The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 453 I. N. MUELLER. I. N. Mueller, a well known undertaker of Kennewick, comes to the northwest from Iowa, his birth having occurred in Carroll county, that state, in 1880. He is a son of H. G. F. and Mary Mueller, residents of Des Moines, Iowa. He obtained his education in the public schools and afterward became connected with the hardware and undertaking business at Auburn, Iowa. In 1906 he arrived in Kennewick, Washington, and secured employment in a hardware store, of which he afterward became one of the proprietors. The Kennewick Hardware Company was organized in 1903 by the firm of Sherman & Amon, who sold to H. A. Bier, and later Mr. Mueller purchased an interest in the business from Mr. Bier, becoming one of the owners in 1913. Five years later Mr. Bier took part of the stock and removed to Ritzville, Washington, while Mr. Mueller continued the business in Kennewick. He carried a general line of shelf and heavy hardware and his enterprising methods and earnest desire to please his patrons were salient features in his success. In 1918 he removed his stock to the store by the postoffice, where he occupied a room twenty-five by one hundred feet until the 1st of September of that year, when he sold out to C. F. Winkenwerder. He also conducted an undertaking business and now devotes his entire attention to that enterprise, being the only undertaker in the town. In 1909 Mr. Mueller was married to Miss Anna Amon, of Kennewick, and they have become the parents of four children: Veidella, Ruth, Amon and Frank. In his fraternal relations Mr. Mueller is an Odd Fellow and is also identified with the Artisans and the Modern Brotherhood of America. In politics he is a republican and he belongs to the Commercial Club, which indicates his interest in all that pertains to the welfare and upbuilding of his community. He is an alert, energetic business man, constantly watchful of opportunities pointing to success, and his progressiveness has gained for him a creditable position among the representative business men of his section. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.