Milton Densmore (1839-1908) was a Civil War veteran of Vermont who became an early resident of Seattle.
At the close of the Civil War in 1865, Densmore followed the pattern of many veterans, who moved westward and made land claims. He met and married his wife Rosamond in Beloit, Wisconsin, and in 1871 they moved to Seattle. The Densmores opened a grocery store in Seattle and got involved in the efforts to move coal to be exported.
The coal economy in early Seattle…