The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 923 

ISRAEL ANDERSON.

Israel Anderson, whose ten-acre ranch on Academy Heights is highly productive,
was born in Sweden, February 17, 1869, a son of Andrew and Caroline (Erickson)
Anderson, both of whom passed away in Sweden, where they had spent their entire
lives as farming people. Mr. Anderson obtained a public school education in his
native country and there remained until he reached the age of eighteen years,
when in 1887 he severed home ties and made his way to the new world. He first
settled in Emporia, Kansas, where he resided for four months, and then removed
to Omaha, Nebraska, where he secured employment in the packing houses. Later he
spent two years as a coachman and on the expiration of that period went to
western Nebraska, where he purchased forty acres of land. He devoted a year and
a half to the cultivation and improvement of that tract, after which he sold his
farm and returned to Omaha, where he was again employed as a coachman for a few
years. He afterward married and for eight years occupied a position in a
hardware store. Later he spent a year and a half as an employee in a laundry and
then returned to Sweden with his wife, remaining for six months in his native
country.

On again coming to the new world Mr. Anderson once more made his way to Omaha,
Nebraska, where he was employed in a grocery store for a year and a half. He
subsequently purchased a horse and wagon and entered the laundry soliciting
business on his own account. In this he was active until 1914, when he came to
Yakima county, where he had previously purchased ten acres of land on Academy
Heights. He has erected a good residence upon this place and has planted three
acres to apples. The remainder of his land is devoted to the raising of hay and
he has one of the well improved ranch properties of the district.

On the 23d of June, 1897, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Antina Nelson, who
was born in Sweden and came to the United States in her girlhood. They now have
an adopted daughter, Lucile, thirteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are
members of the Swedish Mission church and cooperate earnestly and heartily in
all movements for individual uplift and for community advancement. Mr. Anderson
has never allied himself with any political party but gives his aid and support
to all progressive measures which he believes will prove of benefit to the
district in which he lives. He is a self-made man, deserving of much credit for
what he has accomplished, as he started out in the business world empty-handed.
He came to America without capital and from a most humble position in business
circles has worked his way upward until he is now the owner of an excellent
ranch property in Yakima county.

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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.