The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 745 

JOHN H. MALMBORG.

John H. Malmborg, who for eighteen years has resided in Yakima county, where he
is engaged in general farming, was born in Sweden on the 4th of February, 1858,
a son of Hans and Sissa (Bartlett) Pierson. The father died in Sweden and the
mother afterward came to the United States, spending her last days in South
Dakota. John H. Malmborg acquired a public school education in his native
country and in 1879 bade adieu to friends and relatives preparatory to coming to
the new world. He made his way to Chicago, where he followed carpentering for
many years or until 1901, save for a period of two years which he spent in South
Dakota. In 1900 he arrived in Yakima county, where in the same fall he purchased
twenty acres of land a mile south of Sunnyside. All was covered with sagebrush,
not a furrow having been turned nor an improvement made upon the place. He has
since erected a good dwelling and substantial barns and the sagebrush has been
replaced by hay, corn and small grains, his fields annually producing good
crops. He also conducts a little dairy business and in the conduct of his
affairs is meeting with substantial success.

On the 19th of September, 1896, Mr. Malmborg was married to Miss Anna Matilda
Johnson, who was born in Sweden in 1862, a daughter of John and Anna Corine
(Carlson) Johnson. Her father passed away in his native country in 1873, after
which the mother came to the new world and spent her last days in Michigan. Mr.
and Mrs. Malmborg have one child, Esther, who is now a pupil in the normal
school, and Mr. Malmborg has a son Axel, by a former marriage now with the
United States army in Honolulu.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Congregational church and Mr.
Malmborg also belongs to the Independent Order of Foresters. Politically he is a
republican but not an office seeker, preferring to concentrate his efforts and
attention upon his business affairs. He has lived to witness notable changes
during the period of his residence in Yakima county. At the time of his arrival
there were only three stores and four houses in Sunnyside. He has seen the tiny
hamlet grow into a thriving city, while the entire countryside has been
transformed from a wild region of sagebrush into productive fields. He has borne
his part in the work of general development and at all times stands for
progressiveness in public affairs.

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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.