A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . ng which he visited Seattle, and be-coming convinced of the great future which lay before this city he decidedto make it his future place of abode. In 1900 the present firm of Bond &LaFarge was organized for the purpose of doing a general real-estate andinsurance business. They have made many investments in both city and coun-try property, and this enterprising firm now occupy a leading position in thebusiness circles
A volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of the city of Seattle and county of King, Washington, including biographies of many of those who have passed away . ng which he visited Seattle, and be-coming convinced of the great future which lay before this city he decidedto make it his future place of abode. In 1900 the present firm of Bond &LaFarge was organized for the purpose of doing a general real-estate andinsurance business. They have made many investments in both city and coun-try property, and this enterprising firm now occupy a leading position in thebusiness circles of Seattle. JMr. LaFarge is a man of business capacity andresourceful ability, his resolute purpose and keen discrimination enablinghim to carr\- forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, andhe has gained for himself an emiable reputation in social and business cir-cles. He is a Republican in his political preferences. FRANCIS M. GUYE. From an early period Francis ^I. Guye has been identified with thehistory of the Pacific coast, being a pioneer of California, Oregon and Wash-ington, and he has done efficient service in developing the mineral resources. FRAHCIS M. GUYE SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. 127 of this commonwealth. His birth occurred in Greene county, Indiana, on the7th of January, 1833, and he is of Scotcli and Enghsh descent. His ancestorswere among the early settlers of Virginia and Tennessee, and were activeparticipants in the early history of the colonies and in the Revolutionarywar. Samuel Guye, the father of our subject, was born in Tennessee, andwas there married to Miss Susanna Bidwell, a native of Virginia and amember of a prominent old family of that state. The mother was calledto her final rest at the comparatively early age of forty years, and Mr. Guyewas a second time married, becoming the father of ten children, five sonsand five daughters, of whom but three of the sons and one daughter sur-vive. He reached the psalmists limit of three score an
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