The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 424

ALEXANDER TAYLOR.

Alexander Taylor is living in Yakima but is still the owner of valuable ranch
property and employs a number of men in the conduct of his farming and
stock-raising interests. He was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland, on the 1st
of February, 1872, and is a son of William and Jane (Copeland) Taylor. The
father was a stockman but both he and his wife have now passed away.

The son pursued his education in the schools of Scotland and was a young man of
twenty-four years when in 1896 he arrived in Yakima. Later he made his way to
the Sound country, where he remained for a year, but on the expiration of that
period returned to the Yakima valley and became identified with the sheep
industry in 1900. He has since developed his interests to large proportions,
having about ten thousand head of sheep at the present time. He ranges in the
hills of Wenas, Blewett Pass and other districts. He has also purchased the
Parker ridge for a winter range and he leases from four to five townships of
land for a winter range, besides owning several sections. Since July, 1905, he
has made his home in Yakima and from this city directs his business interests.
He employs from fifteen to twenty-five men throughout the year. He has
altogether five different ranches and his properties are very valuable and well
equipped. On them are found substantial buildings and a spirit of
progressiveness and enterprise characterizes the different places. Mr. Taylor
gives to these his personal supervision, directing the efforts of his men, and
his sound judgment is manifest in the excellent results secured.

In 1904 Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Annie Smith, also a native of
Kincardineshire, Scotland, and they have become the parents of three children.
Jessie Jane, William James and Allister Robert. In his political views Mr.
Taylor has
been a republican since becoming a naturalized American citizen.	He and his
family occupy a beautiful home in Yakima which stands in the midst of five acres
of land, beautifully adorned with trees and shrubs. His record is indeed a
creditable one, showing what may be accomplished by persistent effort. He came
to the new world empty-handed, but by judicious investment and indefatigable
energy he has steadily advanced until he is today one of the men of affluence in
the Yakima valley.

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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.