The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 893 CHARLES NATHAN GILBERT. Charles Nathan Gilbert, who dates his residence in the Yakima valley from 1910, is the owner of thirteen acres of land two miles north of Buena. He was born in Wabasha county, Minnesota, September 23, 1871, a son of Silman N. and Emily (Rundle) Gilbert, the former a native of Connecticut and a son of Silas Gilbert. The mother was born in Pennsylvania. In young manhood Silman N. Gilbert went to Minnesota and subsequently removed to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the sawmill business until 1880, when he established his home in South Dakota. He came to Yakima county about 1902 and is now a rancher living near Zillah. Charles N. Gilbert, after attending the public schools, started out in the business world at the age of seventeen by securing employment in a flour mill, where he was made engineer. In 1893 he went to California and obtained a situation in a sash and door factory. Later he conducted a dancing school in Oakland, California, for ten years and then, attracted by the opportunities for successful fruit raising in the Yakima valley, he made his way to this section in 1910. His earnings were then invested in thirteen acres of land two miles north of Buena, of which eight acres was still covered with the native sagebrush. Today he has four acres planted to fruit, while the remainder of his land is devoted to the raising of hay. On the 1st of June, 1898, Mr. Gilbert was united in marriage of Miss Anna Osborn, a native of Oakland, California, and a daughter of William and Laura (Olson) Osborn, both of whom were born in Norway. Crossing the Atlantic to the United States, they became pioneer settlers of California, where Mr. Osborn continued to reside until called to his final rest. His widow still survives and makes her home in Oakland, that state. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert are the parents of three children: Laura, Charlotte and Nathan. Mrs. Gilbert has a brother, Roy Harry Osborn, who has been on active duty with the united States army in France as a member of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ammunition Train of the Ninety-first Division. Mrs. Gilbert is a lady of charming manner and wide popularity whose gracious hospitality has made their home the center of many delightful social functions. Mr. Gilbert is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Modern Woodmen of America and in politics he maintains an independent course. Political office has never had attraction for him, as he has always preferred to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business affairs, which are wisely and carefully managed, and thus he is attaining substantial success. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.