Erasmus M Smithers, Renton pioneer, ca 1885 (MOHAI 623)

Erasmus M. Smithers came to Washington Territory by wagon train as a young man. He served in the territorial militia and worked in lumber camps. In 1857, he married Diana Tobin, the widow of another early Renton settler. Smithers was a founder of the Renton Coal Company and filed the first plat for the city of Renton. He died in 1900. This photo of Erasmus Smithers was probably taken in the 1880s.
Handwritten on mount: Mr. Smithers.

Caption on verso: Moore - Portrait Photographer - Sullivan's Block, Seattle, W.T.

Typed on verso: Smithers, Erasmus M. Settled in the present town of Renton, Wash. in 1853.

Caption by MOHAI staff.
Subjects (LCTGM): Pioneers--Washington (State)--Renton
People: Smithers, Erasmus