        Wayne Williams                          tribal government leader
1929-2013        Verle Hatch                                  serviceman, Korean War, prisoner of war
1930-2009        Bernie Gobin                                tribal government leader
1930-2017        Raymond Moses                          serviceman, Korean war, cultural leader
1931-1953        Walter Moses Jr.                          serviceman, Korean War, killed in action 19530529
1934-1992        Clarence Hatch Sr.                      tribal government leader
1934-2003        Janet McCloud                             fishing rights activist
1934-2008        Caroline “Uppy” Thornberry    community leader, organizer of community dinners
1935-2016        Leota Pablo                                   spiritual leader
1937-2023        David Spencer                              artist, Lushootseed language poet
1940-2003        Jerry Jones                                    artist, carver of canoes and totem poles
1941-2013        Hank Gobin                                  artist, painter
1942-2022        Cy Williams                                 serviceman, U.S. Marine, caregiver for the elders
1943-2023        John McCoy                                 community leader, Washington state representative
1947-1967        Larry Lee Price                            serviceman, Viet Nam, killed in action 19670604
1948-2022        Terry Williams                             serviceman, Viet Nam, climate spokesman
1949-1970        Donald Campbell                        serviceman, Viet Nam, killed in action 19700703
1950-1996        Stan Jones Jr.                                tribal government leader
1961-2013        Wendy Gobin Young                  artist, beadwork

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