The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 111

EMIL MEESKE.

Emil Meeske is a well known and prosperous orchardist of the Yakima valley,
residing two and one-half miles west of the city of Yakima, where he owns a
valuable tract of land comprising ten acres. His birth occurred in Germany on
the 30th of August, 1865, his parents being Louis and Lottie Meeske, who
emigrated to the United States in 1880 and took up their abode in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, where they remained for three years. On the expiration of that period
they removed to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, where the father passed away. The mother
accompanied her son Emil on his removal to the northwest in 1901 and continued a
resident of Yakima until called to her final rest.

Emil Meeske spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native country and
devoted his youthful days to the acquirement of an education. In 1880 he came
with his parents to America and preparatory to entering the business world he
learned the carpenter's trade, which for many years he successfully followed in
Minnesota. It was in 1901 that he decided to come to Washington, arriving in
Yakima on the 20th of June of that year, while in 1902 he purchased ten acres of
land on Summit View which he planted to apples, pears and peaches. He conducted
the orchard most successfully until disposing of it in 1912, and two years later
he bought his present place of ten acres situated two and one-half miles west of
Yakima, nine acres thereof being now planted to apples, pears, peaches and
plums. Prosperity has attended his undertakings as a horticulturist and the
value of his property is considerably enhanced by a handsome new residence
which he erected thereon.

In 1897 Mr. Meeske was united in marriage to Miss Clara Wischnefski, of
Minnesota, by whom he has four children, namely: Marie, Louis, Lillie and Carl.
All are still under the parental roof. Mr. Meeske gives his political allegiance
to the democratic party, while his religious faith is indicated by his
membership in the Lutheran church. His life has at all times been governed by
high and honorable principles and his many friends recognize in him a man of
genuine personal worth and many excellent traits of heart and mind.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
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