The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 334 JUDGE EDWARD B. PREBLE. Judge Edward B. Treble, who for ten years was a judge of the superior court and is now president of the Yakima County Bar Association, has long figured prominently in connection with law practice in the northwest. The width of the continent separates him from his birthplace, for he was born in Portland, Maine, in 1858, a son of J. T. and Almira Preble. In the early '60s the family removed westward to Minnesota, where the father followed the occupation of farming and also served as county superintendent of schools in Hennepin county, where both he and his wife continued to reside until called to their final rest. Judge Preble acquired his education in Minnesota and was graduated from the State University there. He also read law in that state under private instruction and teas admitted to the bar in 1843. In 1886 he removed to the west, making his way to Roseburg, Oregon, where he continued in the active practice of law until 1895, when he removed to Washington. In the following year he took up his abode in Yakima and has since engaged in active practice, and his ability has brought him prominently to the front as an able representative of the legal fraternity here. His high standing among his colleagues and contemporaries is indicated in the fact that he is now serving as president of the Yakima County Bar Association. He was called upon for judicial service and was judge of the superior court for about ten years, retiring from the bench in January, 1917. He has always been accorded a liberal and distinctively representative clientage and has long ranked as one of the distinguished members of the bar of this section. He is the owner of fine farm lands, which he has held throughout the period of his residence in the northwest. He now owns a valuable fruit farm and he spends his summers upon his ranches. In 1880 Judge Preble was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Lewis, of Monticello, Minnesota, who was born in Arkansas. Of the children of this marriage the only one surviving is Nora, the wife of George Guilland, of New York city. The wife and mother passed away and in 1905 Judge Preble was again married, his second union being with Nettie Haynes, of Spokane, Washington, and to them one child was born, Bessie. Fraternally Judge Preble is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is esteemed as a man of personal worth as, well as of marked professional ability. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.