The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 182
A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robel appears in this publication.

JOSEPH ROBEL.

Joseph Robel is a successful representative of horticultural interests in the
Selah valley, where he has made his home for the past ten years and where he
owns thirty-five acres of valuable land. He is a native of Germany, where his
birth occurred on the 15th of July, 1849, his parents being Gottfried and
Elizabeth (Busch) Robel. In 1854 the family emigrated to the United States,
first taking up their abode near St. Louis, Missouri, and two years later in
Minnesota, where the father secured a tract of government land which he
cultivated successfully to the time of his demise. Both he and his wife passed
away in Minnesota.

Joseph Robel, who was but five years of age when brought by his parents to the
new world, obtained his education in the public schools and after putting aside
his textbooks was for many years engaged in farming near Mankato, Minnesota, on
until the time of his removal to Washington in 1909. Making his way to Yakima
county, he purchased thirty-five acres of land in the Selah valley and has since
followed horticultural pursuits here, devoting thirty acres of this place to the
growing of apples, peaches, pears, grapes, etc. His undertakings in this
connection have been attended with a gratifying measure of prosperity and he has
made splendid improvements on his property, remodeling the residence and also
erecting a fine barn and warehouse.

On the 17th of November, 1874, Mr. Robel was united in marriage to Miss
Magdalena Oberle, who was born in Germany but came to the United States in her
girlhood days. They became the parents of ten children, namely: Anna, who is
the wife of George Scheurer, of Eagle Lake :Minnesota; Rosa, the wife of Adam
Scheurer, who resides on the old home farm in Minnesota; Francisco, deceased;
Josephine, a resident of California; Theressa, who married Edward Nuebel and
lives in St. Paul, Minnesota; Joseph, who is engaged in merchandising in that
state; John, a rancher residing in the Selah valley; Gregor, who is in the
United States army; Lydia, the wife of Captain Hubert Jennings, who is in the
United States navy as captain of a war vessel; and Bernard, at home.

In politics Mr. Robel is independent, supporting men and measures rather than
party. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in St. Joseph's
Catholic church, of which his wife is also a devout communicant. His interests
have become thoroughly identified with those of the northwest and he has won an
extensive circle of warm friends during the period of his residence in Yakima
county.

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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.