The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 410

SAMUEL L. ANDERSON.

Samuel L. Anderson, who since 1904 has resided in the Selah valley, where he is
engaged in the raising of fruit and corn, was born in Randolph county, Indiana,
December 14, 1852, a son of Aaron and Rebecca (Landis) Anderson, both of whom
passed away in Indiana, where the father followed the occupation of farming. He
was born in New Jersey, while his wife was a native of Pennsylvania. The
paternal grandfather, Robert Anderson, became the founder of the family in
Indiana, removing westward to that state in an early day.

Samuel L. Anderson, spending his youthful days under the parental roof,
mastered the branches of learning taught in the public schools and after
completing his course devoted his attention to farming in connection with his
uncle, Badgley Anderson, for his father had died when Samuel L. Anderson was but
eight years of age. On attaining his majority Samuel L. Anderson started out to
work by the month as a farm hand and in 1878 he removed to Minnesota, where he
resided for a long period. In 1879 he purchased farm property there and
continued its development and improvement until 1900. In that year he arrived
in Washington and purchased ten acres of land south of Yakima, adjacent to the
fair grounds, of which five acres was planted to orchard. He there carried on
farming for three years, after which he rented the E. P. Sanford ranch for a
year. In 1904 he bought ten acres in the Selah valley and has since replanted it
to pears and apples and has also seeded the place to alfalfa between the trees.
In addition to his seven acres of orchard land he has three acres planted to
corn. He has greatly improved the place and today is the owner of a fine ranch,
carefully and successfully cultivated.

On the 28th of March, 1880, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Elizabeth Emeline
Sarff, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Joshua and Julia (Santbine) Sarff.
The children of this marriage are: Grace A., the wife of M. C. B. Wood, a
rancher of the Selah valley, by whom she has four children; and Melvin, who is
ranching on the Indian reservation and has four children.

Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Methodist church. In politics Mr. Anderson is a
democrat but not an office seeker. Both are well known in their section of the
valley, where their sterling worth of character has established them firmly in
the high respect and warm regard of those with whom they have been associated.

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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.