The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 808 CHARLES S. SUNDBERG. Charles S. Sundberg, financier and orchardist, now president of the Selah State Bank, was born in Cook county, Illinois, April 12, 1874, a son of Samuel and Anna Sundberg, both of whom were natives of Sweden. They came to the United States when young people and were married in Illinois. The father was a coal miner and devoted his life largely to that pursuit until 1878, when he removed with his family to Carroll county, Iowa, where he took up the occupation of farming. After four years spent in that locality be became a resident of Clay county, South Dakota in 1882 and there carried on general agricultural pursuits to the time of his death. His widow afterward lived in Texas but she, too, has passed away. Mr. Sundberg of this review is indebted to the public school systems of Iowa and of South Dakota for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He lived upon the family farm until he reached the age of twenty years and also lived for a time in Texas prior to 1893. He embarked in business independently by opening a general store and in connection had the post office at Komstad, South Dakota, and in 1909 he and his half brother, Elmer Dahlin, removed to Yakima county, Washington, where he has since made his home. On the 7th of May, 1916, they opened a bank at Selah known as the Selah State Bank, of which Mr. Sundberg has since been the president. In this connection he has instituted a policy which is thoroughly reliable and contributes in marked measure to the success of the institution, the business of which has steadily grown from the beginning. He has always believed in thoroughly safeguarding the interests of depositors and has made his bank in every way worthy of trust and patronage. In 1909 Mr. Sundberg purchased fifteen acres of orchard land on Selah Heights and is thereon extensively engaged in raising apples. He also has about three hundred acres of land near Spokane. He is thoroughly imbued with the spirit of western progress and is most enthusiastic concerning this section of the country and its opportunities. In politics Mr. Sundberg has always been an earnest democrat and was an active worker in party ranks while a resident of South Dakota. He belongs to the Swedish Mission church, in the work of which he takes helpful part, and he is also identified with the Young Men's Christian Association. In these connections are indicated the rules which govern his conduct and shape his relations in connection with all private and public interests. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.