The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 283 A portrait of Charles A. Gibson appears in this publication. CHARLES A. GIBSON. The name of Gibson is closely associated with the meat industry and with ranching interests in the Yakima valley, and Charles A. Gibson of this review is the treasurer of the Yakima Meat Company, controlling one of the most important packing interests of this section of the state. He was born in Wasco, Oregon, on the 15th of October, 1889, and is therefore a western man by birth and training as well as by preference. His life has exemplified the spirit of western enterprise and progress which has led to the rapid upbuilding of this section of the country. He is a son of James D. Gibson, mentioned elsewhere in this volume in connection with the sketch of E. S. Gibson, brother of Charles A. Gibson. The latter pursued his education in the public schools of Walla Walla and also spent one year as a student in Whitman College and another in Pullman College. Thus liberally trained for life's practical and responsible duties, he entered into business relations as a member of the firm of Gibson Brothers and was manager of their butchering business at Auburn, Washington, for five years. In 1914 he removed to Yakima and became treasurer of the Yakima Meat Company and also secretary of the firm of Gibson Brothers. The former conducts an extensive packing business, having a large plant splendidly equipped according to most modern, scientific and sanitary methods. Their trade in this direction has reached large proportions and the enterprise has become one of the important industries of the district. The brothers also own a one-third interest in the Squaw Creek Land Company, which comprises twenty sections in Yakima and Kittitas counties, and their ranching property is conducted under the style of Gibson Brothers, Incorporated. Of the latter Charles A. Gibson is also the secretary. Each brother who is a member of the firm is well qualified for the duties which devolve upon him in his particular connection, making this a strong business organization. In 1910 Charles A. Gibson was united in marriage to Miss Kittie Horn, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Robert A. and Ferdinanda Horn, the former a jeweler of Walla Walla. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have one child, Roberta. In the Elks lodge No. 318, of Yakima, Charles A. Gibson is a popular and well-known member and he also has a very wide and favorable acquaintance in the Yakima Country Club. He likewise belongs to the Yakima Commercial Club and to the Yakima Valley Business Men's Association and cooperates heartily in their plans and projects for the improvement of business and trade relations throughout this section of the state. In politics he maintains an independent course nor has he ever been ambitious to hold office, yet he does not neglect the duties of citizenship and his cooperation can he counted upon to further plans and measures which are looking to the upbuilding of the city's welfare and the advancement of those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and of civic pride. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.