Prosser, Col. William Farrand. "A History of the Puget Sound Country, Its Resources, Its Commerce and its People." Vol. 2. New York and Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1903. pp. 110-111. WILLIAM LA SALLE William La Salle is the capable superintendent of the Chehalis Fir Door Company, and also a stockholder and one of the organizers. The organization of this company was completed on February 15, 1902, and it has an entirely new plant, equipped with modern machinery and everything necessary to its operation. The mill is eighty by one hundred and fifty feet, the dry kiln is forty by eighty, the steam kiln forty by twenty-six, and the warehouse twentv-five by one hundred and eight. The grounds have an excellent location and railroad facilities near at hand, and the demand for the fir doors is constantly increasing. T. C. Rush is the president of the firm; E. A. Frost is vice president; Joe A. Gabel, now the state librarian, is secretary; Dr. J. T. Coleman is treasurer; and Mr. La Salle is superintendent. All are gentlemen of means and reliability, and the success of the Chehalis Fir Door Company is assured, and it cannot but prove of great benefit to the owners and to the city. The La Salle family orginated in France, and some of its members came to America prior to the Revolution. Great-grandfather La Salle was a soldier on the side of the colonies in that war. His son, John P., was born in Vermont in 1801, and during the greater part of the ninety-one years of his life was actively engaged in tilling the soil, passing away in 1892. His son William was also a native of Vermont, and after his marriage removed to Wisconsin, but when the Civil war broke out he enlisted and served throughout the struggle as second lieutenant of the Third Wisconsin Cavalry. At the close of the war he went west, but soon afterward died, leaving his widow and only son alone in the world. This estimable lady still survives in her fifty-eighth year, and makes her home in Portland, Oregon; her maiden name was Frances La Salle, and she was a second cousin of her husband. William La Salle was the only son mentioned above, and his birth occurred in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on November 26, 1856. He received his education in the high school at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and in the Spencerian Business College at Milwaukee. He followed the inclination which he had had from youth and learned the carpenter's trade, and for eight years followed the pursuit of contractor and builder in Wausau, Wisconsin; many of the best buildings in that city are the products of his skill. But, being attracted by the possibilities of the west, he came to Seattle on the first day of April, 1889. He first accepted the position of superintendent of a large lumber company, later held the superintendency of the concern of Wheeler, Osgood & Company, at Tacoma, for eight years, then spent a short time in Portland, Oregon, after which he came to Chehalis and brought about the organization of his present firm. The marriage of Mr. La Salle took place in 1882, when Miss Marion Moss became his wife; she is a native of Massachusetts, and her father, Ed-ward Moss, was a native of England. Their one son, Guy E., has almost reached manhood. Mr. and Mrs. La Salle attend the Presbyterian Church, while he is a good Republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity. He is a practical mechanic, and it is owing to this faculty that he has made a success of his life work, and he now enjoys the esteem of the business and social circles of Chehalis. ******************* Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in June 2009 by Jenny Tenlen. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.