OBITUARY: JOHN Y. OSTRANDER

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

Source: Prosch, Thomas W. "The Pioneer Dead of 1914." The Washington Historical
Quartery, Volume 4, No. 1 (January 1915), p. 12.


Ostrander, John Y. - Born in Cowlitz County, W. T., April 26, 1857; died at
Olympia March 1st [1914].  He was a member of one of the best known pioneer
families, after whom the town of Ostrander, in Cowlitz County, was named.  He
studied law under William Strong, one of Oregon's first judges.  He held several
offices in Olympia, Seattle and Juneau.  Eleven years he lived in Alaska.  His
wife was Fanny S. Crosby, they being married in 1880.  He had seven sisters, who
survived him.