Harvey James Langworthy, (1895-1923)

Headstone GPS Coordinates: Burial location is unknown.

Birth: 26 Nov 1895, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Death: 28 Apr 1923, Brinnon, Jefferson County, Washington

Relatives in Seabeck Cemetery: None.

American Revolutionary War Patriots*: Jonathan Felt (New Hampshire) DAR# A038897, James Morse (Massachusetts) DAR# A081388

Disclaimer: These lines have not been officially proven by NSDAR standards

Harvey James Langworthy was born on November 26, 1895, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the first child of Edwin Anson Langworthy and Charlotte Mary Wheeler, both Wisconsin natives. As the eldest of five children, Harvey grew up in a close-knit family that would later seek new opportunities far from their Midwestern roots.

Edwin Langworthy worked as a painter in Milwaukee, supporting his young family while they lived on a rented farm. But sometime between 1907 and 1910, the Langworthys decided to head west, settling in Kingston, Washington, where they began raising chickens. Life on the Puget Sound offered new possibilities, and by 1920 the family had relocated again—this time to the Norton precinct of Coyle in Jefferson County. Edwin had purchased a fishing boat and turned to the sea to provide for his family, joining many who made their living from Washington’s rich coastal waters.

At twenty-two, Harvey was working as a fireman when he filled out his World War I draft card in 1917. He described himself as of medium height and slender build, with brown hair and brown eyes. On the line asking if he claimed exemption from the draft, he wrote simply, “Do not believe in war.” Though his name was placed on the draft list, he was never called to serve.

By 1920, Harvey had joined his father and younger brother Howard in the family’s fishing business, working together aboard their own boat. 

Tragically, Harvey’s life was cut short just a few years later. On April 28, 1923, while driving through Brinnon located just across the Hood Canal from Seabeck, he was involved in a car accident and died from internal injuries to his chest. He was only twenty-seven years old. His father, Edwin, served as the informant on the death certificate and listed his residence as Seabeck. Harvey was laid to rest in the Seabeck Cemetery. Today, no marker stands at his gravesite, and the exact location of his burial within the cemetery remains unknown.