The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 1094 

ARTHUR H. WHEATON.

Benton county has been fortunate in the selection of its county officials, one
of whom is Arthur H. Wheaton, assessor. He was born in Syracuse, New York, in
1985, and is a son of Charles W. and Agnes Leora (Huxford) Wheaton, both of whom
passed away in New York. The father was a hardware manufacturer in his state and
long conducted a prosperous industrial enterprise there.
Arthur H. Wheaton was reared amid the refining influences of a good home and in
the acquirement of his education attended the public schools until he started
out in life on his own account, becoming a salesman for his father. At the age
of eighteen years he decided to cross the continent, having been impressed with
the vast opportunities offered to a young man in the west, and came to
Washington, locating in Spokane, where for two years he was connected with
Jensen, King & Berg, live stock dealers, remaining with them until 1905. He then
accepted a position with J. J. Reed & Company in Kennewick and later was with
King & Son, general merchants. In 1911 he was appointed postmaster of Kennewick
and efficiently served in that position until 1914, when he became county
assessor of Benton county. In 1915 he was re-elected and has since ably
discharged his duties in this connection. He is a trustworthy and thoroughly
reliable official, ever ready to assist the public, and has made many friends
while in office. In 1918 he was a candidate for the position of county auditor.

In 1912 Mr. Wheaton was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Vernon Williams, of
Kennewick, and to them has been born a slaughter, Agnes Leora. The young couple
are very popular in the social set of their city and have made many friends, all
of whom consider it an honor to share in the hospitality of their home, which
Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton ever hold open to them.

In his political affiliations Mr. Wheaton is a republican, faithfully upholding
the standards of his party and having considerable influence in its local
councils. He is very prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the blue
lodge of Masons and also of the independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which
organization he has held all the chairs as well as in the encampment of that
order. The religious faith of the family is that of the Episcopal church and
they are ever ready to give their active moral and financial support to the work
of that organization. Mr. Wheaton owns farm property near Prosser, which is now
being brought to a good state of cultivation.

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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.