Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ELISHA P. FERRY GARFIEIvDE. EIvWOOD EVANS JAMES BII^ES FOUR MASONIC PAST GRAND MASTERS PIONEER REMINISCENCES 65 ELISHA P. FERRY Elisha P. Ferry, the first Governor of the State of Wash-ington, and Territorial Governor for two consecutive termsbeginning: with April, 1872, is remembered among the pioneersas the greatest of all Governors, I. I. Stevens alone his many years residence in Olympia Governor Ferrywas acknowledged to have been a man
Early history of Thurston County, Washington : together with biographies and reminiscences of those identified with pioneer days . ELISHA P. FERRY GARFIEIvDE. EIvWOOD EVANS JAMES BII^ES FOUR MASONIC PAST GRAND MASTERS PIONEER REMINISCENCES 65 ELISHA P. FERRY Elisha P. Ferry, the first Governor of the State of Wash-ington, and Territorial Governor for two consecutive termsbeginning: with April, 1872, is remembered among the pioneersas the greatest of all Governors, I. I. Stevens alone his many years residence in Olympia Governor Ferrywas acknowledged to have been a man of good business ability,prudent, tactful, painstaking, in thinking as well as in action,])0ssessed of rare good judgment and great firmness of char-acter, as well as a good lawyer. He possessed all the acquire-ments as well as the natural (pialities that go toward makinga good executive. A native of ]\Iichigan, E. P. Ferry studied law there andlater in Fort Wayne, Indiana, being admitted to the bar in1845 at the age of 20. His first start in life after his gradua-tion Avas made in Waukegan, Illinois, where he practised law^until 1869. He was first ]\Iayor of t
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