Whatcom-Clark County WA Archives Biographies.....Connor, M. M. 1871 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com October 26, 2008, 11:37 pm Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company M. M. CONNOR of Vancouver is regarded as one of the leading lawyers of the Columbia River Valley and has a large and representative clientele, being recognized as an authority on corporation law, in which he specializes. He was born in Champaign county, Illinois, in 1871, a son of M. T. and Mary Connor, both of whom died in Denver, Colorado. The family moved to southwestern Iowa when he was yet a boy and there he received his education, attending the public schools and an academy at Corning, after which he became a student in the University of Iowa but did not graduate. He accompanied his parents on their removal to Denver, Colorado, where in 1893 he began reading law in the office of T. M. Patterson. He was admitted to the bar in 1896 and engaged in the practice of his profession in Denver, until 1898, when he came to Washington, locating in Bellingham (then called Whatcom), where he conducted a law practice until 1905, since which year he has been a resident of Vancouver. Soon after coming here he formed a law partnership with ex-Senator E. W. Rands, with whom he remained associated until that gentleman's death, since which time he has been alone. He possesses to a marked degree the essential qualifications of the successful lawyer and holds a place in the front rank of the able and dependable attorneys of the Clark county bar. While living in Bellingham, Mr. Connor married Miss Isabel Hugenin, a native of Iowa and a daughter of Robert and Anna Hugenin, both of whom are deceased. They were numbered among the pioneers of Bellingham, to which city they came in Mrs. Connor's young girlhood. Mr. and Mrs. Connor have a daughter, Madeline. Mr. Connor is a member of the Clark County Bar Association and the Washington State Bar Association. He served three years as city attorney of Vancouver and drew up the first ordinance for the improvement of a street under the special assessment law. He is a trustee of the Northwestern Electric Company and is secretary of the Marshall Pain Veneer Company, being also counsel for that concern, as well as many other corporations in this city and county. Sterling integrity and a close observance of the ethics of his profession have marked his career, and no citizen of Vancouver commands to a greater degree the unqualified confidence and respect of the people among whom he lives. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 544 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/whatcom/bios/connor7gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb