The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 872 
A photograph of the residence of Emile P. Villaume appears in this publication.

EMILE P. VILLAUME.

An attractive stone residence, standing in the midst of a highly cultivated
ranch property largely devoted to fruit raising in the Selah valley, is owned
and occupied by Emile P. Villaume, a native of France, who was born on the 29th
of June, 1805, of the marriage of Athanase and Marguerite (Baly) Villaume. The
father died in France and the mother and children afterward came to the United
States, crossing the Atlantic in 1880, when Emile P. Villaume was a young man of
twenty-one years. They made their way to the upper Mississippi valley, settling
at St. Paul, Minnesota, and there Emile P. Villaume continued until 1902, when
the opportunities of the west attracted him and he made his way to Yakima
county. Here in 1903 he purchased a relinquishment on an eighty acre homestead
on the Selah Heights, which was one of the first tracts of land taken up in this
part of the county. The greater part of it was at that time covered with a
native sagebrush and gave little indication that it would be transformed into
valuable fruit land. He now has, however, an eight acre orchard, in which he is
raising fine apples. The balance of his place is devoted to the cultivation of
hay and cereals. he has sold twenty acres of his land but still retains sixty
acres and he has forty acres under the ditch, the irrigation system being
thoroughly adequate to the demands upon it. From the first Mr. Villaume has
steadily developed and improved the property and in 1903 he erected thereon a
comfortable dwelling, which at that time was the largest in the locality. That
he has since prospered is indicated in the fact that in 1912 he built a fine
stone residence of eight rooms, supplied with all modern conveniences and
comforts. In 1911 he built a large barn and there is no accessory or
improvement of the model farm of the twentieth century that is lacking upon his
place.

On the 6th of April, 1896, Mr. Villaume was married to Miss Leona Gros, of St.
Paul, Minnesota, and they have two children, Alice Augustine and Paul Eugene,
both at home. In politics Mr. Villaume maintains an independent course. He is a
self-made man who started out in life without the aid of influential friends or
financial assistance. Undeterred by the difficulties which he has encountered,
he has steadily worked his way upward and the steps in his orderly progression
are easily discernible. Continuous effort, intelligently directed, has
constituted the foundation upon which he has builded his prosperity.

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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.