The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 790 LEWIS CLARK WAKELEE. Lewis Clark Wakelee, a resident of Kittitas county for the past decade, has since 1912 been actively and successfully engaged in the operation of his farm of fifty-one acres five miles northwest of Ellensburg. His birth occurred in Washington county, Iowa, on the 7th of September, 1868, his parents being Charles L. and Sarah (Duer) Wakelee, who passed away in the Hawkeye state. The father devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career. Lewis C. Wakelee was reared and educated in the state of his nativity and early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist as he assisted his father in the operation of the home place. He continued farming in Iowa until forty years of age and then determined to establish his home in the Pacific northwest, making his way to Kittitas county, Washington, in 1908. Here he was employed in a lumber yard for a period of four years and then took up his abode on a ranch of fifty-one acres, situated five miles northwest of Ellensburg which he had purchased in 1910. Thereon he has since engaged in the cultivation of hay and grain and also raises cattle, both branches of his business proving profitable, for he is an indefatigable worker and follows the most progressive methods in his farming operations. On the 9th of September, 1890, Mr. Wakelee was united in marriage to Miss Agues White, a native of Washington county, Iowa, and a daughter of Addison and Rebecca (Lewis) White. The father still follows farming in Iowa. but the mother has passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Wakelee have become the parents of two children, Eva E. and Charles Lloyd, the former being now a successful teacher. In his political views Mr. Wakelee is independent, supporting inert and measures rather than party. His religious faith is that of the Christian church and fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. These associations indicate much concerning the rules which govern his life and he has become widely recognized as a substantial agriculturist and esteemed citizen of his community. ******************************** Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in January 2008 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.