Los Angeles County, CA, Biographies

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OSCAR EUGENE FARISH, Los Angeles

 Born near Pittsboro, Chatham Co., N. C., July 20, 1868, son of John W. and Mary Ann (Harris) Farish. 
Educated in the public schools of Arkansas. From 1886 to 1895, in the employ of the Southern Express 
Co., at Little Rock, Ark.; Memphis, Knoxville and Bristol, Tenn.; Lynchburg, Roanoke and Norfolk, Va., 
and Ocala, Fla. In June, 1895, came to Los Angeles, and for the succeeding six years was connected 
with Blake,Moffitt & Brown (wholesale paper house), the Los Angeles Electric Co. and engaged in the oil 
business. Since 1901, actively engaged in the real estate business. Pres. Los Angeles Realty Board, First 
Vice Pres. California State Realty Federation, and mem. Chamber of Commerce, Municipal League, 
Municipal Waterways Assn. and Calif. Club. Democrat; in City Council, 1903-4. Thirty-second degree 
Mason, K. of P. and Forester. Married Alice Aspinall Grindrod, Dec. 4, 1895; two children, Muriel Estelle 
and Gwendolen.

 SOURCE: Greater Los Angeles & Southern California Portraits & Personal Memoranda, Lewis Publishing Company, 1910, P.147