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and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 2.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.

J. W. BINKLEY

J. W. Binkley of Spokane has been associated with various interests which have
constituted elements in the growth and progress of Spokane and the surrounding
country. He now occupies a prominent position in financial circles as president
of the North Pacific Loan & Trust Company, in which connection he is a partner
of Jacob R. Taylor. He was born in Ontario, Canada, July 10, 1856, his parents
being George and Mary (Rymal) Binkley. He had the advantage of liberal
educational training, attending the Collegiate Institute of Ontario and
afterward the Toronto University, in which he took up the study of law, pursuing
his course until qualified for practice. After leaving college he made his way
direct to this state settling first in Seattle. He was admitted to the bar at
Tacoma in 1883 and the same year came to Spokane, where he formed a partnership
with his cousin, Jacob R. Taylor, which relation has since been maintained. They
entered at once upon the active practice of law and made steady progress in that
field but have gradually withdrawn to concentrate their energies and attention
upon other business interests. Mr. Binkley served as probate judge of the county
in 1885 and 1886, having been elected on the democratic ticket, but for some
years he has not taken an active part in politics aside from exercising his
right of franchise. More and more largely his efforts and activities have been
concentrated upon his business affairs and he is now president of the North
Pacific Loan & Trust Company, which deals entirely in farm mortgages and handles
foreign capital from Holland. The firm have now loaned on these mortgages over
one million dollars. They first organized the Northwestern & Pacific Mortgage
Company in 1881, it having a continuous existence until 1896, when it was taken
over by the Northwestern Hypotheek Bank, subsequent to which time they organized
their present business under the name of the North Pacific Loan & Trust Company.
In this way Mr. Binkley has contributed much toward the upbuilding, progress and
improvement of this district and his progressive work has also been done as the
president of the first and second fruit fairs which were ever held here. In 1880
Mr. Binkley was married to Miss Josephine Clarkson, of Ontario, who died in
Spokane. They had one daughter, Ethelyn, who is the wife of Aubrey L. White, of
this city. Mr. Binkley belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and in more strictly
social lines is connected with the Spokane Club, the Spokane Amateur Athletic
Club and the Spokane Country Club.

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2017 by Diane Wright.
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