The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 809

JOHN H. GREENSLADE.

John H. Greenslade, who since 1908 has made his home in the vicinity of
Grandview, is a native son of Alabama. He was born in Lawrence county, that
state, on the 2d of January, 1853, a son of John and Mary (Holland) Greenslade,
the former a native of England. While the latter was born in South Carolina. The
father was a tailor by trade.

John H. Greenslade acquired a public school education but his opportunities in
that direction were somewhat limited, as it was necessary that he early provide
for his own support. He is truly a self-made man who owes his advancement and
success entirely to his individual effort. He carried on farming in
Mississippi, to which state the family removed in 1854. He was engaged largely
in raising cotton there and continued a resident of that state until 1905, when
he made his way to the northwest, settling in the Puyallup valley near Tacoma.
He carried on ranching in that district until 1908, when he came to Yakima
county and near Grandview purchased fifteen acres of land which was all covered
with sagebrush. He at once began the arduous task of transforming it into a good
ranch property. He built a home and barns upon the place and today he has eight
acres planted to apples and two acres to cherries. The remainder is plow land,
upon which he raises various crops. and his ranch today bears no resemblance to
the tract of wild land which came into his possession about a decade ago. He
also owns a ten-acre orchard at Wenatchee, Washington, and produces there some
of the finest apples raised in the state.

In January, 1874, Mr. Greenslade was married to Miss Sarah Ulmer, who was born
in Lauderdale county, Mississippi, a daughter of Richard Ulmer. Mr. and Mrs.
Greenslade became parents of nine children, but Luther, their first born, is now
deceased. Thomas is a cotton grower of Mississippi. Euna is the wife of Thomas
Richards, a merchant conducting business at Vardaman, Mississippi. Mary is the
wife of Thomas Craig, a planter living in Arkansas. Annie is the wife of Joseph
Ingram, also of Mississippi. Nora is the wife of Harry Sourwine, living at
Wapato, Washington. Frank is at home. Smith is serving in the United States
Army. Wilmer, who resides in Wenatchee, is married. The wife and mother passed
away in 1915 and her death was the occasion of deep regret to many friends whom
she had won during the period of her residence near Grandview.

Mr. Greenslade has always voted with the democratic party and his religious
faith is that of the Methodist church, the teachings of which have guided him in
all the relations of life, making him a man whom to know is to respect and
honor.

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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.