The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 845 

CHARLES F. CEDAR.

Sweden has furnished a substantial element to the citizenship of Yakima county.
The sons of that country, with their characteristic energy, industry and
honesty, have made good as successful orchardists in this section and among the
number is Charles F. Cedar, who was born in Sweden. September 11, 1859, a son of
John and Christine Cedar. The father was a soldier of the Swedish army and lived
to the notable old age of ninety-two years, but both he and his wife have now
passed away.

Charles F. Cedar obtained a public school education in his native country and
was a young man of twenty years when he left there and came to the new world in
1879. He made his way to Chicago, where he resided for about twenty-nine years,
or until 1908, and during that period he was employed as a car builder in the
shops of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The excellence of the workmanship and
his thorough reliability are indicated in the fact that he was so long retained
in the service of that corporation. Wishing, however, to engage in business
independently that his labors might more directly benefit himself, he came to
Yakima county in 1908 and invested the capital which he had acquired through his
industry and economy in ten acres of land on Selah Heights. He now has this
tract planted to apples, pears, cherries, peaches and other fruits and is
successfully engaged in the cultivation of his orchards.

In 1885 Mr. Cedar was united in marriage to Miss Sophia Alm, a native of Sweden,
who in her girlhood days became a resident of Chicago. By her marriage she has
become the mother of three children. Carl William, now residing in Chicago,
where he is the agency secretary of the Continental Casualty Company, is
married and has one daughter and one son. Alma is the wife of Walter Amberg,
also a resident of Chicago, and they have two sons. Esther died at the age of
three years In politics Mr. Cedar maintains an independent course, not caring to
ally himself with any party but voting according to the dictates of his
judgment. He is interested in public welfare and progress and cooperates
heartily and enthusiastically in support of many plans and measures for the
general good. In business he has proven a most successful farmer, although for
many years his activity was directed along other lines. His sound judgment,
however, has enable him to discriminate readily between the essential and
non-essential in everything relating to fruit culture and his orchards are
evidence of his wise care and business ability.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.