The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 549 JOHN F. SCHEUFLER. Orcharding now claims the attention of John F. Scheufler, who since 1910 has been successfully engaged along that line, having in that year acquired title to his father's ranch. He was born October 4, 1885, in Saginaw, Michigan, a son of John and Minnie (Beyer) Scheufler, natives of Germany. They came to this country at an early day and for a number of years resided in Michigan, whence they went to Cleveland, Ohio. In 1899 John Scheufler removed to Seattle, Washington, and later came to the Yakima valley. Subsequently, however, he returned to Seattle, where for several years he successfully operated a bakery, but then bought twenty acres of land in the Yakima valley one and a half miles east of Zillah. To the cultivation of this land he devoted his attention for about eight years, at the end of which time he sold out to his son, John F. He passed away February 26, 1912, being survived by his widow, who now makes her home in San Francisco, California. Although John F. Scheufler was born in Michigan, he received his public school education in Ohio and subsequently assisted his father in business, making the various removals with the family, after the father had acquired the tract of land in Yakima county John F. Scheufler assisted in bringing it under cultivation and so continued until he became the owner in 1910. He has ever utilized the latest ideas and methods in agriculture and horticulture and now has fourteen acres in apples, pears and peaches, while the remainder of the tract is devoted to the raising of hay. In the course of years the ranch has become valuable and he derives a gratifying income from his labors. On August 6, 1911, Mr. Scheufler was united in marriage to Gladys Olivia Bales, a native of Burr Oak, Kansas, and a daughter of Phineas and Olivia Bales, who in 1904 became residents of Centralia, Washington. To this union has been born a son. John Allen, whose birth occurred February 26, 1913. Both Mr. and Mrs. Scheufler have made many friends in their neighborhood and all speak of them in terms of high regard. They attend the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they are helpfully interested, and fraternally Mr. Scheufler is a member of the Elks Lodge, No. 318, of Yakima. Although he inclines toward the republican party as far as national politics are concerned he preserves a certain degree of independence, particularly in regard to local affairs, preferring to follow his own judgment instead of party dictation in the support of candidates. He is now numbered among the successful and prosperous orchardists of his district and much of his success is attributable to his own labors. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.