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EUGENE FARISH
FARISH, OSCAR EUGENE, Real Estate, Los Angeles, California, was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, July 20, 1868. His father was John W. Farish and his mother Mary Ann Harris. He went to Los Angeles in June, 1895, and was married to Alice Aspinall Grindrod at Pasadena, December 4, 1895. To them were born Muriel Estelle and Gwendolen. He received his education in the public schools of Arkansas.
Mr. Farish first entered the service of the Southern Express Company, holding positions of responsibility at Little Rock, Arkansas; at Memphis, Knoxville and Bristol, Tennessee; at Lynchburg, Roanoke and Norfolk, Virginia, and at Ocala, Florida. Upon arriving in Los Angeles, he entered the employ of the Los Angeles Electric Company, resigning after two years to engage in business for himself as real estate and oil operator. In 1902 Mr. Farish formed a partnership with William W. Mines, under the firm name of Mines and Farish for the purpose of conducting a general real estate and rental business, the firm today being recognized as one of the leaders in the local field.
He was a member of the City Council in 1903-04, President of the Los Angeles Realty Board, and was a member of the consolidation committee of fifteen under whose guidance Los Angeles, Wilmington and San Pedro became the seaport city of Los Angeles. He was vice president for one term of the State Realty Federation.
Mr. Farish is a member of the California Club, the Federation Club, the City Club, the Municipal League, the Realty Board, the Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Mines, Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Foresters, Fraternal Brotherhood, and is a thirty-second degree Mason.
Transcribed 11-2-10 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 532, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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