The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 869 

CHARLES H. MOWERY.

Charles H. Mowery, conducting a profitable business as an oil man in Yakima, was
born in Jennings county, Indiana in 1866, a son of James T. and Frances
Elizabeth Mowery, who about 1879 removed to Kansas, the father spending his
remaining days at Fort Scott, that state. The mother afterward married again,
becoming the wife of R. M. Jack, and in 1889 they removed to the northwest,
settling in Yakima, where Mr. Jack purchased land and engaged in farming. At a
later date he established his home in Oregon, where he passed away, but the
mother of Mr. Mowery is still living.

With the removal of the family to the west Charles H. Mowery acquired his
education in the schools of Kansas and for a time attended the State Normal
School there. Subsequent to his arrival in Yakima in 1889 he became connected
with the sheep industry and was employed in that way for seven years. He
afterward turned his attention to the retail oil business in Yakima about 1905
and subsequently became identified with the wholesale oil trade here. In 1913 he
sold his business to the Union Oil Company. In 1911 he opened the first gasoline
station in Yakima and has since been engaged in the sale of gas. His first
station was on B street and later he opened another at the corner of Yakima
street and Seventh avenue which he still conducts. In 1917 he erected a new
building at \aches street and East Yakima avenue, where he also has a fine gas
station and accessories store. He is in the same business at the other stand and
both branches are proving profitable.

In 1904 Mr. Mowery was married to Miss Rose Beautrow, of Minnesota, and they
have become parents of three children, Albert, Eloise and Ralph. In politics Mr.
Mowery maintains an independent course, voting for men and measures rather than
party. He belongs to the Commercial Club and is interested in all plans and
measures for the upbuilding of the city, for the advancement of its business
connections and the support and development of its civic standards.

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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.