Hawthorne, Julian, Ed. "The History of Washington: The Evergreen State from  
Early  Dawn to Daylight." New York, American Historical Publishing Co., 1893. 
p.  427.

WEED, ALFRED B., Mayor of the city of Yakima, was born in Wisconsin in 1850.  
His father, Oscar F. Weed, was a native of New York and a leading attorney of 
that State; his mother, Laura A. (Conger) Weed, being a native of the same 
State.  Educated in the public schools of Wisconsin, young Weed began life as 
a clerk, and was for a time in the insurance business.  He was then Secretary 
and Treasurer for a manufacturing company at Grand Haven, Mich.  He came to 
Washington Territory in 1879 and located at Walla Walla, entering the banking 
house of Baker & Boyer, in whose employ he remained for five years.  He then 
removed to Yakima City and established himself in the hardware business under 
the firm name of Weed & Rowe.  They continued until the town was chartered in 
1888, when Mr. Weed bought out his partner.  He promoted the organization of 
the Yakima National Bank, of which institution he was Vice-President.  He is 
the present Mayor of the city.  In 1892 he was elected on the Republican 
ticket to represent the county in the State Legislature.  In his work as 
representative Mr. Weed introduced and caused passage of a bill establishing 
the permanent location of the State Fair at Yakima, with appropriations 
therefor.  He is extensively interested in hop culture, and is a speculator in 
the product.  He was married in 1882 to Miss Alice Gordon, of Wisconsin, whose 
parents were pioneer settlers of that State, her father, Abram Gordon, having 
been a member of the Legislature.  Mr. Weed has a pleasant city home and other 
valuable property both city and country.  He is a Mason of the Knight Templar 
rank.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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