The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 454

GEORGE E. MEHL.

George E. Mehl is the owner of an excellent ranch property of one hundred and
five acres near Naches and his place is the visible evidence of his life of well
directed energy and thrift. He owes his success entirely to his individual
effort and enterprise and he has become a well known and highly respected
citizen of Yakima county, where he dates his residence from 1908. He was born in
Mitchell county, Kansas, November 22, 1876, a son of John and Ida (Peavey) Mehl,
the former a native of Indiana, while the latter was born in Iowa. They became
pioneer residents of Nebraska, where they were married, and in 1874 they removed
to Kansas, where the father took up the occupation of farming. He and his wife
are still living in that state.

George E. Mehl acquired a public school education and became actively identified
with farming interests in Kansas, where he resided until 1908, when he sought
the northwest with its constantly broadening opportunities. He had learned the
carpenter's trade and after arriving in Yakima county he built and sold houses
in Yakima, continuing in speculative building until May, 1913, when he purchased
one hundred and seventy acres of land on Naches Heights. Soon afterward he sold
a part of this but now has one hundred and five acres, sixty of which is
irrigated and under cultivation. He is engaged in the raising of potatoes, hay,
alfalfa and wheat and annually gathers good crops as the result of his careful
and systematic methods of carrying on the work of the ranch. He is very thorough
in all that he undertakes and his enterprise and business ability have brought
him prominently to the front.

On the 23d of December, 1900, Mr. Mehl was married to Miss Carrie Guptail, who
was born in Kansas, a daughter of Frank and Jennie Guptail, who were pioneer
people of the state. The children of this marriage are Helen and Caroline. In
politics Mr. Mehl is a republican and fraternally he is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. He is well
known, being highly esteemed throughout the community in which he established
his home more than a decade ago. His plans have been carefully formulated and
promptly executed and his enterprise is bringing to him gratifying success.

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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.