Clark-Statewide County WA Archives Biographies.....Brothers, Healy 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 287 - 288
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     HEALY BROTHERS.  Portland is the location of a number of prosperous 
furniture concerns, one of the most important and prosperous which is that of 
Healy Brothers, who are extensively engaged in both the jobbing and 
manufacturing of furniture, in which they have built up an enormous business, 
radiating to all parts of the Pacific northwest. William A. and Frank S. 
Healy, who are the partners in this enterprise, were born in Washington, the 
family moving to Vancouver, and thence to Portland about 1898. They are sons 
of Patrick Quinn and Cecilia Healy. The father died in April, 1908, and the 
mother in December, 1902. They came to the Pacific coast about 1870, locating 
first at Puget Sound. The father was a native of Ireland, from which country 
he came to the United States when thirteen years of age. For several years he 
was in the United States Army, serving as hospital steward at Fort Vancouver. 
After leaving the army he served as a justice of the peace at Vancouver, and 
for a time was in charge of the Tulalip Indian reservation, near Everett, 
Washington. Later he engaged in the drug business in Vancouver. To him and his 
wife were born seven children, of whom five are living: Joseph M., of 
Portland; Mae; Josephine; and William A. and Frank S., of this review.

     William A. Healy completed his educational training in the public schools 
of Portland and when thirteen years of age went to work for the Gevurtz 
Furniture Company, with which he remained for four years, and then became a 
salesman for F. S. Harmon & Company. Through his faithful service, he received 
several promotions and became assistant manager at Portland. Later he was 
transferred to that company's house at Tacoma, where he was serving as 
assistant general manager when he resigned in order to go into business for 
himself. Frank S. Healy, who also attended the schools of Portland, started 
his business career with the Gevurtz Furniture Com¬pany, and later joined the 
sales force of F. S. Harmon & Company, with whom he remained seven years, 
becoming assistant manager of the Portland branch. In 1909 the Healy brothers 
established a business, handling jobbing lines of furniture through the 
northwest, but doing no retail business. They were first located at Thirteenth 
and Lovejoy streets, later moved to Thirteenth and Irving streets, then to 
Thirteenth and Hoyt streets, where they remained until 1922, when they took 
over the Portland Furniture Manufacturing Company, through which deal they 
acquired two buildings, one fifty by ninety and the other fifty by forty feet. 
With the acquisition of this plant they engaged in the manufacture of 
upholstered furniture, in which they met with distinctive success, so that in 
1927, in order to properly care for their rapidly increasing business, they 
erected their present building, which contains three stories and a balcony, 
and is one hundred and eight by two hundred and eighty-five feet. They occupy 
one and six-tenths acres of ground, their plant, which fronts on Macadam road, 
extending from Corbett to Macadam streets. Both concerns are now under one 
roof, though the business lines are conducted separately, the Portland 
Furniture Manufacturing Company, which they own, confining its activities to 
manufacturing. Of this company, William A. Healy is president; Frank S. Healy, 
vice president and treasurer; S. H. Huff, secretary, and 0. A. Honsinger, 
superintendent. The firm of Healy Brothers, which is primarily devoted to the 
sales end of the business, conducts its sales largely through ten traveling 
salesman, who cover Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah and parts of 
Nevada and California, while they also have representatives in Alaska and 
Hawaii. In making their furniture they mainly use the native woods of Oregon 
and Washington, though they also make some mahogany and walnut furniture. They 
employ one hundred and twenty-five men in the plant, which is modern in all of 
its equipment and arrangements. It is a "daylight" plant, particular attention 
having been given to the lighting facilities, as well as to its heating and 
ventilation. A railroad switch to the building, greatly facilitates the 
receiving of material and the shipping of the finished product. The building 
is of concrete and slow-burning construction and is supplied with an automatic 
sprinkler system. In September, 1926, Healy Brothers opened a branch house in 
Spokane, Washington, where they are engaged in both manufacturing and jobbing, 
occupying a three-story building, fifty by one hundred feet, at 152 East 
Washington street. About twenty people are required to handle the Spokane 
territory. The firm of Healy Brothers is a member of the Portland Chamber of 
Commerce.

     In 1921, in Escanaba, Michigan, William A. Healy was united in marriage 
to Miss Helen Stack, who was born and reared in that place, and they are the 
parents of three children, Helen Ann, Billie and John Patrick. Mr. Healy is a 
member of the Arlington Club, the Waverly Country Club and the Rotary Club. In 
1913, in Portland, Frank S. Healy was married to Miss Mary Monks, a native of 
this city and a daughter of James and Mary Monks, of whom the former came to 
the coast about 1800 and they were married in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. 
Healy are the parents of three children, Bernice Mary, Frank S., Jr., and 
Joseph Michael. Mr. Healy is a member of the Alderwood Country Club and he and 
his brother are members of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In their 
business affairs they have shown sound judgment and marked enterprise and they 
command a high place in the confidence and respect of their fellowmen, for 
they have been characterized by earnest and honest effort, while their 
personal qualities are such as make a favorable impression on all who come in 
contact with them.

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