The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 172 

CHARLES H. FORBES.

Charles H. Forbes dates his residence in Yakima county from 1905 and is
identified with its horticultural interests and development. He was born in
Verona township, Faribault county, Minnesota, August 22, 1858, a son of Benjman
F. and Sophronia Forbes, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of
New York. They were married, however, in Wisconsin and in the year 1857 removed
westward to Minnesota, casting in their lot among the pioneer settlers of that
state. The father devoted his attention to farming there until the outbreak of
the Civil war, when he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting in
Company D, Ninth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment, with which he served
until the close of the war. He continued to make his home in Verona township to
the time of his death, which occurred in 1902.

Charles H. Forbes was still comparatively young when he took charge of the home
farm and his early training and experience were along that line, for when but a
boy in years he became familiar with the work of the fields. He continued to
follow farming in the middle west until 1905, when he sold his property,
embracing two hundred and forty acres of land. He then made his way to Yakima,
Washington, and purchased a house and lot at No. 116 South Tenth avenue. For
two years he continued to reside in the city and during that period was engaged
in the hay trade. In 1907 he purchased ten acres of land two and one half miles
southwest of Yakima and has since replanted a considerable portion of this. He
has six acres in apples, pears, peaches, plums and cherries and his orchards are
in excellent bearing condition. He built the barn upon his place and has in
other ways greatly improved the property. His mother now lives with him and has
reached the age of eighty-two years.

In politics Mr. Forbes is a prohibitionist, having long been a stanch supporter
of the prohibition cause. His religious faith is that of the Baptist church and
his sterling worth of character has gained for him the high esteem and warm
regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact throughout the period of
his residence in this section of the country.

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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.