The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 782 
A portrait of Charles F. Morrison appears in this publication. 
A portrait of Wendell W. Morrison appears in this publication.
A portrait of Josephine Morrison appears in this publication.
A portrait of Wallace J. Morrison appears in this publication.
A portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth Morrison appears in this publication.

WALLACE J. MORRISON.

Wallace J. Morrison has made his home in Yakima county since 1902 and in 1903
purchased his present ranch, comprising twenty-two acres a mile and a quarter
northwest of Buena. It would have seemed impossible to one unfamiliar with the
country and its conditions that the tract of sagebrush land which he acquired
could ever be converted into a fine fruit ranch, but this has been accomplished
through the labors of Mr. Morrison, whose sound judgment and energy have ever
worked for success in his undertakings.

Mr. Morrison is a native of Iowa. He was born in Wapello county, January 17,
1866, of the marriage of James and Amanda (Shaw) Morrison, both of whom were
natives of New Hampshire. The progenitor of the Morrison family came to the
United States in the early part of the eighteenth century and the family is of
Scandinavian and Scotch descent. James Morrison was a farmer by occupation and
became a pioneer settler of Iowa. At the time of the Civil war he put aside all
business and personal considerations, responding to the country's call for
troops as a member of an Iowa regiment. With the close of the war he resumed
farming in the Hawkeye state, but in the early '70s removed with his family to
Clay county, South Dakota, and two years later to Minnehaha county, South
Dakota, where he lived for twenty-five years. He next went to Kingsbury county.
South Dakota, where his wife died, and later he removed to the northwest, coming
to Yakima county, his death occurring at the home of his son, Wallace J.

Largely reared in South Dakota, Wallace J. Morrison attended the public schools
and also spent one term in Sioux Falls College. When not busy with his textbooks
he engaged in ranching with his father until he reached the age of twenty years,
after which he worked for wages for a year. He then went to Kingsbury county,
South Dakota, where he was employed for eleven years in a flour mill by his
brother. On the expiration of that period he purchased land and engaged in
farming thereon until the spring of 1902, when he sold his property in South
Dakota and came to the Yakima valley. Here he first invested in twenty acres of
land a half mile northwest of Buena, which was partially improved, but after a
year he sold that property to his father and bought twenty-two acres of land a
mile and a quarter northwest of Buena. It was a tract of sagebrush, but with
characteristic energy he began its cultivation and development and now has a
splendidly improved property, of which fifteen acres has been planted to apple,
pear, cherry and peach orchards. He has built upon his place one of the best
homes to be found in this part of the county. The remainder of his land, aside
from his orchards, is devoted to the raising of alfalfa. He has closely studied
the best methods of caring for and perfecting his fruit trees and there is
little concerning progressive horticultural interests With which Mr. Morrison is
not familiar.

On the 26th of November, 1892, Mr. Morrison was married to Miss Elizabeth A.
Gilbert, who was born near Lake City, Minnesota, a daughter of S. N. and Emily
J. (Rundle) Gilbert, who now occupy a ranch in the Yakima valley. Mr. and Mrs.
Morrison have a most interesting family of three children: Charles F., who is
now with the United States marines as a first lieutenant in the Hawaiian
Islands, married Cosette Whitaker, of San Francisco; Wendell W. is a member of
the United States troops with the army of occupation in Germany, he is a
corporal in Battery E. Heavy Artillery, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment,
Forty-first Division, and saw four months' active fighting. The daughter,
Josephine, is at home. The military record of the sons is one of which the
parents have every reason to be proud.

In politics Mr. Morrison is a republican but is not an office seeker. His life
has been that of an active business man who has used wisely and well his
opportunities for the attainment of success. His persistency of purpose and his
indefatigable energy have brought results that are most desirable and he is now
owner of valuable orchard property in Yakima county.

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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.