The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 512

JOHN A. YEARWOOD.

John A. Yearwood, who since 1898 has occupied his ranch near Thorp, where he is
engaged in dairying as well as in the cultivation of the soil, is numbered among
those men who by individual effort win success. He started out in the business
world empty-handed and has made steady progress since that day. He was born in
Alabama, April 7, 1862, a son of John and Alpha Ann (Clarke) Yearwood. The
father died prior to 1804 and the mother afterward went to Tennessee with her
son, John. Later she became the wife of J. R. Mathews in 1869 and in 1879 they
removed to Texas. In later life they became residents of Kittitas county
Washington, where both passed away.

It was in the spring of 1887 that John A. Yearwood arrived in Kittitas county,
where he was employed for two years. He then took up a homestead near Thorp and
later purchased seven hundred and twenty acres of railway land and also other
land, having more than eight hundred and thirty ,acres at one time, but in 1914
he sold that ranch. In the meantime, or in 1898, he had purchased sixty acres of
land near Thorp and has since lived thereon. He now has a fine home, substantial
barns and all modern equipments upon his place, which is devoted largely to the
raising of grain and hay. He also makes dairying an important feature of his
business, and though he started out in life empty-handed, he is today one of the
substantial citizens of the district.

In January, 1889, Mr. Yearwood was married to Miss Etta May Page, a daughter of
Heinan and Rachel Page, who were pioneers of Kittitas county. The children of
this marriage are: Alfred, who is now a member of the United States army; Susie,
the wife of Andy Beers, who resides near Cle Elum, where he is engaged in
ranching; Rachel, the wife of Bert Christner, a resident of California; Amanda,
the wife of Ben Ellis, who is engaged in ranching in Kittitas county; Lucy,
John. Etta May and Merle, all at home. The youngest is now ten years of age.

Mr. Yearwood is a democrat in his political views and fraternally is connected
with the Modern Woodmen. His present condition is in marked contrast to the
condition of the early period of his residence in Washington, for at an early
day he cut and split wood at three dollars per cord and then hauled it a
distance of eighteen miles. A period of unremitting toil, fraught also with many
hardships and privations, brought him at length to a point from which he has
advanced steadily toward the goal of prosperity.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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