Edward Stillman (1871 - 1917)
Edward Stillman was born in England in Newbury, Kent, Burkshire, and was raised and educated there. He came to Canada and joined the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) as a young man. He arrived in the Yukon in 1897. He was secretary to Major Z.T. Wood in Dawson for years, and remained with the Force until 1905.1)
In 1904, Staff Sergeant Sillman was stationed at Fort Selkirk. He reported the storekeeper Klimesch was selling wholesale liquor to nearby roadhouses.2) Stillman met Leta Swinehart, whose father was a pioneer farmer near Fort Selkirk, and they married in 1904.3)
Edward Stillman became a miner and then joined the Canadian Klondike company as part of the office staff for the last several years before his death. He was a member of the Dawson Lodge No 50 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was also a member of the Yukon Rifles and the British Empire Club. Edward was survived by his wife and two daughters Vivian (five) and Rhoda (two and a half).4)