The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 331

JOSEPH L. CLIFT.

Joseph L. Clift, cashier of the Yakima Trust Company, was born in Elkader, Iowa,
on the 3d of July, 1885, a son of Walter and Margaret Clift. The father was a
merchant of Iowa, who on the 2d of May, 1895, arrived in Yakima. He purchased
land in the Selah valley and has there engaged in farming to the present time.

Joseph L. Clift was a lad of about ten years when the family came to the Pacific
coast and in this section of the country he acquired a district school education
and afterward attended the North Yakima Business College. He did not desire to
follow the occupation of farming, to which he had been reared, his commercial
training qualifying him for other work. He secured a position in the Mabton Bank
at Mabton, Washington, and was advanced to assistant cashier. On the 10th of
December, 1906, he became connected with the Yakima Trust Company as bookkeeper
and later was made its secretary, while subsequently he was elected cashier and
is now occupying that position.

On the 22d of January, 1907, Mr. Clift was united in marriage to Miss Sada
Goldsberry, of Yakima, and they now have one son, Walter Forman. Fraternally Mr.
Clift is connected with the Knights of Pythias and he is a member of the local
chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, of which he is serving as
treasurer. He also belongs to the Commercial Club and is deeply interested in
every enterprise of that organization for the benefit and upbuilding of the
community in which he lives. His political allegiance is given to the republican
party.

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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.