Multnomah-Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Furnish, William E. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 19, 2009, 12:01 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company WILLIAM E. FURNISH. Among Portland's younger business men stands William E. Furnish, president of the Furnish Investment Company, who has shown a progressive spirit in his operations and commands a most creditable position in the business circles of this city. Mr. Furnish was born in Pendleton, Umatilla county, Oregon, and is a son of William J. and Jessie M. (Starkweather) Furnish, to whom specific reference is made in a personal sketch of William J. Furnish on other pages of this work. William E Furnish received his elementary education in the public schools of Pendleton and attended Portland Academy and Leland Stanford University. He then entered his father's office and remained associated with him until the latter's death, since which time he has been president of the Furnish Investment Company, which handles the properties belonging to the Furnish estate, including a number of valuable farms and considerable city real estate and other interests. In 1928 he organized and is president of Continental Airways, which is engaged in aerial mapping. On December 28, 1916, Mr. Furnish was united to Miss Ruth C. Fraley, of Portland, and they are the parents of two children, Dorothy Jane and William Wallace. Mr. Furnish gives his political support to the republican party and is a member of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 744-745 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/furnish686gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb