The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 201 JOSEPH E. McGRATH. Joseph E. McGrath, the efficient cashier of the Moxee State Bank, which was opened on the 13th of June, 1914, was born in Tama, Iowa, August 5, 1886, a son of Hugh J. and Martha (Bingham) McGrath, the former a native of New York, while the latter was born in Vermont. They removed westward to Iowa in the '50s, settling in Clinton county, while subsequently they established their home in Tama county. There they resided until 1908, when they made their way to the Pacific northwest, settling at Waterville, Washington, where the father died and where the mother still makes her home. Joseph E. McGrath supplemented his public school training by a course in a business college and was thus well qualified for active work along the line in which he is now engaged. He started out in the business world as a clerk in a store in Waterville, Washington, and afterward accepted a position in the Farmers Bank at Krupp, where he remained for five years. He was later connected with the Ruff State Bank at Ruff, Washington, in the position of cashier for three years and on the expiration of that period became one of the organizers of the Moxee State Bank, of which he has continuously served as cashier. His associates in this undertaking are L. H. Desmarais, who is the president, and G. E. McGrath, the vice president. The bank is capitalized for ten thousand dollars and the company owns a bank building of brick with oak fixtures, which was built in 1914. The deposits amounted to more than ninety thousand dollars in November, 1917, with a surplus of fifteen hundred dollars and eight hundred dollars in undivided profits. The bank paid ten per cent on its stock in 1917 and is doing an excellent business under the careful guidance and management of Mr. McGrath. On the 20th of January, 1915, Mr. McGrath was married to Miss Grace E. Kelly, of Addy, Washington, a daughter of James Kelly. They are now parents of two children, Evaline and Maxine. Mrs. McGrath is a member of the Congregational church and a lady of many attractive social qualities. In politics Mr. McGrath is a republican, and fraternally lie is identified with Yakima Lodge No. 318, B.P.O.E. Wideawake and alert, he loses no opportunity to take a forward step in the business world and has made for himself a creditable position in the financial circles of Moxee. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.