Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Beach, Jarvis Varnel  January 31, 1854 - 
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     JARVIS VARNEL BEACH, who has been engaged in the practice of law in 
Portland for almost a half century, is one of that city's honored and 
respected citizens, a man who has not only been successful in his profession, 
but has also exemplified in his life the highest type of citizenship. Mr. 
Beach was born in Millport, Missouri, on the 31st of January, 1854, and is a 
son of Harvey Henry and Eleanor Isabella (Henry) Beach, The latter, who was a 
descendant of Patrick Henry, died in 1854 and Mr. Beach later married her 
sister, Emily E. Henry. In his earlier years Harvey H. Beach engaged in the 
operation of lumber and grist mills in Missouri but in 1850 went to 
California, and engaged in mining for a few years, after which he returned to 
Missouri, where he spent his remaining years. Jarvis V. Beach's maternal 
grandfather, Hugh Henry, was one of the first settlers of Missouri and the 
first Methodist church in the northeastern part of that state was organized in 
his home. Jarvis V. Beach attended the public school, the North Missouri 
Normal School, at Kirksville, and the Christian University at Canton, Missouri 
and then engaged in teaching school. In the meantime he took up the study of 
law, which he continued after moving to California, and in 1879 was admitted 
to the bar in Los Angeles. Immediately afterward he came to Portland and has 
been engaged in the practice of his profession continuously to the present 
time. He served as city attorney of East Portland, and later as city attorney 
of Portland, and has always sustained a reputation as an able, successful and 
dependable lawyer, sincere in his motives and purposes and honorable in every 
relation of life.

     In 1888, Mr. Beach was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Olympia Cole, of 
Salem, and they are the parents of a son, Varnel Cole, who is a graduate of 
Harvard University and is now engaged in the lumber business in this city. He 
is married and has one child, Varnel Lee. Mr. Beach gives his political 
support to the republican party and during all the years of his residence here 
has shown a live interest in the progress and welfare of his city and county. 
He served for over twenty years as a member of the city board of education and 
is a trustee of the Teachers Retirement Fund Association. He is a member of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Woodmen of the World and the United 
Artisans and maintains professional affiliation with the Multnomah County Bar 
Association, the Oregon State Bar Association and the American Bar 
Association. His learning, ability and character have gained for him 
distinctive recognition as one of Portland's leading professional men and he 
commands to a marked degree the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. 


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, 
Pages 620-623

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