An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 473-474

	PROF. I.N. LAFFERTY, ex-Superintendent of the Public Schools of Clarke
county, was born in Clarke county, Illinois, August 16, 1847, a son of Marshall
and Elizabeth (Criss) Lafferty. His mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and
descended from one of the early and influential families of that State. She died
on this coast in 1878. The Lafferty family trace their ancestors on this
continent beyond the date of the Revolutionary war. The great-great-grandfather
of our subject, Joseph Lafferty, was a member of a company of minute men at the
battle of King's Mountain, North Carolina. Marshall Lafferty was born in that
State, but was raised in Kentucky. He was a soldier in the Black hawk war, and
crossed the plains to California in 1850, where he followed mining on the
American and Feather rivers, meeting with fair success. In 1854 he returned to
his former home, but in 1857 brought his family to California, spending the
following two years in Vallejo. He then resided in Sonoma county until his
death, in 1892.
	I.N. Lafferty, the subject of this sketch, received his education in the
public schools of Sonoma county, California, and at the Petaluma Institute. In
1865 he began teaching school in the former county, and also followed time same
occupation five years in Mendocino county. In 1882 he came to Vancouver,
Washington, where he was constantly engaged in teaching until 1888, and in that
year was elected County Superintendent of schools. He retired from that position
in 1893. Prof. Lafferty received a life diploma in California, a Territorial
certificate in this State in 1883, a life diploma the following year, in 1892
received a State life diploma, and holds two State certificates from Oregon. He
has been constantly connected with educational matters since early manhood.
	April 14, 1889, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. Smith, who died
January 20, 1890. June 24, 1892, Prof. Lafferty married Miss Mertie L. Blair, a
native of Missouri. In political matters, the Professor affiliates with the
Republican party, and socially is a member of the I.O.O.F., in which he has
passed all the official chairs.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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