The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 877 

AUGUST LOVESTRAND.

August Lovestrand, an orchardist of Yakima county, was born in Sweden,
September 12, 1863, a son of David Donaldson and Christina Lovestrand. He spent
the days of his boyhood and youth to the age of eighteen years in his native
country and in 1881 bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the new
world. Reaching American shores, he crossed the continent to Iowa and also
spent some time in Wisconsin and Canada. He afterward became owner of a farm in
Lincoln county, Minnesota, where he carried on general agricultural pursuits
until 1910, when he sold his property there and came to Yakima county. Here he
purchased fifty-nine acres of land on Academy Heights and now has four acres
planted to fruit, while the remainder of the land is devoted to the raising of
hay, grain, beets and corn. He also raises some live stock and his animals are
well sheltered by a substantial barn which he built. He has also erected a nice
residence upon his place and the equipments of the farm are indicative of his
progressive spirit and practical methods. He use,, the latest improved machinery
to facilitate the work of the fields and everything about the place is
characteristic of the progress that dominates him in everything that he
undertakes.

In 1893 Mr. Lovestrand was married to Miss Nannie Anderson, a native of Sweden,
who passed away on the 14th of February, 1913, leaving three children: Olga, the
wife of Olaf Laurie, a ranchman of Yakima county by whom she has two children;
Emma, the wife of Alvin Carlson, a rancher of Yakima county; and Fritz, at home.
In February, 1917, Mr. Lovestrand was again married, his second union being with
Mary Cedar, a native of Sweden.

The family are members of the Swedish Lutheran church and in politics Mr.
Lovestrand is a republican where national issues and questions are involved but
at local elections casts an independent ballot. His success is the direct
outcome of his labor. He has wisely and carefully utilized the opportunities
that have been presented and as the years have gone on he has achieved a.
measure of prosperity that is gratifying.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.