Bonham Galland
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Bonham Galland (1833-1915) won election to the Nevada Legislature in 1882.
After his legislative term, he left Nevada for San Francisco and, in 1893, married Bavarian-born Caroline Rosenberg Kline, widow of wealthy Seattle clothing retailer and real estate magnate Lazarus Kline, who had left her a sizable estate.
Bonham Galland
Mrs. Kline died in 1907, bequeathing her $1,000,000 estate to Galland to build a Jewish old age home in Seattle.
Galland faithfully dedicated the last eight years of his life to fulfilling her bequest.
Today, the institution, now called the Caroline Kline Galland House, provides services to the aged of all faiths.
Source
- Mark Rutzik, Breaking New Ground: The Untold Story of Early America’s Jewish Electoral Pioneers – 1788 to 1920, 2025.
Mark Rutzick is the curator of this Bonham Galland exhibit.
