Yolo-San Francisco-Yuba County CA Archives Biographies.....Farish, Anthony Linn 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com January 13, 2006, 11:23 pm Author: Tom Gregory (1913) ANTHONY LINN FARISH The public administrator of Yolo county, who was elected to the office on the Democratic ticket in 1910, is a pioneer of California and for many years has been interested with his son, George A., who manages their large ranch in the Capay valley, Yolo county. As the senior member of the Farish Realty Company of Woodland he has been associated in the real estate business with his younger son, Franks L. The headquarters of the concern at No. 507 Main street are well known to the people of Yolo county and particularly to those who wish to buy or sell city homes or unimproved property, as well as lands adapted to the raising of fruit, alfalfa and grain. While making the sale of property their principal interest, the firm also conducts a growing insurance business and in that line enjoys the patronage of a large number of the leading men of the county. The son of Adam Thomas Farish, a pioneer of 1849 and for many years the head of a wool and hide industry in San Francisco, A. L. Farish was born in Macon, near Memphis, Tenn., August 30, 1845, and came via the Isthmus of Panama to California in 1852. He was educated primarily in a private school in San Francisco, after which he spent five years in Marysville attending the public schools, and later he completed his education in the public schools and the city college of San Francisco. He then became a clerk in the law office of Elisha Cook in that city and afterward, in Hollister, San Benito county, he engaged in the mercantile business. While there he was elected county treasurer, serving one term. He then sold out his business interests and purchased a store in Los Gatos, from which place on February 15, 1887, he was appointed chief deputy in the office of the United States marshal at San Francisco, a position which he filled for about twenty years altogether, about eight years under Democratic and twelve years under Republican administration. When he was retired, to the regret of a host of well-wishers and friends, the Oakland Tribune published a complimentary article concerning his work, from which we quote the following: "It is regrettable that the exigencies of partisan politics should compel so competent and trustworthy a man as A. L. Farish, former chief deputy in the United States marshal's office, to leave the public service. Mr. Farish has held his position in the marshal's office for nearly twenty years, through successive administrations, and has never been charged with a questionable act or dereliction of duty. Four successive marshals, two Democrats and two Republicans, found him an assistant so well informed, so attentive to his duties and so loyal to his chief as to be almost invaluable. Mr. Elliott, the new marshal, was not to blame for having friends of his own to whom he would like to give a place. It is quite likely that he has political obligations to discharge which compel him to displace Mr. Farish to make room for someone else, and he should not be harshly criticised for conforming to conditions which he did not create and for which he is not responsible. Nevertheless it is a matter of regret that so faithful and valuable an official as Mr. Farish has proved himself to be should be summarily turned out of office after a score of years of service free from reproach. No man would dismiss such an employe from his private business; on the contrary, employers raise the salaries and show increased consideration for such employes." Upon retiring from the marshal's office Mr. Farish came to Woodland, Yolo county, where he and his older son own a ranch of four hundred and fifty acres in Capay valley. In addition he owns an alfalfa ranch of twenty acres in the suburbs of Woodland. During the period of his residence in this city he has won the confidence of the people, among all of whom his integrity is unquestioned and his intelligence conceded. Stanch in his allegiance to Democratic principles, he yet never solicits office from his party, and the position he now holds came to him as a token of his high standing in the community. It has been his privilege to witness sixty years of progress and development in California and the state has no resident more loyal than he, no citizen more devoted to its upbuilding and more positive as to its possibilities. His marriage took place in Hollister December 4, 1873, and united him with Miss Sarah E. Triplett. They are the parents of three children now living, the eldest of whom, George A., who manages the Capay valley ranch, married Miss May Collins and has one son, Linn. The only daughter is the wife of H. H. Gable of Woodland and they have one daughter, Margaret. The youngest member of the family circle, Franks L., is a member of the Farish Realty Company of Woodland. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/farish344bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 5.7 Kb