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Mar 22, 1808 Castleton, Vermont, United States Died on 13 Mar 1873 (aged 64)
American pioneer and doctor
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About David Swinson Maynard
- David Swinson "Doc" Maynard (March 22, 1808 – March 13, 1873) was an American pioneer, doctor, and businessman.
- He was one of Seattle's primary founders.
- He was an effective civic booster and, compared to other white settlers, a relative advocate of Native American rights.
- His friendship with Chief Seattle was important in the formation of the city of Seattle, and it was he who proposed the city be named for this important chief.
- Maynard was Seattle's first doctor, merchant prince, second lawyer, Sub-Indian Agent, Justice of the Peace, and architect of the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855.
