The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 282 A portrait of Lyman J. appears in this publication. LYMAN J. GIBSON. Lyman J. Gibson is the vice-president of the Yakima Meat Company and thus active in the control of the foremost business enterprise of the character in the valley. A native of Oregon, he was born at Wasco on the 2d of June, 1883, his parents being James D. and Mary Gibson, who are mentioned in connection with the sketch of E. S. Gibson on another page of this work. The educational opportunities accorded him were those of the public schools, supplemented by a course in the Holmes Business College at Portland, Oregon. When his textbooks were put aside he entered the business of stock buying, becoming a representative in this connection of the Walla Walla Meat Company. Later he entered the employ of James Henry of Seattle and afterward was identified with the Union Meat Company of Portland, which company was taken over by the Swift interests. He continued one year with them after the Swifts had taken oNer the company, and bought stock for their Los Angeles and San Francisco plants. At a subsequent date he returned to the employ of James Henry of Seattle and bought stock over Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. He next became a member of the firm of Gibson Brothers of Seattle, whom he represented as buyer and he is now a member thereof. He is vice-president of the Squaw Creek Land Company, in which the Gibson Brothers own a one-third interest, besides being lessors of much land. He is also identified with the Yakima Meat Company as its vice-president, the two organizations working hand in hand in the raising of stock and its preparation for the market as well as the sale of the finished product. On the 30th of July, 1913, Mr. Gibson was united in marriage to Mrs. Pauline Costamagno Ronketto, who was born in southern France of Italian descent. She came to the United States with her mother when eleven years of age, the family home being first established in Wakefield, Michigan. Subsequently, Mrs. Gibson lived in Seattle for a time and on two different occasions lived in Fairbanks, Alaska. By her first marriage she became the mother of three children, Helen, Laura and John. One child, Lyman James, Jr., has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gibson. Fraternally Mr. Gibson is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He also belongs to the Yakima Commercial Club and to the Yakima Valley Business Men's association and is deeply interested in all those questions and projects which have to do with the development of the resources of the country and the promotion of its business connections. His political endorsement is given to the republican party but without desire for office. He is preeminently a business man and one who concentrates unfaltering effort and attention upon his activities. He has utilized his opportunities wisely and well and each forward step in his career has brought him a broader outlook. The course of his orderly progression is easily discernible and his record should serve to inspire and encourage others, for he belongs to that class of representative American business men who are known as self-made. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.