Hull, Lindley M., compiler and editor.  "A History of Central Washington,
Including the Famous Wenatchee, Entiat, Chelan and the Columbia Valleys."
Spokane: Press of Shaw & Borden Co., 1929.  p. 126.
 
W. M. ANDERSON

     who came to Washington with his parents in 1888, first located at Tacoma.
He is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The most of his life in Washington
has been spent on the east side of the Cascade Mountains.  In business he has
long been identified with the management and ownership of telephone lines. He
succeeded Z. A. Lanham as president of the Farmers Telephone and Telegraph
Company, having bought Mr. Lanham's interests about April, 1920, at which time
he established a residence in Wenatchee. On August 2, 1911, he was married to
Miss Ethelyn A. Nestor. Three daughters have been born to this marriage: June,
Beryl, and Betty.
     Mr. Anderson has from the first been thoroughly identified with the
interests of Wenatchee and has always given an active and helpful hand to the
upbuilding of her enterprises.  The same thing can be said of him with respect
to all the communities served by his telephone lines. In a modest way he has
said that while he came to Washington in territorial days, he does not feel he
is entitled to be called a pioneer; nevertheless he has manifested a lively
interest in pioneer matters and made a generous subscription to the history
project. He is a Spanish-American War veteran, having enlisted for service from
Tacoma, while yet in his teens.
     
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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in April 2008 by Diana Smith.
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