Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 804.
 
W. E. GUERIN, Jr.

     a prominent banker and leading business man of Bend, Crook county, was born
in Fort Scott, Kansas, November 24, 1871. His father, W. E. Guerin, is a retired
capitalist, residing in New York city.
     When quite young the subject of this biographical sketch removed from
Kansas to the state of Ohio. He laid the groundwork of an excellent education in
the public schools of the Buckeye State. Subsequently he was matriculated in
Cornell University, one of the leading colleges of the United States, from which
he was graduated with honors.
     In December, 1893, Mr. Guerin was admitted to the bar, commencing the
practice of law in Ohio. In this state he was elected to the legislature, being
a member of the Seventy-fifth Assembly.
     April 1, 1904, Mr. Guerin came to Bend and is now president of the Central
Oregon Banking and Investment Company. He erected a substantial building for the
business of the company, his attention being divided between commercial pursuits
and the practice of law. He is, also, the principal promoter of an excellent
telephone system throughout the Bend country, and has charge of the sale of the
land of the Des Chutes Irrigation & Power Company.
     March 7, 1895, Mr. Guerin was united in marriage to Miss Alice T.
Greenleaf. They have one child, Mary B. Fraternally our subject is a member of
the Elks, and all the branches of Masonry, including the Scottish High Masons.
     Mr. Guerin is a man of excellent business sagacity, popular in the
community in which he resides and one who has a lively interest in the
social and commercial welfare of the town of Bend.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.