Boswell, H. James. American Blue Book Western Washington. Seattle, Lowman and
Hanford Co., 1922. p. 83.	

BOGLE, W.H.: WITHOUT special advantages at the outset of his career, W. H. 
bogle, of Seattle, has advanced in his profession until today he occupies a 
prominent position in the legal circles of Washington.  Mr. Bogle is a native 
of North Carolina, and was born in 1855, and received his academic training in 
private schools.  He was admitted to the bar in 1876, before he was 21 years 
of age.  It was in 1895 that Mr. Bogle was admitted to the bar in Washington.  
Prior to that time he practiced his profession with marked success in 
Tennessee and Mississippi.  The firm of Bogle, Merritt & Bogle, of which Mr. 
Bogle is the senior partner, is Division Counsel for the Union Pacific 
railroad, and is conceded to be one of the most representative legal 
combinations in the Northwest.  Mr. Bogle is recognized as a man of splendid 
legal knowledge, and a citizen whose example is worthy of emulation.  An 
initiative spirit and ability to co-ordinate forces so as to produce the 
maximum of results is characteristic.  His clientele is one of the largest and 
most representative in the state, his clients being numbered among the leaders 
in all lines of industry.  Mr. Bogle is a live factor in Seattle and 
throughout the state.  As a lawyer he has proven a wise counselor, an able 
pleader, and in the courtroom an opponent who gains the respect of his 
bitterest adversary.  He is a clear and forceful speaker and has a mind well 
stored with facts gained from the field of law and literature, which have been 
his creation and delight.  Mr. Bogle married Miss Mary Jarnagin, in 1878, and 
the couple are the parents of five children, three girls and two boys.  Mr. 
Bogle is a member of the Rainier club and the city, state and national bar 
associations.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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