The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 549

J. WISHARD ANDERSON.

J. Wishard Anderson is the owner of a fine orchard in the Tieton valley, to the
cultivation of which he gives close attention, and is also quite successful as a
jeweler, in which line he is an expert. During the summer he lives upon his
ranch but in the winter season resides in Yakima, devoting that period of the
year to his jewelry interests. A native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, he was
born April 8, 1881, his parents being J. Wishard and Henriette (Boltz) Anderson,
natives of Pennsylvania and West Virginia respectively. The father was a school
teacher and later took up agricultural pursuits in West Virginia, where he
passed away in 1881, his widow yet residing in that state.

J. Wishard Anderson, Jr., attended the public schools of his native state,
rounding out his education by a course in a business college at Bunker Hill,
West Virginia, after which he entered the jewelry business at Martinsburg.
Straightforward and reliable, he soon built up a good trade so that his income
increased from year to year. In 1909, Mr. Anderson, after duly studying the
subject and taking into consideration the great opportunities presented in the
west, decided to come to Yakima county and after his arrival here bought twenty
acres of rich land under the Tieton project. At that time, however, it was all
sagebrush. In the passing years he transformed this tract into a productive
fruit ranch, which is now planted to apples, with pears as tillers. Following
the most progressive methods and having given close study to the subject, he has
become one of the leading orchardists of his section and is meeting with a
gratifying measure of success. In the winter months he lives in Yakima, where he
owns a nice home, but in the summer season resides on his ranch. While in the
city he is connected with the jewelry business, thus making use of his
experience along that line.

On the 1st of September, 1909, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Ethel
Wheeler, a native of Virginia and a daughter of Rev. R. M. and Agnes (Moore)
Wheeler. To this union were born two children, Donald and Jean. Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson are valued members of the social set of their neighborhood and both
belong to the Presbyterian church, in the work of which they take a great
interest. Mr. Anderson is connected with the Yakima County Horticultural Union,
being an active member of that organization. His political allegiance is given
to the democratic party and he is well versed on the questions of the day as
regards the nation, state, county and district but is not active in public,
life. He readily gives his aid and support to worthy public movements and by his
activities has contributed toward the upbuilding and development of his
neighborhood.

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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.