Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Farr, Marriott G. 1881 - 
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     MARRIOTT G. FARR, manager of the Portland branch of Hathaway & Company, 
of New York city, possesses business qualifications of high order and has been 
very successful in handling his company's interests in this city. Mr. Farr was 
born in Elmira, Chemung county, New York, in 1881, and is a son of W. O. and 
Anna Morris (Gurnsey) Farr, both of whom are deceased. He attended the public 
schools of Seattle, going there with his parents when nine years of age, and 
completed his high school course there. He then entered the employ of the 
Washington National Bank which later became the National Bank of Commerce, 
with which he remained for eighteen years, resigning in order to accept a 
position with Hathaway & Company, which is the oldest concern dealing in 
commercial paper in the United States, having been established by Charles 
Hathaway in 1874. He remained in the Seattle office until September, 1918, 
when he came to Portland and opened their office in this city, of which he has 
been manager continuously since. He has shown judgment and discrimination in 
handling the company's affairs, building up a large clientele and winning a 
high reputation for his able and honorable business methods.

     On May 12, 1908, Mr. Farr was united in marriage to Miss Lillian Kellogg, 
of Seattle, Washington, and they are the parents of two children, Gladys and 
Eugene, who are in high school. Mr. Farr is a republican in his political 
views and is a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and of the 
Kiwanis Club, of which he was president in 1925. A man of straightforward 
manner and agreeable personality, he has not only gained public confidence as 
a business man, but is also highly esteemed for his sterling qualities.


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

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