The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 420
A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Padelford appears in this publication.

ARCHIE M. PADELFORD.

The attractive home of Archie M. Padelford is situated a mile and a half east of
Sunnyside, where in 1903 he and his father purchased sixty acres of land. He was
born in Minnesota, March 10, 1887, a son of Manley and Roxie (Rhodes) Padelford,
who are natives of New York but became pioneer residents of Minnesota, the
father there following the occupation of farming. In the year 1901 the entire
family left the middle west and made their way to the Pacific coast, settling at
Portland, Oregon, where they lived until 1903 and then came to Yakima county,
Washington, at which time Archie M. Padelford and his father purchased sixty
acres of land a mile and a half east of Sunnyside. They have built a fine new
house and barns and have added many modern equipments and accessories to the
place, utilizing the latest improved machinery in the development of the fields.
Archie M. Padelford cultivates the ranch and is annually raising good crops of
hay, potatoes, corn and sugar beets.

On the 2d of February, 1912, Mr. Padelford was married to Miss Ida Oswalt, who
was born in Indiana, a daughter of Franklin Oswalt, who is now engaged in
ranching near Mabton, having come to Washington in 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Padelford
now have four children, namely: Bessie, Florence, Emily and Ferne.

In his political views Mr. Padelford is a republican but without ambition for
office. His entire time and attention are concentrated upon his ranching
interests and he is regarded as one of the energetic and progressive young
farmers of his section of the state, wisely and successfully directing his
interests.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.