An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 478

	FRANCIS M.K. PUGH, the efficient Sheriff of Spokane county, Washington, was
born in Linn  county, Oregon, April 7, 1860, the youngest in a family of six
children. His parents, Francis A. and Ruth (Jessup) Pugh, are natives of
Kentucky and Indiana respectively, and his father was among the first settlers
of Oregon. One of Mr. Pugh's uncles served in both the Mexican and Black Hawk
wars. Of his brothers be it recorded that they are men of progressive ideas, and
have held various positions of trust in the States of Oregon and Washington. One
brother, J.W. Pugh, is now a County Commissioner of Linn county, Oregon, and
another, Felix M. Pugh, is Deputy Sheriff of Spokane county, under his brother.
	The subject of our sketch has been a resident of Washington since 1879, and
of Spokane since 1880. Mr. Pugh has taken an active part in the affairs of the
State of his adoption, and is considered one of its most public-spirited
citizens. He affiliates with the Republican party, and by that party was
nominated and elected Sheriff of Spokane county in 1890, and was re-elected in
1892, being the present Sheriff and serving his second term. He has proved
himself a most capable and efficient officer, having, in conjunction with his
brother, Felix M., broken up one of the most lawless gangs with which the West
was ever infested.
	He was married in 1880, to Miss Carrie Hughbanks, and has four children:
Ollie, Lottie, Belrand and Ralph.
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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